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Ibram X. Kendi

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American author and historian

United StatesWritersBorn 1982 · age 44
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S. He is author of books including Stamped from the Beginning, How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby, and Chain of Ideas. " Kendi was also included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

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Ibram X. Kendi
said · Aug 31, 2020
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I woke up in the middle of the night to the news that Chadwick had passed. And at first I thought it was a nightmare. Like many people, I was shocked.

Remembering Chadwick Boseman: Ibram X. Kendi on Legacy of "Black Panther" Actor, Cancer & Anti-Racism, Democracy Now, (31 August 2020)

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Ibram X. Kendi
said · Sep 9, 2003
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I don't hate white folk because I'm a Christian. How can you hate a group of people for being who they are?... Europeans are simply a different breed of human.

Living with the white race, 9 September 2003

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Ibram X. Kendi
said · 2019
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I think most Americans, without recognizing it, say and believe both racist and antiracist ideas.

Interview with Rachel Martin in NPR (2019 Aug 13)

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2021MacArthur Fellows Program
2020Time 100
2019Guggenheim Fellowship

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Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American author, professor, anti-racism activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S. He is author of books including Stamped from the Beginning, How to Be an Antiracist, Antiracist Baby, and Chain of Ideas. He has been interviewed by such figures as Stephen Colbert and Oprah Winfrey, and in 2019, the New York Times referred to him as "one of the country’s most in-demand commentators on racism." Kendi was also included in Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

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Born 1982 · age 44
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