Chain of Ideas

An essential framework for parsing current events . . . meticulously researched . . . worthwhile and accessible . . . also offers a modicum of hope -- Arwa Mahdawi * Guardian *
The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind * New York Times on How To Be an Antiracist *
One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history -- Afua Hirsch
A kind, dignified, preternaturally wise teacher ... indefatigable in his quest to set you on the path toward true knowledge * GQ *
One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race * Guardian *
One of today’s most visible and sought-after public intellectuals * Wall Street Journal *
[Kendi] is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations -- David Olusoga
Kendi narrows his scope to the ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory and then broadens it by tracing the theory’s ties to authoritarianism worldwide * New York Times *
As anti-immigrant sentiment soars around the world, Ibram X. Kendi, the National Book Award-winning historian of racism, charts the rise of the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory * Foreign Policy *
Kendi argues brilliantly that we must work across race and class lines to eradicate social ills and eliminate fascism * Los Angeles Times *