stamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in america  <b>the national book award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in american society.<br><br></b>some americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. but racist thought is not just alive and well in america--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. and as award-winning historian ibram x. kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great american thinker is complicit.<br> <br> in this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of american history. <em>he</em> uses the life stories of five major american intellectuals to drive this history: puritan minister cotton mather, thomas jefferson, abolitionist william lloyd garrison, w.e.b. du bois, and legendary activist angela davis.<br><br> as kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. they were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities.<br><br>in shedding light on this history, <i>stamped from the beginning </i>offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. in the process, he gives us reason to hope.<br><br><b>praise for <i>stamped from the beginning:</i></b><br><br>"we often describe a wonderful book as <b>'mind-blowing'</b> or <b>'life-changing'</b> but i've found this rarely to actually be the case. i found both descriptions accurate for ibram x. kendi's stamped from the beginning... i will never look at racial discrimination again after reading this <b>marvellous</b>, <b>ambitious</b>, and <b>clear-sighted</b> book." - george saunders, <i>financial times</i>, best books of 2017<br><br>"<b>ambitious, well-researched</b> and worth the time of anyone who wants to understand racism." - seattle times<br><br>"a <b>deep (and often disturbing)</b> chronicling of how anti-black thinking has entrenched itself in the fabric of american society." - the atlantic<br><br><ul><li><b>winner of the 2016 national book award for nonfiction</b></li><li><b>a <i>new york times</i> bestseller</b></li><li><b>a <i>washington post</i> bestseller</b></li><li><b>on president obama's black history month recommended reading list<br></b></li><li><b>finalist for the 2016 national book critics circle award for nonfiction</b></li><li><b>named one of the best books of the year by the <i>boston globe</i>, <i>washington post</i>, <i>chicago review of books</i>, <i>the root</i>, <i>buzzfeed</i>, <i>bustle</i>, and <i>entropy</i></b></li></ul><br><br>