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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Author: Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN-13: 9781568585987
ISBN-10: 1568585985
Publication Date: 8/15/2017
Pages: 592
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Nation Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Minehava avatar reviewed Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America on + 832 more book reviews
To a Hammer everything looks like a nail.

Kendi pathologically cherry-picks his data. When discussing race and health, he laments that blacks are more likely than whites to HAVE Alzheimer's disease, openly implying that this demonstrates clear anti- Black racism in the medical field. Of course, he neglects to mention that Whites are more likely to DIE from Alzheimer, according to the Center for Disease Control.

In the same vein, Kendi notes that blacks are more likely than whites to die of prostate cancer and breast cancer, but he does not include the fact that blacks are less likely than whites to die of esophageal cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and leukemia.

By selectively citing data that show blacks suffering more than whites, Kendi turns what should be a unifying, race-neutral battle groundâânamely, humanity's fight against deadly diseasesââinto another proxy battle in the War on Racism.
reviewed Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America on + 150 more book reviews
The purpose of this book is to stir people up. Not so that they will become better people or try to help end historical wrongs. The purpose is to make people hate each other just so people like Kendi can keep selling books. Kendi ultimately has the same goal as Charles Manson, start a race war so I can achieve power and money.

The historical research in this book would be laughable if it wasn't so toxic.