“Antiracist Baby,” Page 4: Ibram Kendi's Antiracist Baby, page four. Quote, "Open your eyes to all skin colors. Antiracist baby learns all the colors, not because race is true. If you claim to be colorblind, you deny what's right in front of you." Kendi is explicitly arguing against the idea of teaching children and adults to be colorblind. Being colorblind means ignoring someone's race and just looking at them as a person. Kendi wants you to train your children to constantly be aware of people's skin tone and race.
I don't get it. Is he arguing that recognition that races exist = racism? In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya, "You keep using that word. I dinna think it means what you think it means."
I am not conscious of race due to few visual skills. About 25 years ago I asked my good friend and dentist about a pin he was wearing. It was for the Society of Black Engineers (he had attended V
I don't get it. Is he arguing that recognition that races exist = racism? In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya, "You keep using that word. I dinna think it means what you think it means."
This book is outrageous and dangerous. That anyone would laud it is reprehensible. Thank you for exposing its contents — I had no idea.
Is it just me or is this summary too... objective? I feel as though it fails to address why racialized thinking is negative and damaging.
Either way, keep up the work and I’m looking fwd to the reverse Q & A.
Pushing racism as he supposedly fights against it. Pure evil keeping racism stirred up.
I am not conscious of race due to few visual skills. About 25 years ago I asked my good friend and dentist about a pin he was wearing. It was for the Society of Black Engineers (he had attended V