Soph picked me up a copy of #IbramXKendi's #BeAntiRacist, I have never been big on #journaling (or writing in books generally...) but going to try and force myself into a routine for this :/ may need an #accountabilabuddy :p #reading

Read Ibram X. Kendi's chapter on Progress in The 1619 Project book to open your eyes to examples of this strategy to dismiss current systemic racism.

It's opened my eyes a little to something I was missing before.

#IbramXKendi
#The1619Project #SystemicRacism
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I have a lot of baggage regarding my relationship to my #Mennonite upbringing, but knowing that the first #antiracist #antislavery pamphlet written on Turtle Island by whites was by Mennonites is not one of them. I applaud #IbramXKendi for helping me become aware of #history that I never learned in school. Stamped From the Beginning is a phenomenal history and #antiracist education manual. @bookstadon

My late-December book haul, in no particular order! Thanks to #ThirdPlaceBooks and #PowellsCityOfBooks (Not shown b/c they won't fit in frame: Python Crash Course, 2nd ed. and 2 fractal coloring books. Also, still waiting on a delivery. The package went for a little tour. I'm hoping to get my Tarot del Toro by my birthday.)

@mikechenwriter @neilhimself are the only two currently on Mastodon.

#NKJemisin #CJCherryh #GuyGavrielKay #TenochHuerta #IbramXKendi #SaminNosrat #tsundoku

#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter
Curious to know which books and/or organizations shaped your #SocialJustice and #RacialEquity lens

Looking at this book list from https://antiraciststarterpack.com/

The first book I read on #RaceConscious perspectives was #RaceMatters from #CornelWest

I typically recommend #HowToBeAnAntiRacist by #IbramXKendi to folks who are new to learning about #antiracism and #WeDoThisTilWeFreeUs by #MariameKaba for folks who are learning about #CommunityOrganizing with an #abolitionist lens

The orgs I recommend following to learn the basics around social justice issues are #MovementForBlackLives #M4BL #NDNCollective #ShowingUpForRacialJustice #SURJ #CriticalResistance and so many others

#Antiracist Scholar #IbramXKendi: #Republicans Must Address How
#WhiteSupremacistsTargetYouth

We speak to prominent antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi about the epidemic of young white males who commit white supremacist domestic terrorism. This comes as an 18-year-old white shooter sought out a majority-Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, and killed 10 people on Saturday. Kendi says this phenomenon will only get worse if antiracist education is not introduced to white children and children of color alike at their most vulnerable stages of development. Even before critical race theory was under attack, there was a dearth of educators and education that reinforces “the source of racial disparities and inequities in our community is not the inferiority of a particular racial group but this history and presence of racist policies,” he adds. Kendi’s recent piece for The Atlantic is headlined “The Danger More Republicans Should Be Talking About: White-supremacist ideology is harmful to all, especially the naive and defenseless minds of youth.”

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=rgaI6-aV6nA

#BuffaloMassShooting

#DemocracyNow

#BuffaloMassDhooting

#BuffaloMassacre: Gunman Cited Racist “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory Popularized by Fox News

The mass shooter who killed 10 people in Buffalo, #NewYork, on Saturday posted a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood. His writings took heavily from conservative conspiracy theories that white people were in danger of being replaced by people of color. This so-called Great Replacement conspiracy theory has been promoted by major far-right media figures including
#TuckerCarlson of Fox News. “What it does is create a dynamic where believers view immigrants and nonwhite people as an existential threat not only to themselves physically but to their position in society,” says #Nikki McCannRamírez, associate research director at #MediaMatterforAmerica, who has researched how Carlson uses his show to launder
#whitenationalist ideology. We also speak with prominent #antiracist scholar
#IbramXKendi, who says mainstream conservatives are increasingly parroting extremist talking points. #DemocracyNow

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=SOahJtcq91c