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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Antiracism means separating the idea of a culture from the idea of behavior.”

201. “Antiracism means separating the idea of a culture from the idea of behavior.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “All forms of racism are overt if our antiracist eyes are open to seeing racist policy in racial inequity.”

202. “All forms of racism are overt if our antiracist eyes are open to seeing racist policy in racial inequity.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Black Americans’ history of oppression has made Black opportunities – not Black people – inferior. When you truly believe that the racial groups are equal, then you also believe that racial disparities must be the result.”

203. “Black Americans’ history of oppression has made Black opportunities – not Black people – inferior. When you truly believe that the racial groups are equal, then you also believe that racial disparities must be the result.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “When Blacks were seen as simply people – a collection of imperfect individuals, equal to the imperfect collection of individuals with white skins – then Blacks’ imperfect behavior became irrelevant. Discrimination was the social problem: the cause of the racial disparities between two equal collections of individuals.”

204. “When Blacks were seen as simply people – a collection of imperfect individuals, equal to the imperfect collection of individuals with white skins – then Blacks’ imperfect behavior became irrelevant. Discrimination was the social problem: the cause of the racial disparities between two equal collections of individuals.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Terminating racial categories is potentially the last, not the first, step in the antiracist struggle.”

205. “Terminating racial categories is potentially the last, not the first, step in the antiracist struggle.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Why is Ebonics broken English but English is not broken German? Why is Ebonics a dialect of English if English is not a dialect of Latin? The idea that Black languages outside Africa are broken is as culturally racist as the idea that languages inside Europe are fixed.”

206. “Why is Ebonics broken English but English is not broken German? Why is Ebonics a dialect of English if English is not a dialect of Latin? The idea that Black languages outside Africa are broken is as culturally racist as the idea that languages inside Europe are fixed.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Anticapitalism cannot eliminate class racism without antiracism.”

207. “Anticapitalism cannot eliminate class racism without antiracism.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “The history of racist ideas is the history of powerful policymakers erecting racist policies out of self-interest, then producing racist ideas to defend and rationalize the inequitable effects of their policies, while everyday people consume those racist ideas, which in turn sparks ignorance and hate. Treating ignorance and hate and expecting racism to shrink suddenly seemed like treating a cancer patient’s symptoms and expecting the tumors to shrink.”

208. “The history of racist ideas is the history of powerful policymakers erecting racist policies out of self-interest, then producing racist ideas to defend and rationalize the inequitable effects of their policies, while everyday people consume those racist ideas, which in turn sparks ignorance and hate. Treating ignorance and hate and expecting racism to shrink suddenly seemed like treating a cancer patient’s symptoms and expecting the tumors to shrink.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Blacks were ten times more likely than Whites to have their ballots rejected. The racial inequity could not be explained by income or educational levels or bad ballot design, according to a New York Times statistical analysis. That left one explanation, one that at first I could not readily admit: racism. A total of 179,855 ballots were invalidated by Florida election officials in a race ultimately won by 537 votes.”

209. “Blacks were ten times more likely than Whites to have their ballots rejected. The racial inequity could not be explained by income or educational levels or bad ballot design, according to a New York Times statistical analysis. That left one explanation, one that at first I could not readily admit: racism. A total of 179,855 ballots were invalidated by Florida election officials in a race ultimately won by 537 votes.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Every time someone racializes behavior – describes something as “Black behavior” – they are expressing a racist idea. To be an antiracist is to recognize there is no such thing as racial behavior.”

210. “Every time someone racializes behavior – describes something as “Black behavior” – they are expressing a racist idea. To be an antiracist is to recognize there is no such thing as racial behavior.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “What other people call racial microaggressions I call racist abuse. And I call the zero-tolerance policies preventing and punishing these abusers what they are: antiracist. Only racists shy away from the R-word – racism is steeped in denial.”

211. “What other people call racial microaggressions I call racist abuse. And I call the zero-tolerance policies preventing and punishing these abusers what they are: antiracist. Only racists shy away from the R-word – racism is steeped in denial.”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “I screwed up. I could have studied harder. But some of my White friends could have studied harder, too, and their failures and irresponsibility didn’t somehow tarnish their race.”

212. “I screwed up. I could have studied harder. But some of my White friends could have studied harder, too, and their failures and irresponsibility didn’t somehow tarnish their race.”

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Ibram X. Kendi Quote: “Is making our children feel good in moments more important than raising them for a lifetime in the real world? –.”

213. “Is making our children feel good in moments more important than raising them for a lifetime in the real world? –.”

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