"Stamped" Authors Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi Have A Conversation About Their Book
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2020
- Taped March 10, 2020
In "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You," bestselling and award-winning authors Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi deliver a timely, crucial, and ultimately empowering history of racism and antiracism in America. Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative that speaks to young people as only Reynolds can, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racism-and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.
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I loved when Jason makes the statement that it should not be about victory but about progression. Powerful statement
These two gentlemen are an inspiration to race hustlers everywhere
I agree with Kendi and Reynold’s assertions regarding the characterization of black people as both diverse and complex (i.e., not just as the family from The Cosby Show or as a monolith). As a person of color, I appreciate it when I am seen as a individual, rather than as part of a group. Likewise, I think is it helpful to remind ourselves that our complex and contradictory nature is part of what we all have in common as humans.
I don’t agree, however, with all the admiration expressed toward Angela Davis-an open communist. Is it really a surprise that the likes of Nichole Hannah-Jones look up to Cuba as an Antiracist utopia? We need to defeat racism by assuring and protecting universal civil rights, not by curtailing such rights. Likewise, I disagree with the ideas put forward by Kendi on a politico interview in which he described his vision for an “Antiracist” constitutional amendment that would establish a “department of antiracism.” Such department-according to Kendi-would oversee all national and local policies and use “disciplinary tools,” but have no oversight. Ultimately, the establishment of such department would stand in direct conflict with liberal ideals (such as separation of power and check and balances) and bring about authoritarianism.
I also do not agree with Kendi and his acolytes monopolizing the concept of “anti racism.” It is possible that there are more than one way to be Antiracist. As a matter of fact, there are many brilliant black scholars who have very comprehensive views about racism and how it should be overcome. Their ideas on the topic of race and racism are also valid, even if they do not necessarily align with Kendi’s perspective or the particular school of thought that informed his views.
So good to hear acknowledgement of the women who have been anti-racism leaders. We too often ignore them.
When journalists do their homework 😍🙌🏾🙌🏾 her knowledge of the book made this a rich conversation.
Thank you for hosting these admirable, brilliant writer-activists and for posting this video! I have read works by both of them, and this interview enriched my experience of their eloquent words. If you are reading my comments and haven’t read Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds, go buy a copy now! I am almost done with my first reading of Dr Kendi’s How To Be an Antiracist, and now Stamped is on my to-read list!
Are you a Marxist?
In my experience, folks including me have been so defensive when they are called out for their behavior or ignorance. So many people criticize Ibram and think that he is doing harm. I am so grateful for him and his work. He said it-why wasn’t I educated in school ? Thank you Ibram and all of the Trail Blazers 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, Jason, I also believe that kids are “the antidote to hopelessness” and I spend every day with young writing students, for whom I also write books! I hope so much to meet you at a writers’ conference someday!
Thank you, Jason and Ibram for helping me understand racism throughout our nation's history. I like the idea of checking our racist ideas and not carying our racial identity on our backs.
my teacher has forced me to watch this
Oh please don't fall for this crap. Think for yourself. Your teacher is teaching you how to hate your country and heritage even when you haven't done anything wrong.
Me too😭
@@brendacasas3006 there's a little book called 'Black Is Beautiful, Communism is Not' written by Yuri Bezmenov aka Thomas Schuman. You should check it out, it's less than 100 pages. There he explains how these activists and politicians are dividing us.
You need to tell your school board.
Glad to see that you got some better chairs
Wow where are all The comments ?!
I’m doing a project about this book In school
This was great! Glad I found this video!
Are you guys just on a hiatus right now? ☹️
Lol the comments seem like people have never used yt 😂 Nice Vid tho
For teachers, you really gotta stand your ground with this book. I got a lot of phone calls from concerned parents who didn't read it. Stick to your guns.
Jayson Reynolds is so eloquent and Ibram X. Kendi is so knowledgeable. What a team!!
The audiobook is FIRE!!! A captivating listen, with great pacing, side comments, and Reynolds' rich voice. Also, quotes from this interview:
20:39 "That speaks to our ability to transform and change, and we have to give people that opportunity." - Ibram X. Kendi
23:30 "Philosophically, I believe you have to believe that change is possible in order to bring it about. That is essential. How are you going to be a change agent if you don't even believe change is possible?" - Ibram X. Kendi
24:17 "I believe that young people are the antidote to hopelessness." - Jason Reynolds
I am an example of someone who is still being changed by these brave men's perspectives. Thank you for making the world a better place!
So... BUILD went from this to.. ?
Nice Video. Good job.
BRILLIANCE
I'm intrigued
JUST A BUNCH OF OL;D HEADS IN THESE COMMENTS
Reynolds and Kendi are obviously well versed in history of racism, but I think to take a step back, you have to realize why humans make decisions such as racism. It starts with a basic assignment of value. It applies to shopping, career choice, and marriage. We make value judgements every day, and value is often determined by the group. Things like used car prices, housing prices, are decided by the masses. Being not racist for upper class whites who live in the suburbs is extremely easy. However, try to convince whites who live next to blacks not to be racist, and that is an entirely different endeavor. Racism at its roots is just individual human beings, making rational value judgements. We as a society, in aiming to create a better society for future generations, choose to not want to record the causes of those value judgements. We want to just stamp out the value judgements once the decision has been made. I also would like my kids to be judged for the content of their character. As a Chinese person, should I fight the Chinese stereotype making shoddy products, by silencing critics? Or by improving my own worth and quality that I show the world? Identifying the problem takes intelligence. Coming up with a solution is orders of magnitude harder. The diagnosis made by intelligent members of the black community should be absent of pride. The diagnosis should be made by putting aside hubris which is often a defense against attacks on your own group. Identify the deficiencies in your own community and improve upon it. Otherwise, the same value judgements made by whites historically that underpin racism will be made by other immigrant ethnic groups who just emigrated to this country. The altruistic members of every community can rally together to fight racism, but it's a deeply personal decision that is made daily, through countless individual lived experiences. To build a world free of racial prejudice and injustice, the racial differences in offensive behavior that causes those biases to form should be stamped out.
@f yang you don't know what you're talking about because you haven't studied the history of race in america. first look at your own history where the japanese use to rule over the chinese people.but even in that you never had a history of being classified as a animal.the families being broken by taking the fathers from the home and placing him far from his family many were lynched for fighting back.the African identity was ripped from the minds of the black african people for this to be perpatrated on Black people.for hundreds of years is the greatest
autrosity in the history of mankind.it has left many . with ptsd anxiety all dysfunctional forms of mental health problems in the black community .to have a race of people work so hard for NO PAY..this economic system of labor built the structure of what america is today.but we get no credit for this.all of this was done on purpose til this day.
@F.Yang - I think I understand where you’re coming from, and we may agree on some points, but I also think your comments would be more informed if you read Stamped or listened to the audiobook.
Your sentiment that black individuals should stamp out their “offensive behavior” and become more like the (white dominated) society surrounding them is an example of what the authors call “assimilationist.” Assimilationism is the idea that blacks (or any race) can’t be deemed worthy or respectable until they fall in line with the dominant (white) society and its rules -- many of which are biased at best and actively damaging at worst.
Also, even if someone achieves assimilation, it’s never enough to quell racism. Note what Kendi and Reynolds pointed out about the Cosby show. Even if a member of a minority race in America does everything perfectly, s/he is seen as an exception, or super human. It hasn’t deflated racism at all. Do you think that if you are a model citizen by a certain society's standards, your example will change the minds of people who are racist against Chinese people? Their confirmation bias will be used against you: you will be seen as an anomaly, not an indication of reality. Achieving Assimilation doesn't change racist people's minds, or racist policies.
Secondly, individuals certainly make value judgments and can be racist, but this is only one kind of racism to overcome. Stamped also explains and exposes the kind of racism that is systematic, entrenched, codified, and legal, part of the fabric of society, part of everyday exploitation and laws and - importantly - is nearly invisible because it is structural, meaning it is the basis of our society.
Listen to and/or read these men’s words, as they’ll lay it out better than I can. Or listen to/read Renni Eddo Lodge’s work. I just listened to her audiobook version of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, and it’s brilliant in connecting the dots between individual racism and structural racism.
Read the book. Very disappointing.
@jack and the bean.you the one whose disappointing
@@noname-we1rf I wasn’t a fan of the book but you can think whatever you’d like
@@jackandthebeanstalk4253 srslyy😞 I was gonna buy it until I read this comment
@@Fatima-lv7st you can still read it if you want. My opinion isn’t the same as everyone else’s, but I didn’t think the writing or the content was good.
@@noname-we1rf This book is positively awful, and I'm being forced to read this in school. The first two chapters show how badly written this book is. Kendi claims that a man named Zurara was the first racist in the 14th century, while saying at the same time, Aristotle was a greek supremacist. How stupid do you have to be to not realize that by your definition, aristotle was a racist!!
Despite how often you black Americans use the victimhood race-card excuse, I remember one simple fact that erases your argument: Asians (Indians mostly) are the most wealthy demographic in the USA and even Nigerian immigrants end up occupying higher income and wealth positions in the allegedly racist USA. Your victimhood is just your own self-fulfilling prophecy and it will only be so within your own demographic. Keep it up.
Despite how often racists use phrases such as “race card”, the history stands and the world knows the numerous government sponsored ways Black people’s economic, physical, civil & psychological freedom has been adversely impacted by racist policies in America.
why is his is legs crossed, he's a man. wtf 😂😂
Tell the world you have the maturity of a toddler without telling the world that you have the maturity of a toddler.
How cute, it thinks it's people...
bozos look like sound cloud rappers L
Yes, Jason, I also believe that kids are “the antidote to hopelessness” and I spend every day with young writing students, for whom I also write books! I hope so much to meet you at a writers’ conference someday!
@Joe Leming you’re not kidding.
I assume you’ve had some courageous conversations to keep your job poising the youth. No wonder why they can’t even figure out what gender they are. You’re really sick lady.