I just finished How to be an Antiracist[1] by Ibram X. Kendi. The book is a memoir of how Kendi grew up absorbing racist ideas and overcame them while growing up and starting the Antiracist Research and Policy Center[2]. It is also a practical philosophical tome that provides an ideology to demolish racism through policy. How to be an Antiracist supports many ideas that I will incorporate into my activism.

1) "Not Racist" supports the status quo. All ideas and policies (not people) are racist or antiracist meaning that they either support equality among races or they support inequality.

2) Moral suasion is the idea that outright rhetorical appeals will change hearts and minds to support policy change. Moral suasion does not work. Policies sculpt thought. We must use antiracist power to put antiracist policies into effect.

3) An antiracist activist is someone who has a history of antiracist policy victories. While online moral suasion helps to unite antiracists and serves as an outlet for frustration, it does not make one an activist.

Also, Kendi is putting out a kids book called Antiracist Baby. Preorder it for your babies[3].

[1]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an-antiracist
[2]https://antiracismcenter.com/
[3]https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624774/antiracist-baby-by-ibram-x-kendi-illustrated-by-ashley-lukashevsky/