Stamped From The Beginning

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors.  Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X Kendi examines the origin of racism, looking at the impact of 15th-century European ideas upon America today.

 What George Says: “To write about slavery one has to write about race, and this is a very wise book about race in America, that reinforces the idea that we are all the same, but then oppression comes in and insists on differentiating us for profit and thus dividing us.”

What They Say: “Unusually original and groundbreaking ... Ibram X Kendi's brilliant book ... has disturbed some readers because of the author's fearless reappraisal of the words, actions and philosophies of some of the more revered heroes of American abolitionism and civil rights - including African American heroes ... Kendi remains awake to nuance and complexity [yet] this is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations. He goes where the evidence takes him, which is not to where we or we might want it to go ... a compelling if discomfiting thesis... persuasive and powerful” — David Olusoga

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