![]() ![]() Kendi explained the how and why of the central premise underlying both books: racism takes two forms, segregation and assimilation. It’s today, and it’s going to be tomorrow.” “History is there,” Reynolds said, “but it’s also here. The story begins in the 15th century, when “the world’s first racist,” Prince Henry of Portugal, began kidnapping Africans and selling them into slavery in Europe it concludes with a chapter on the emergence of the Black Lives Matter Movement in 2013, following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. ![]() ![]() Reynolds noted that his strategy for transforming “Stamped Senior” into Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You was to make sure that his writing “puts young people right in the middle of the conversation” about race and racism. “I did my very best not just to honor your book,” Reynolds replied, “but also to honor the children.” “This book needs to be read in every high school, it needs to be read in every middle school,” Kendi told about 500 booksellers packing a hotel ballroom. ![]()
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