Despǔs de la elecci̤n de Barack Obama, muchos declararon el comienzo de una era post-racial. Sin embargo, el pensamiento racista, m̀s sofisticado e insidioso que nunca, permanece profundamente arraigado en la sociedad estadounidense. Como sostiene Ibram X. Kendi, la voz m̀s influyente en la lucha antirracista y uno de los l̕deres actuales del movimiento # BlackLivesMatter, aunque las ideas racistas se desarrollan, difunden y consagran con mucha...

"Bestselling author Ellis Cose's groundbreaking latest work interrogates pivotal decisions from enslavement to the New Deal to the handling of Covid that established the United States discriminatory practices for centuries to come. Numerous racialized decisions have solidified America's, and people of color's, fate at different points in history. The first were race-based slavery and the removal of Indigenous peoples from their land. More have proliferated...

"In Black Elders, Frederick C. Knight explores the experiences of African Americans with aging and in old age during the eras of slavery and emancipation. Though slavery put a premium on young labor, elders worked as caregivers, domestics, cooks, or midwives and performed other tasks in the margins of Southern and Northern economies. Looking at black families, churches, mutual aid societies, and homes for the aged, Knight demonstrates the pivotal...

"A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas have shaped American life—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist. Racism has persisted throughout history—but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep research and a gripping narrative that illuminates the lives of five key American figures, preeminent historian Ibram X. Kendi reveals how understanding...