Gr 7 Up—Although billed as "NOT a history book," this timely and accessible work examines the history of anti-Black
racism and U.S. policies that have been used to justify slavery, genocide, and oppression. This reimagining of
Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning teaches readers to think critically about race and investigates the ideologies of
significant segregationists, assimilationists, and antiracists

Absolutely an essential an accessible text for youth ans adults. ( )

Jason Reynolds has written an effective, timely and accessible manifesto regarding racism, antiracism, and what it has to do with all of us here in the US. Essentially, Stamped is a remix of Ibram X. Kendi's important work on the history of racism (Stamped From The Beginning) written for young people. This not-a-history-book-history-book-about-race is told with passion, humor, and honesty. Jason Reynolds takes Dr. Kendi's break down of history and makes it easy to understand. Highly recommended for teens (and adults!). I learned many things a bout the history of racism from this book and was challenged by what I read. A trans formative read. ( )

I loved this book and can’t wait to get my students to read it. ( )

"This is not a history book" begins this remix of Dr. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning, intended for a teenage audience but equally useful as an introduction to the subject for adults. Despite the disclaimer, there is quite a bit of history in the book, beginning in the 1600s and coming right up to the present day. Reynolds breaks down Kendi's segregationalists, assimilationists, and antiracists as the haters, the likers, and the lovers, and shows how anti-Black policies have been used to perpetuate racism even through Black thinkers such as W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington.

There is a lot to digest in this broad overview of 400 years of European and U.S. history - yeah, history, though it's certainly different from the history books I read as a kid and assumes a knowledge of the basics of U.S. history. Reynolds does a nice job of breaking things down without talking down to his audience, and listening to him read the audio version was an excellent way of reading this book for the first time. Once the text reached the time period where I was alive and aware of politics and policy, I thought the authors sometimes oversimplified some things, but I'm interested in reading the original and seeing if Dr. Kendi when into more detail. It's an engaging and provocative book sure to spark needed discussion. ( )