In this cleverly constructed “not history” history book, authors Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi has us travel trough time revealing the conceptions and continuing practices of racism and racist ideology, while dissecting and understanding the terms assimilation as well as “uplift suation”, a phrase formulated by Kendi himself. This book is a must read with its gripping narrative and its eye-opening study of the other side of the coin. For those who enjoyed This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell.
– K.C.