Thread by @MiaCathell

I attended the "National Antiracist Book Festival" hosted by Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University.

During the "On Bringing People Together" session, Rep. Ilhan Omar taught viewers that minorities are oppressed by every sector of society.

During the "On Decolonizing Wealth" panel, MSNBC political analyst Anand Giridharadas argued that women and black Americans cannot seek upward mobility and combat "patriarchy" or "white supremacy" in the economy through individual success.

During the "On Talking Race" discussion, novelist Mira Jacob claimed that those who oppose anti-racist curriculum in schools are perpetuating "white supremacy."

"This Book Is Anti-Racist" author Tiffany Jewell instructed how anti-racist educators can teach elementary school children to shift from the "white savior" mindset to the "co-conspirator" mentality.

Jewell taught an "economic justice" unit based on the Black Panther Party.

IBRAM X. KENDI: "You have white kids graduating high school thinking that there's something right about them because of the color of their skin—that white people have more because they are more. Fast forward, that same white kid...is trying to unlearn decades of racist ideas."

Ibram X. Kendi alleged that it is "white supremacists" who argue that anti-racism and critical race theory are based on anti-white hatred.

"These are [the same] white supremacists who hail the Confederacy...[and]...Nazi Germany."

"Angela Davis is the quintessential anti-racist," Jason Reynolds declared, co-author of "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" for children ages 6 and up.

She called for the release of convicted terrorists and celebrated the communist regimes of East Germany, Cuba, and the USSR.

We cannot find common ground as Americans, "cultural consultant" Dr. Yaba Blay argued. "I don't know if we all have the same relationship to America to claim an American identity...given what America represents...even though I was born and raised in this country."

"Ground yourself in whiteness. Understand the history. Understand the ideology..." scholar Dr. Yaba Blay told white allies. "Go talk to your people so I don’t have to."