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My book, #HowToBeAnAntiracist, is, in part, my journal of awareness, reflection, and action. Introducing BE ANTIRACIST: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action.

#BeAntiracist drops on October 6, 2020. Pre-order now. 1/
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What we say about the races, what we do about injustice determines what—not who—we are in each moment. But to determine what we are, we must define what racist and antiracist are in a clear and consistent way. #BeAntiracist 2/
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After defining these terms, we can apply them to ourselves, to the ideas we express, to the policies we support, and to our action and inaction when staring in the face of inequities. #BeAntiracist 3/
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We must always know whether we are using our power to challenge or uphold racism in our institutions and societies. We must always strive to be antiracist. 4/
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I composed this journal and workbook to serve as a guide for people to think and act anew. It speaks to how I guide myself. It speaks to how I guide students in my college courses. #BeAntiracist 5/
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Have you ever wondered how so many people could allow thousands of Black people to be publicly lynched week after week, year after year in the 19th century and 20th century? Have you ever wondered how so many people could blame the victims of lynchings for their own deaths? 1/
Have you ever wondered how so many people feared the murdered and felt safe around the murderers? Have you ever wondered how decade after decade legislatures and governors and presidents and courts refused to deploy their power to stop the lynchings? 2/
No one should have to wonder anymore. Open your eyes to police violence. See how so many people keep responding. By treating police shooters as victims. By blaming Black victims for being shot in the back. By being outraged about Black rage. 3/
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I am a full of thanks on this day, my 38th birthday. Two years ago, I didn’t know whether I’d see another birthday. I was dealing with stage 4 cancer, facing down a daylong cancer surgery with two different surgeons. 1/9
A year ago on my birthday, #HowToBeAnAntiracist dropped. I was excited as I was worried. 2/9
It is not easy to release a book where you are incredibly vulnerable and incredibly ashamed, a book debunking how many people understand racism,

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How did it come to this? A racial reckoning. An antiracist revolution. My cover essay for the Sept. issue @TheAtlantic argues America is ending its denial. No president has caused more Americans to stop denying the existence of racism than Donald Trump. 1/
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As Trump’s horrific presidency hopefully nears its end, Americans should be thankful to him in only one respect. He has shown Americans what Americans did not want to see. 2/
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He has held up a mirror to American society, and it has reflected back a grotesque image that too many people had until now refused to see: an image not just of the racism still coursing through the country, but also of the reflex to deny that reality. 3/
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