"I understood that the major reason why people were singling me out and demonising me was because they did not want people reading my books."
"In his 2016 breakthrough book Stamped from the Beginning, he argued that racist policies lead to racist ideas, not the other way round."
"There was no such thing as not racist; you were either racist or anti-racist. There was no in-between: inaction or neutrality about racist issues was effectively complicity."
"We, as human beings, have two choices in the 21st century: antiracist democracy or racist dictatorship."
Ibram X Kendi has experienced at least seven book bans in the United States, with over 50 instances reported by PEN America. His works, which address racism and its historical context, have provoked significant backlash during recent anti-woke movements. Kendi believes the bans are a response to the effectiveness of his ideas, which challenge prevailing narratives about race. His books argue that racist policies create racist ideas and that neutrality on racial issues equates to complicity. Kendi emphasizes a stark choice between antiracist democracy and racist dictatorship in contemporary society.
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