I think I’ve had at least seven books that have been banned in the United States,” says Ibram X Kendi, in a tone that carries no bitterness but stops just short of pride. It’s proof, he says, that his works on racism, which extend from deep, scholarly histories to a biography of Malcolm X for children, are getting through to the right people – and annoying the right people.
As Tim points out:
The US does not ban books. Therefore this is not true.
Indeed. Those that talk about books being 'banned' in America, are simply pretending that a refusal to engage with their works on the part of more right wing leaning people, means their work is being censored or banned
'A is for Activism', is a book that should be kept well away from children and not included in any type of school library. As probably should, and I'm saying this without reading it and just going off experience, Ibram Kendis biography of Malcolm X for children
I'm not saying people should not learn about Malcolm X, but it's a heady subject, probably suited towards the more mature reader, and you can guarantee that any biography of the man written by a political activist and targeted at a child audience, will be garbage intended to brainwash, and very far from a truthful and impartial account of Mr X
According to the writers’ advocacy group PEN America, his books have been banned at least 50 times by multiple US school districts during the tumultuous “anti-woke” backlash of the past five years.
Schools do not want his books. To us that just means, schools do not want his books. To them it means, they're banned
My excellent blog, The Moose, must also be banned in America, as to my knowledge, it's contents have never been to taught in any schools accross the whole country
Fascists!
The 'anti-woke' backlash is not just about questionable woke propaganda in schools, many books have been 'banned' that promote the trans cult and contain some very graphic details about the many sexual deviants who walk among us, and what they like to get up to in bed (amongst other places)
Again, we're told these things are banned when schools refuse to engage with them, but the simple fact is, they're filth and have no business being in schools, and should probably come with an 18 age restriction
Discussing his latest book, Chain of Ideas, 43-year-old Kendi presents another uncompromising binary. “We, as human beings, have two choices in the 21st century: antiracist democracy or racist dictatorship,” he tells me over a video call from his book-lined study at Howard University in Washington DC.
So he's an educator too. Acedemia seems to be rife with these people. I can only think that they have so much trouble convincing normal, well adjusted adults, of their perversions and fantasies, that their only recourse is to target young and developing minds, in an environment away from their parents
Having said that, nine million adults recently voted for a Labour government, and more recently, 14,980 adults voted for a Green MP. There may be a woke backlash, schools may be 'banning' woke books and the left clearly need the next generation on their side, but unfortunately, adults are still the problem
“There is almost certainly a likelihood that in 20 years, the better part of Europe, and frankly the world, could be led by racist dictatorships,” he continues. “We’ve gone from monarchy to democracy to dictatorship. We’re literally going backwards. Why? Because we fear people we don’t know.”
Dictatorships come in many forms, but the only dictators I see around me at the moment, are the woke, not the anti-woke. Do as we tell you, believe what we tell you, repeat our mantra, ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears, or you will be persecuted, sacked from your jobs and maybe even sent to prison
But the primary route to enabling antiracist democracy to flourish, he says, is simply improving conditions for people. “Because it is those conditions, and it is people’s own struggles, that are being capitalised on to blame those immigrants, Muslims, Black people, for why those conditions exist.
The evidence of our eyes and ears tells us that when immigrants arrive in large numbers from a third world country, we become a third world country. We blame those people for why those conditions exist, because they bring those conditions with them
The great replacement theory is a smokescreen for the real causes of poverty and deprivation: neoliberal capitalism and the huge inequalities it has created.
And there it is. This is usually what it comes down to. He's an anti-capitalist. Capitalism has dragged more people out of poverty than any other system ever tried, anywhere
Capitalism has created the wealth that the great replacers come here to seek. It also created opportunities to earn or create your own wealth, but why bother doing that when your new host country will just hand it to you?
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