Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk.bsky.social
National Book Award-winning Historian @Howard.edu • 11x NYT Bestselling Author. MacArthur Fellow. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
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The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
“Trump had telegraphed for months that Maduro could not remain in power, yet Venezuela’s illegitimate leader clung on.”
According to the editorial board of The Washington Post, it is Trump who decides whether leaders of sovereign states can remain in power.
According to the editorial board of The Washington Post, it is Trump who decides whether leaders of sovereign states can remain in power.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“Trump had telegraphed for months that Maduro could not remain in power, yet Venezuela’s illegitimate leader clung on.”
According to the editorial board of The Washington Post, it is Trump who decides whether leaders of sovereign states can remain in power.
According to the editorial board of The Washington Post, it is Trump who decides whether leaders of sovereign states can remain in power.
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How to Be an Antiracist Review
I'm very happy I finally read this book. As I said, I truly appreciate how he held himself accountable. Growing and becoming a better person is the goal and not only is he trying to help others but he does the same for himself.
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I'm very happy I finally read this book. As I said, I truly appreciate how he held himself accountable. Growing and becoming a better person is the goal and not only is he trying to help others but he does the same for himself.
#bookreview #booksky
December 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
How to Be an Antiracist Review
I'm very happy I finally read this book. As I said, I truly appreciate how he held himself accountable. Growing and becoming a better person is the goal and not only is he trying to help others but he does the same for himself.
#bookreview #booksky
I'm very happy I finally read this book. As I said, I truly appreciate how he held himself accountable. Growing and becoming a better person is the goal and not only is he trying to help others but he does the same for himself.
#bookreview #booksky
Great replacement theory has mutated. It isn’t just about Black and Latino people replacing White people. It’s about “criminals” replacing the “good people.” Trump routinely casts Latinos—migrating or not—as essentially drug traffickers (the language some European politicos put on African migrants).
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Great replacement theory has mutated. It isn’t just about Black and Latino people replacing White people. It’s about “criminals” replacing the “good people.” Trump routinely casts Latinos—migrating or not—as essentially drug traffickers (the language some European politicos put on African migrants).
The same Trump administration that keeps telling people to go back to the “corrupt” and “violent” Global South keeps bringing corruption and violence to the Global South. The same Trump administration that keeps invading US cities and kidnapping people has now invaded Venezuela and kidnapped people.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The same Trump administration that keeps telling people to go back to the “corrupt” and “violent” Global South keeps bringing corruption and violence to the Global South. The same Trump administration that keeps invading US cities and kidnapping people has now invaded Venezuela and kidnapped people.
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🚨In a new piece that I co-authored with @michaeldgreen.com for @bmj.com, we argue that Trump's war on DEI in medical education will damage the health of Americans
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
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We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
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Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives
Building a diverse medical workforce is a crucial step to improving population health outcomes, write Gavin Yamey and Michael D Green
The Trump administration and its allies have recently taken seve...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🚨In a new piece that I co-authored with @michaeldgreen.com for @bmj.com, we argue that Trump's war on DEI in medical education will damage the health of Americans
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
We present research evidence showing that a diverse medical workforce improves population health outcomes
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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I read “How to Be an AntiRacist” on my own accord because I wanted to and I found it to be an enlightening experience and nowhere near what some unfortunately loud people tried to paint it to be.
Thanks,
Me, a white guy
Thanks,
Me, a white guy
“You radical left scum professors are forcing White male students to read! To struggle with ideas from antiracist and feminist scholars! How dare you!”
January 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I read “How to Be an AntiRacist” on my own accord because I wanted to and I found it to be an enlightening experience and nowhere near what some unfortunately loud people tried to paint it to be.
Thanks,
Me, a white guy
Thanks,
Me, a white guy
“You radical left scum professors are forcing White male students to read! To struggle with ideas from antiracist and feminist scholars! How dare you!”
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 PM
“You radical left scum professors are forcing White male students to read! To struggle with ideas from antiracist and feminist scholars! How dare you!”
I have never seen CNN or another mainstream media outlet convey that a moderate Democrat governing as a moderate Democrat is news. This isn’t journalism.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/p...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubles down in an unapologetically progressive inauguration | CNN Politics
If there was any hope New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani would inch towards the middle or appeal to moderate Democrats as he launched his administration, it vanished in the bitter January air that ush...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I have never seen CNN or another mainstream media outlet convey that a moderate Democrat governing as a moderate Democrat is news. This isn’t journalism.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/01/p...
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For subscribers to great replacement theory, the nation was pure, was “great,” when hardly any Black people were in positions of power and immigration from Africa was banned.
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
For subscribers to great replacement theory, the nation was pure, was “great,” when hardly any Black people were in positions of power and immigration from Africa was banned.
Pre-order sale at Barnes & Noble! My new book, Chain of Ideas, coming in March. ✌🏾
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December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Pre-order sale at Barnes & Noble! My new book, Chain of Ideas, coming in March. ✌🏾
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In 2026, let’s stop asking how a VP who has biracial kids and is married to a child of Indian immigrants could consider immigrants of color to be destroying the US. As a conspiracy theory, great replacement theory isn’t supposed to make sense. It’s supposed to drum up support for authoritarianism.
December 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In 2026, let’s stop asking how a VP who has biracial kids and is married to a child of Indian immigrants could consider immigrants of color to be destroying the US. As a conspiracy theory, great replacement theory isn’t supposed to make sense. It’s supposed to drum up support for authoritarianism.
To assume a book on being antiracist is only for White people is to overlook internalized anti-Blackness and the anti-Blackness of the people identified as Native, Latino, MENA, and Asian.
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To assume a book on being antiracist is only for White people is to overlook internalized anti-Blackness and the anti-Blackness of the people identified as Native, Latino, MENA, and Asian.
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#booksky Just finished Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. 📚
It’s one of those books that doesn’t just inform — it recalibrates your understanding of America. Highly recommend it for anyone ready to confront history with clarity and honesty.
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It’s one of those books that doesn’t just inform — it recalibrates your understanding of America. Highly recommend it for anyone ready to confront history with clarity and honesty.
#StampedFromTheBeginning #IbramXKendi
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#booksky Just finished Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. 📚
It’s one of those books that doesn’t just inform — it recalibrates your understanding of America. Highly recommend it for anyone ready to confront history with clarity and honesty.
#StampedFromTheBeginning #IbramXKendi
It’s one of those books that doesn’t just inform — it recalibrates your understanding of America. Highly recommend it for anyone ready to confront history with clarity and honesty.
#StampedFromTheBeginning #IbramXKendi
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But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But that one white guy couldn’t get a job in Hollywood because woke!!!!
“How did we end up in this age of rising authoritarianism?. . .Chain of Ideas. . .argues that a once-fringe conspiracy has an outsized impact on the anti-democratic age we now find ourselves in.”
Shouts to Oprah Daily for including Chain of Ideas in this list.
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Shouts to Oprah Daily for including Chain of Ideas in this list.
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The Most Anticipated Books of 2026 Include the Triumphant Returns of Michael Pollan and Lindy West
Jesmyn Ward, George Saunders, and Elizabeth Strout return, and stars like Liza Minnelli, Octavia Spencer, and Laverne Cox spill all the tea.
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December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“How did we end up in this age of rising authoritarianism?. . .Chain of Ideas. . .argues that a once-fringe conspiracy has an outsized impact on the anti-democratic age we now find ourselves in.”
Shouts to Oprah Daily for including Chain of Ideas in this list.
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Shouts to Oprah Daily for including Chain of Ideas in this list.
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Yeah…as someone who extensively covered his Big Lie in Georgia and the “parental rights”/ anti-everything movement in the U.S., I’ve written, spoken about and warned against the MSM’s normalization of this man and everything connected to him. From Nov. 9, 2024:
theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
December 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Yeah…as someone who extensively covered his Big Lie in Georgia and the “parental rights”/ anti-everything movement in the U.S., I’ve written, spoken about and warned against the MSM’s normalization of this man and everything connected to him. From Nov. 9, 2024:
theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
theemancipator.org/2024/11/09/t...
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Wait until the New York Times learns about the Electoral College.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wait until the New York Times learns about the Electoral College.
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This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
I see this on the right - the idea that the existence of foreign academic staff and faculty are evidence of discrimination against natives. It's not discrimination, its selection: academia is a global marketplace, the US is the biggest center of that market. So yes, some foreign talent will win.
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
"MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues," Trump said. The very politicians claiming White people are facing a genocide are also claiming Christians are facing a genocide.
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U.S. says it struck ISIS in Nigeria after Trump warns of attacks on Christians
The president claimed that militants were "slaughtering" Christians in Africa's most populous country.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues," Trump said. The very politicians claiming White people are facing a genocide are also claiming Christians are facing a genocide.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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A central point of great replacement theory is the “Scum” are destroying “our country.” This point allows the authoritarian to frame the regime as protective and restorative. So the people will desire authoritarianism and despise the “Scum.”
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A central point of great replacement theory is the “Scum” are destroying “our country.” This point allows the authoritarian to frame the regime as protective and restorative. So the people will desire authoritarianism and despise the “Scum.”
Don’t be like authoritarian regimes and imagine the world as yours for the taking. Be a gift to the world. #merrychristmas
December 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Don’t be like authoritarian regimes and imagine the world as yours for the taking. Be a gift to the world. #merrychristmas
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We're in the publishing doldrums now, but after the new year the hot new releases will start up again. Here are eight nonfiction titles to look forward to. Titles and authors in alt-text, links to preorder these books in our linked article on @dailykos.com: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We're in the publishing doldrums now, but after the new year the hot new releases will start up again. Here are eight nonfiction titles to look forward to. Titles and authors in alt-text, links to preorder these books in our linked article on @dailykos.com: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
#Booksky
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From @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social some time ago. Shouts to the folks over there. I enjoy the good talk with the good people. But I am an introvert. Home is the solitude. Of reading. Of researching. Of thinking. Of writing. In this, I suspect I am not alone. ✌🏾
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
From @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social some time ago. Shouts to the folks over there. I enjoy the good talk with the good people. But I am an introvert. Home is the solitude. Of reading. Of researching. Of thinking. Of writing. In this, I suspect I am not alone. ✌🏾
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The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📚Book Announcement!📚
The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
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Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Ideas By
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Chain of Ideas by Ibram X. Kendi: 9780593978023 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has become a dominant political idea of our time and ushered in an antidemocratic...
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December 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Ideas By
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