How to Be an Antiracist (One World Essentials)

by Ibram X. Kendi

Pain is usually essential to healing. When it comes to healing America of racism, we want to heal America without pain, but without pain, there is no progress.

Saturate the body politic with the chemotherapy or immunotherapy of antiracist policies that shrink the tumors of racial injustice, that kill undetectable cancer cells. Remove any remaining racist policies, the way surgeons remove the tumors. Ensure there are clear margins, meaning no cancer cells of injustice left in the body politic, only the healthy cells of justice. Encourage the consumption of healthy foods for thought and the regular exercising of antiracist ideas, to reduce the likelihood of a recurrence. Monitor the body politic closely, especially where the tumors of racial injustice previously existed. Detect and treat a recurrence early, before it can grow and threaten the body politic.