Ibram X. Kendi on preparing children for the realities of racism
by Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times
Jun 29, 2022
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Ibram X. Kendi has spent years studying racism's history, and he is intimately familiar with its violence, horrors and brutalities.
So when he became a father six years ago, the thought of exposing his daughter to the legacy and realities of racism deeply troubled him.
The issue became more personal when Imani, then 1, became attached at day care to a white doll with blue eyes and blonde hair.
"We didn't know what to make of it," said Kendi, a National Book Award winner, MacArthur fellow and director of the Center for
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