Marcados al nacer

Following the election of Barack Obama, many declared the beginning of a post-racial era. Yet racist thinking, more sophisticated and insidious than ever, remains deeply ingrained in American society. As Ibram X. Kendi-the most influential voice in the anti-racist struggle and one of the current leaders of the # BlackLivesMatter movement argues-, although racist ideas develop, spread and enshrine very easily, they can also be discredited. And this is what he proposes with Marcados al Nacer, a National Book Award-winning masterpiece that demolishes the well-established idea that racism is a direct consequence of ignorance or hatred. In this deeply documented historical research, Kendi shows us how America's brightest minds from different eras have striven to create and perpetuate racist institutions and a system based on discriminatory policies, then generate racist ideas and attitudes that justify ex post facto slavery and segregation. By speaking openly about racism and its murky history, this book provides us with the necessary tools to unmask it, and it becomes an indispensable reading in these times.