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How to Be a One-Hit Wonder: The Ibram X. Kendi Story

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12.03.2026

Ibram X. Kendi, the man whose book, How to Be an Antiracist (along with its derivative satellites), was a fixture on the New York Times' bestsellers list for nearly a year from 2019 well into the racial upheaval of 2020 — as well as a virtue-signaling totem on your medicated aunt's coffee table until recently, when her cats made some use of the yet-unopened hardback — is attempting a relaunch.

A trucklesome profile in New York Magazine begins:

"People cast aspersions on me as a director in order to cast aspersions on my scholarship,” says Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, “because they do not see

"People cast aspersions on me as a director in order to cast aspersions on my scholarship,” says Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, “because they do not see


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