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Chain of ideas : the origins of our authoritarian age / Ibram X. Kendi.

Kendi, Ibram X., (author.).

Summary:

"The term 'great replacement theory' was coined in 2011 by a French novelist who argued that Black and Brown immigrants were 'invading' Europe, brought by shadowy elites to 'replace' the White population. From there, politicians and theorists in the United States and elsewhere repackaged it as a story of 'globalists' welcoming 'migrant criminals' and promoting diversity to take away the jobs, cultures, electoral power, and very lives of White people. Over time, great replacement theory has expanded those under threat to include citizens, men, Jews, Christians, heterosexuals, and ethnic majorities in countries as distinct as Russia, El Salvador, Brazil, Italy, and India, all targeted with the message that they are facing an existential attack that only a strongman can prevent. ... Ibram X. Kendi offers an unsettling but indispensable global history of how great replacement theory brought humanity into this authoritarian age--and how we can free ourselves from it." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593978023
  • ISBN: 0593978021
  • Physical Description: xxxviii, 550 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One World, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2026]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Link 1. White people lose out as peoples of color gain -- Link 2. Racial inequity data should be ignored -- Link 3. Racism is biological prejudice and interpersonal discrimination -- Link 4. Racism against peoples of color is over -- Link 5. Anti-white racism is on the rise -- Link 6. White Christians are indigenous to the nation -- Link 7. Fight for freedom as patriots, like the nation's founders -- Link 8. Stand in the legacy of antislavery, anticolonialism, civil rights activism, and antifascism -- Link 9. Insurrections against democracy protect the nation -- Link 10. Fight for privileges provided by dictators instead of power provided by democracy -- Epilogue
Subject:
Authoritarianism.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Racism > Political aspects.
White supremacy movements.
Xenophobia > Political aspects.
Population geography > Political aspects.
Ethnic conflict > Political aspects.
Race > Demographic aspects.
Race discrimination > Political aspects.
Authoritarianism > History > 21st century.
White people > Race identity.
Right-wing extremists.
Genre:
Informational works.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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