How to Be an Antiracist Lesson Plan

Which parts of Kendi’s autobiographical stories do you find most compelling? Which do you find least compelling? Why?

Answers will likely vary widely on this question. The aim of the question is to prompt students to evaluate the efficacy of the parts of the book that read like memoir. Students may find the stories about Kendi’s orange eyes in “Chapter 9: Color” most compelling because this chapter paints a clear picture of Kendi’s own colorism. Students may also choose the introduction, which is told narratively without much historical or sociological evidence like the other chapters. The introduction is also supposed to be disorienting as Kendi refers to himself as a...