Marybeth Jones

“studied under the newly hired twenty-six-year-old Enlightenment intellectual William Small of Scotland, who taught that reason, not religion, should command human affairs, a lesson that would inform Jefferson’s views about government.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

“Black behavior—not the wrenching housing and economic racism—was blamed for these impoverished Black enclaves.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

“Do you find yourself mistaken now?” Gray had flatly asked. “Was not Christ crucified?” Turner replied.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

“Phillis Wheatley had auditioned and proven the capability of Black humanity to the assimilationist scions of Boston. But unlike the publishers, these men did not have much to lose.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America