# Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

**Author:** Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
**Lexile:** 1000L
**Grade range:** Grades 7–12
**Age range:** 12–18
**First published:** 2020
**Page count:** 320
**Genre:** Young Adult Nonfiction / History
**ISBN-13:** `9780316453691`
**ISBN-10:** `0316453692`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/stamped-racism-antiracism-and-you
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Jason Reynolds' 'remix' of Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning traces the history of racist ideas in America from the 1400s to the present. The book is among the most-assigned texts in US middle school and high school US history and social studies courses since 2020, and also among the most-challenged per PEN America's Index of School Book Bans.

## Themes

- history of racism
- antiracism
- American history
- civil rights movement
- historical literacy

## Content notes

- historical violence
- slavery
- lynching (discussed)
- racial slurs (historical context)

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 12+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: CCSS ELA grades 6-8 contemporary nonfiction history](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: CCSS ELA grades 9-10 nonfiction historical analysis](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: CCSS ELA grades 9-10 nonfiction historical analysis](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

## Banned / challenged record

Documented removals or formal challenges in at least one school district in 6 states: FL, TX, MO, PA, TN, SC. Source: [PEN America's Index of School Book Bans](https://pen.org/banned-book-list/) 2022-2024.

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