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April 7 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi with Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age at UCSB Campbell Hall

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Ibram X. Kendi exposes how “great replacement theory” spread from a fringe panic to a defining force in global politics, driving violence and undermining democratic values

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SUMMARY

  • Tue, Apr 7 | 7:30 p.m. | UCSB Campbell Hall
    • Historian Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world’s leading scholars of racism and antiracism
    • As the author of Stamped from the Beginning, he became the youngest winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and has been one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People and a MacArthur Fellow
    • In his latest work, Chain of Ideas, Kendi traces how “great replacement theory” moved from the margins to a dominant force in global authoritarianism, showing how it erodes democratic norms and outlining how we can confront it and strengthen democracy
    • FREE pre-signed copies of Kendi’s new book, Chain of Ideas, will be available while supplies last (pick up at event)
    • Kendi’s other books will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Chaucer’s Books
    • Part of Arts & Lectures’ Justice for All programming initiative
  • $30 General Public / FREE for UCSB students (Current student ID required)