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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

Best of: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on Raising Antiracists

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms

What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6962 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi⁠ is the author of many highly acclaimed books including STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 2020, Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Kendi was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant. In this interview, we are discussing his book HOW TO RAISE AN ANTIRACIST. His latest book for young readers is called MALCOM LIVES and you can buy it here. In this interview, Dr. Kendi explains: why caregivers cannot protect young people from racism by ignoring what’s happening to our children why teaching antiracism is the best way to protect our children from racism's harms why children have an easier time understanding these ideas than we might think how putting off conversations about race, or giving kids the message that racism is unmentionable, can make our children prey to more sinister messaging It is never too early, or too late, to start raising our kids to be antiracist. Get ⁠How To Raise An Antiracist⁠ in our Bookshop store: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593242537 and find out more on Dr. Kendi's website: https://ibramxkendi.com We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/⁠⁠⁠⁠ mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, inclusive, inclusivity , anti-racism, racism, race, anti-racist education Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to Fresh Take from What Fresh Hell Laughing in the Face of Motherhood. This is Margaret.

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And this is Amy.

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And today we're talking to Dr. Ebram X. Kendi.

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He is the Andrew W. Mellon professor in the humanities at Boston University and the founding

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director of the BU Center for Anti-Racist Research.

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He's the host of the new podcast, Be Anti-Racist.

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Dr.

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Kendi is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including stamped from the host of the new podcast, Be Anti-Racist. Dr. Kendi is the author of many highly acclaimed

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books, including Stamped from the Beginning, the definitive history of racist ideas in America,

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which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, as well as five straight number one New York

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Times bestsellers. In 2020, Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential

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people in the world.

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He was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as The Genius Grant, and his new book

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released just this week is How to Raise an Anti-Racist, a book that's packed with vulnerability,

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hope, research, and love. Welcome, Dr. Kendi.

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It's a pleasure to be on. So excited to talk to you today.

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