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Also Known As	Ibram Henry Rogers • Ibram Xolani Kendi
Born	August 13, 1982 (age 42) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“How to Be an Antiracist” • “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America”
Subjects Of Study	racism

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