Lenka S. reviewed on 4/10/2022 + 822 more book reviews

To a Hammer everything looks like a nail.

Kendi pathologically cherry-picks his data. When discussing race and health, he laments that blacks are more likely than whites to HAVE Alzheimer's disease, openly implying that this demonstrates clear anti- Black racism in the medical field. Of course, he neglects to mention that Whites are more likely to DIE from Alzheimer, according to the Center for Disease Control.

In the same vein, Kendi notes that blacks are more likely than whites to die of prostate cancer and breast cancer, but he does not include the fact that blacks are less likely than whites to die of esophageal cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, brain cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and leukemia.

By selectively citing data that show blacks suffering more than whites, Kendi turns what should be a unifying, race-neutral battle groundâânamely, humanity's fight against deadly diseasesââinto another proxy battle in the War on Racism.

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