Ted Cruz accidentally skyrockets sales of anti-racism literature
Ted Cruz struggles to stay out of the headlines and today is no different. He’s skyrocketing book sales for Ibrahim X. Kendi’s picture book, Antiracist Baby, and other enlightened antiracists, which you can be sure was not his intention.
If you haven’t been follow along, Senator Cruz had the audacity to ask Harvard-educated SCOTUS nominee Judge Ketanji Brown if she thinks “babies are racist.” The question was asked as Senator Cruz held up a copy of Ibrahim X. Kendi’s picture book, anti-racist babywhich explains that babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist – and now it’s flying off the shelves.
To see all the books Senator Ted Cruz accidentally promoted below.
Judge Jackson graciously responded to Cruz, later share understanding that “critical race theory is an academic theory that deals with how race interacts with various institutions.”
While we applaud Judge Ketanji Brown for her “when they go low, we go high” approach, well, we’re a little meaner than that. Remember that time Senator Cruz ditched his constituents for sunnier skies as they froze in an arctic explosion and a statewide power grid outage? Of course you do. Well, this is our Cancun and we love seeing Senator Cruz’s notoriety have the exact opposite effect he intended.
Get in on the action and grab that book you wanted to read, but haven’t read yet. Critical Race Theory, The end of the policeand How to be an anti-racist are all excellent informative works relevant to our lives. And hey, there’s no better time than the present to pick one up!
We’re guessing Ted Cruz’s ability to skyrocket sales of Ibrahim X. Kendi and other anti-racism authors is relatively on-brand, given that he’s often been deemed contradictory. His stance against critical race theory and our collective move towards equity only furthers the movement and we are all for it. let’s all go take a copy from Antiracist Baby today and show Senator Cruz how we plan to use his ignominy for the greater good.
Other accidentally promoted Ted Cruz books
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)
Ibram X. Kendi
amazon.com
$10.14
Critical Race Theory (Third Edition): An Introduction (Critical America, 20)
$17.99
The end of the police
amazon.com
$74.50
How to be an anti-racist
Ibram X. Kendi
amazon.com
$17.48
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Pamela Mahler is an e-commerce writer for local commerce at Hearst Newspapers. Email her at [email protected]