they include "how to be an anti-racist" by ibram kendi.include literally stacks and stacks of books. and i'll tell you two of the ones that were most stunning. they include a book called "anti-racist baby" by ibram kendi. and there are portions of had this book that i find really quite remarkable. one portion of the book says babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist, there is no neutrality. another portion of the book, they recommend babies confess when being racist. now, this is a book that is taught at georgetown grade school to students in pre-k to second grade, to 4 through 7 years old. do you agree with this book that is being taught with kids that babies are racist? >> senator, i do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist or though they are not val jude or though they are less than, that they are victims, they are oppressors. i don't believe in any of that. but what i will say is when you asked me whether or not this was taught in schools, critical race theory, my understanding is critical rac

we take it to boston for my conversation with professor ibram x kendi. dr.di founded and directs the boston university center for antiracist research. that center, in partnership with the boston globe, recently launched the emancipator, a multimedia platform that aims to change the national conversation on race. so let's begin with progress. do you see progress in any of those big issues that are confronting us right now? dr. kendi: we have a governing majority of americans who recognize that structural racism is a thing. it exists. it's harming this nation, and that governing majority has the power, through rebuilding really our democracy, to hopefully eliminate racism once and for all. and in 2010, only about a third, for instance, or so of americans were recognizing racism, you know, as a serious problem. and it got as high as three fourths of americans during the summer of 2020. now, it's come down a little bit. but i take, you know, i see that as progress. soledad: you are well known for a book that you wrote called how to be an anti-racist. what's an a