A quick "read", as I listened to this on audio book, read by the author Jason Reynolds himself.
When we say that racism is a structural and societal problem, many people don't think further than just "oh, that's how society is", not asking themselves "how did this come to be?". Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi provide a solid overview of Black history, starting from before the United States were founded, up until the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, showing just what "structural" and "institutionalized" mean in practice.
The separation of racial positions into segregationist, assimilationist and antiracist is especially eye-opening to me, especially as it carries through the book as a distinct red thread of vocabulary. The writing style, aimed at middle grade readers, is just right; as an adult reader I did not feel like any of the topics were over-simplified. This is definitely a good book to grab as an audio book, as the author does a phenomenal job of talking to the listener, instead of reading to them. My only complaint was that it was too short, but I suppose that that's just a sign that I should pick up the original "Stamped"!