This passage contains one of the most important ideas in the whole book. Kendi argues that racist ideas are produced by racist policies, which means that in order to eliminate racist ideas, eliminating racist policies should be the first priority. Moreover, it is also significant that Kendi does not consider racist ideas to be a form of ignorance. While racist ideas are always false and can stem from a misunderstanding about how the world works, they do not constitute a
lack of knowledge, but a form of incorrect knowledge.