Editing Irshad Manji (section)

=== ''Don't Label Me'' ===
In a pre-release event for her latest book, ''Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times'', Manji was the keynote speaker at the annual Day of Discovery, Dialogue & Action event of the [[Washington University in St. Louis]] on 19 February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Leslie Gibson|date=15 February 2019|title=Honest diversity, moral courage and shedding labels: A Q&A with Irshad Manji|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2019/02/honest-diversity-moral-courage-and-shedding-labels-a-qa-with-irshad-manji/|access-date=1 September 2020|website=The Source|publisher=Washington University in St. Louis|language=en-US}}</ref> ''Don't Label Me'' was published by [[St. Martin's Press]] on 26 February.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Schilling|first=Mary Kaye|date=21 February 2019|title=In ''Don't Label Me'', Irshad Manji Has a Radical Prescription for Fellow Progressives: 'Stop Shaming and Start Listening'|work=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/2019/03/08/irshad-manji-interview-dont-label-me-diversity-black-lives-matters-1335894.html|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The book is written in the form of an imaginary conversation with Lily, Manji's first dog, who is now deceased and plays the role of [[Devil's advocate]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Gee|first=Dana|date=2 April 2019|title=Listening is the best way to get your point across, says Irshad Manji|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/listening-is-the-best-way-to-get-your-point-across-says-irshad-manji|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Vancouver Sun|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Kronen|first=Samuel|date=1 May 2019|title=Irshad Manji's "Don't Label Me": Book Review|url=https://areomagazine.com/2019/05/01/irshad-manjis-dont-label-me-book-review/|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Areo|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Dana Gee of the ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', "It may seem like a gimmicky construct, but it actually works". Manji uses the conversation to advocate rising above [[tribalism]] and engaging in a discourse with those with whom the reader disagrees.<ref name=":1" /> In a video published by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine in March 2019, Manji says "I'm here to propose that, while more and more schools are teaching young people how not to be offensive, they also need to be teaching a new generation how not to be offended".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hahn|first=Jason Duaine|date=4 April 2019|title=Schools 'Need' to Teach Kids 'How Not to Be Offended' in 2019, Educator Pleads|url=https://people.com/human-interest/schools-kids-how-not-to-be-offended-irshad-manji/|access-date=1 September 2020|website=People|language=EN}}</ref> Comedian [[Chris Rock]], a fan of Manji,<ref name=":0" /> also promoted the book on Twitter calling it "genius".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kofinas|first=Demetri|date=15 July 2020|title=Don't Label Me: How to Do Diversity Without Inflaming the Culture Wars {{!}} Irshad Manji|url=https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/irshad-manji-diversity-culture-wars/|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Hidden Forces|at=[https://hiddenforces.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ep.146_Irshad-Manji_Regular-Episode_7-20-20.pdf 00:00:48]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=@chrisrock|date=26 February 2019|title=The new book by @IrshadManji, Don't Label Me, is sheer genius. Today, schools and consultants teach ppl how not to be offensive. But Irshad shows us how not to be offended. That's good for comedy and for life. So read the book & learn to laugh, dammit.|url=https://twitter.com/chrisrock/status/1100499552933724165|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> In a review of ''Don't Label Me'' for ''Areo Magazine'', Samuel Kronen wrote that "Manji provides a wonderful combination of self-deprecation, wit and ferocious honesty and provides insights into some of the greatest social problems we face today."<ref name=":4" />