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Ibram Kendi's 'antiracism' center accused of perpetuating systemic injustice through 'employment violence'



Ibram X. Kendi, famous for his teachings on "antiracism," is accused of perpetuating systemic injustices through "employment violence."

Last week, the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University — an organization Kendi founded and directs — laid off between 20 to 30 employees, according to the Boston Globe, which is at least half of the center's staff.

Now, former leaders who worked in the center are speaking out about its behind-the-scenes problems.

Boston University associate professor Dr. Phillipe Copeland, for example, questioned how the "mass layoffs" adhere to Kendi's "antiracist" framework.

"This act of employment violence and trauma is not just about individual leaders. It's about the cultures and systems that allow it to occur. And too often rewards it," Copeland wrote on Facebook.

"Antiracism is not a branding exercise, PR campaign or path to self-promotion. It is a life and death matter," he added. "Those of us who believe in real antiracism need to demand more from our colleges and universities. Institutions preaching 'antiracism' need to actually practice it."

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Boston University associate professor Dr. Spencer Piston, moreover, suggested in an interview with the Boston Globe that Kendi abused power that he had amassed.

"There are a number of ways it got to this point; it started very early on when the university decided to create a center that rested in the hands of one human being, an individual given millions of dollars and so much authority," Piston told the newspaper.

That sentiment was echoed by Boston University associate professor Dr. Saida Grundy, who left the center after working there for less than a year. She described the center as "exploitative."

"It became very clear after I started that this was exploitative and other faculty experienced the same and worse," Grundy told the Boston Globe.

The Center for Antiracist Research was founded in 2020. Its mission is "to create novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice." The center has received tremendous (i.e., lucrative) donor support, including a $10 million donation from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.

Kendi did not return a request for comment from the Globe.

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'Anti-racist' professor Ibram X. Kendi says Republican Party is 'party of white supremacy'



Ibram X. Kendi, who has made headlines for proclaiming himself to be the "anti-racist" professor, said that Republicans are the "party of white supremacy."

In addition to being a professor and author, Kendi heads up Boston University's Center for Anti-Racist Research.

What are the details?

Kendi, author of "How to Be an Anti-Racist," penned an op-ed for the Atlantic in which he branded the GOP as deeply sinister and racist.

In the op-ed, Kendi said that the Republican Party is guilty of using "dog whistles," such as calling itself the "party of parents."

He added that "Republican politicians care about white children," "anti-racist education is harmful to white children," "Republican politicians are protecting white children by banning anti-racist education," and that the "Republican Party is the party of white parents because it is protecting white children."

“The foundational assumption of this great myth is that Republican politicians care about white children,” Kendi claimed. “But if they did, then they would not be ignoring or downplaying or defending or bolstering the principal racial threat facing white youth today.”

The principal racial threat, he said, is that white children are "being indoctrinated" into white supremacy online and not taking advantage of learning critical race theory in many public schools.

White supremacy, he explained, is the "toxic blend of racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, and anti-Semitic ideas" that are "harmful to all minds," but is targeted toward "white youth."

He added that the Republican Party is fueling the fire by trying to "ban what can protect their kids from white supremacy."

“Instead of countering white supremacy by supporting antiracist education, Republican officials have turned white parental attention away from that threat, rallying their support in order to ban what can protect their kids from white supremacy,” Kendi claimed, pointing to critical race theory. “The GOP crusade against antiracist education has left impressionable white kids unprotected from the threat of white supremacists sliding into their feeds, chat rooms, games, DMs — into their minds.”

Kendi noted that white Republicans who are averse to what he refers to "anti-racist education" are helping to perpetuate the degradation of young, white minds.

“The Republican attacks on what they call ‘critical race theory’ aren’t about protecting white kids, or any kids at all,” Kendi added. “The attacks are intended to deceive, aggrieve, and mobilize enough white donors and voters to win contested elections this year and beyond.”

“This Republican Party is not the party of any group of parents, but the party of white supremacy,” he concluded.

Boston University student newspaper calls for 'outright abolishing' campus police to improve safety



A Boston University student newspaper editorial board calls for "outright abolishing" the campus police department because of its "egregious history and present of violence and racism."

On Wednesday, the Boston University student newspaper — The Daily Free Press — claimed that their campus has a "safety issue."

"Our campus has a safety issue," the editorial begins. "This safety issue has nothing to do with a lack of campus security forces — Boston University Police and BU security staff — are distributed throughout our campus."

The editorial claimed that Boston University security guards "have a history of harassing students of color and blocking students of color from entering shared spaces." To back up their claim, the article cited five incidents spanning from 1972 until one incident in April 2021 — when a security officer "wrestled a black man to the ground who they suspected had assaulted a student."

The outlet does not note whether the campus police officer was justified or not in wrestling the person to the ground in 2021.

The student newspaper alleged that the Boston University Police Department has a "racist history."

The editorial added, "From their own public statements to their racist history and present, it is clear the BUPD is not designed, nor does it seem willing, to protect all students on campus."

The outlet proclaimed, "Defunding this institution — or outright abolishing it — and creating new services in its wake that better address student and community needs may actually improve student safety." The editorial admitted that many individuals may have an issue with proposals to "defund or abolish the police," but said that they would be replaced by "community services."

"But as many activists have pointed out, abolition requires that we create more community services that would address people’s needs and community safety. To put it simply, you would always have someone to call — the number would just be different," the editorial said. "For instance, BU could increase funding for Scarlet SafeWalk, a program in which students escort anyone feeling unsafe to their home. BU could create a mental health task force specifically designed to deal with mental health crises and expand funding and resources for BU’s Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center."

The editors proclaimed that a safe campus can't be achieved with "racist police institutions" that are available currently.

As of last week, Minneapolis has walked back efforts to defund the police and even abolish the police after violent crimes skyrocketed in the city.

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Professor actually says 'legal vote' is just as 'racist' as 'welfare queen,' 'super predator,' and — 'personal responsibility'



You might recall the exploits of Ibram Kendi, who made a few headlines in September by suggesting that now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett adopted two Haitian children to shield herself from accusations of racism.

Well, Kendi has stayed busy since then.

What's the latest?

Earlier this month it was reported that he spoke as part of a Stanford University webinar and stated "most organizations and institutions are racist."

And then Kendi — author of "How to Be an Antiracist" and founder of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research — weighed in over the weekend amid voter fraud accusations from President Donald Trump's campaign.

Specifically he declared on Twitter that the term "legal vote" also is racist:

The term “legal vote” is as fictionally fraught and functionally racist as the terms “illegal alien” and “race neut… https://t.co/4dMoSei3lu
— Ibram X. Kendi (@Ibram X. Kendi)1604758365.0

"The term 'legal vote' is as fictionally fraught and functionally racist as the terms 'illegal alien' and 'race neutral' and 'welfare queen' and 'handouts' and 'super predator' and 'crackbaby' and 'personal responsibility' and 'post racial,'" he tweeted.

He added:

What makes a term racist is rarely the term’s literal meaning, and almost always the historical and political conte… https://t.co/mkfcavxcb0
— Ibram X. Kendi (@Ibram X. Kendi)1604766679.0

"The misinformation of widespread voter fraud — or 'illegal voting' — in Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Phoenix where Black and Brown voters predominate is baked into the term 'legal vote,'" he added. "No matter what GOP propaganda says, there's nothing wrong with those voters and votes."

How did observers react?

As you might imagine, Kendi received some pushback over his allegation that the term "legal vote" is racist:

  • "There is nothing racist about the term 'legal vote,'" one commenter wrote. "I applaud your continued grift, but that's all it is."
  • "Huh? Votes do have to meet certain requirements to be legal, and votes that fail to meet them — whoever cast them — fail to be legal," another user wrote. "What am I missing?"
  • "Just say it, sir. You can do it. Three little worlds: 'RULES ARE RACIST.' We know that's what you've been wanting to say forever. You can be yourself here — it's a safe space. Show us your hateful soul," another commenter quipped.
  • And Josh Barnett — an Arizona Republican who lost his bid for a seat in the U.S. House Representatives last week — told Kendi, "No. It means legal. It has nothing to do with the race or any other ridiculous correlation your [sic] trying to make."

Anything else?

Here's Kendi speaking in a YouTube video posted last month titled, "The Heartbeat of Being an Antiracist Is the Ability to Confess":

Ibram X. Kendi: "The Heartbeat Of Being An Antiracist Is The Ability To Confess"youtu.be

(H/T: The College Fix)