'I won't be joining your minstrel show': Ibram X. Kendi spurns offer to go on Larry Elder's radio program



Ibram X. Kendi, the author of multiple New York Times bestsellers including the work "How to Be an Antiracist," tweeted that he will not join conservative talk radio host Larry Elder's "minstrel show."

Kendi's comment came during a Twitter exchange between the two men.

"Only in America can black victicrats like @DrIbram become wealthy by telling white people how they prevent black people from becoming wealthy. Is this a great country or what?" Elder tweeted.

Kendi fired back: "Only in America can Black people become wealthy by telling White people they have 10 times the median wealth of Black people because they are superior—and not racism. No need to finance minstrel shows any more when they can finance Larry Elder."

Only in America can Black people become wealthy by telling White people they have 10 times the median wealth of Black people because they are superior\u2014and not racism. No need to finance minstrel shows any more when they can finance Larry Elder.https://twitter.com/larryelder/status/1454510196391170052\u00a0\u2026

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) 1635635034

Elder responded by inviting Kendi to come on his program, but Kendi rejected the offer.

"@DrIbram, I invite you on my show to discuss the root cause of black income/net worth 'inequality.' I'll follow you. Please follow me back so we can make arrangements. Looking forward to our discussion," Elder wrote.

"I won't be joining your minstrel show. But here's a book list if you care to learn about the causes of the racial wealth gap," Kendi answered, supplying a list of several titles.

I won't be joining your minstrel show. But here's a book list if you care to learn about the causes of the racial wealth gap. \n\nThe Whiteness of Wealth\nThe Sum of Us\nThe Color of Money\nThe Half Has Never Been Told\nFrom Here to Equality\nThe Color of Wealth\nThe Color of Law

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) 1636035976

"Why does the bologna avoid the grinder?" Elder tweeted.

During California's recent gubernatorial recall election Elder was the top contender to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, but because voters did not oust Newsom from office, the Democratic governor will be able to serve out the remainder of his term.

Why does the bologna avoid the grinder?\n\n#IbramKendihttps://twitter.com/dribram/status/1456266552878108672\u00a0\u2026

— Larry Elder (@larryelder) 1636036672

Ibram Kendi inadvertently 'blows up entire life's work' in now-deleted tweet, then claims criticism is 'violent'



Boston University professor Ibram X. Kendi, a prominent advocate of anti-racism, deleted a tweet on Friday after his critics pointed out that it may have inadvertently refuted his ideology.

What are the details?

On Friday, Kendi shared a news article of a recent survey that discovered more one-third of white students lied or misrepresented their race on college applications.

Four-fifths of white students who admitted to lying or misrepresenting their race said they did so to improve their chances of being accepted. Half of those students who admitted to lying explained they did so to improve their chances of being awarded financial aid earmarked for minority students.

"More than a third of White students lied about their race on college applications, and about half of these applicants lied about being Native American. More than three-fourths of these students who lied about their race were accepted," Kendi wrote on Twitter.

Kendi later deleted his tweet.

deleted, but the List comes for all, @DrIbram.✍🏼✍🏼✍🏼 https://t.co/Q0YtRfQEfI

— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) 1635562024.0

What was the reaction?

Kendi's deletion incited an avalanche of mockery. In sharing the news article, Kendi's critics said he was undermining what he believes about white privilege and systemic racism in America.

As the Post Millennial wrote, "[I]f white privilege is so prevalent and persuasive, why would white kids feel the need to disguise their whiteness in order to gain admittance to college and aid to help them attend? Could it be that these white students felt that as opposed to giving them an edge, their whiteness was a hindrance to admittance?"

  • "'White kids are lying about being black so they can get into college' doesn't make the point Kendi thinks it does," Noam Blum pointed out.
  • "Kendi deleted this tweet after a bunch of people pointed out it undermines his whole worldview that the US is an incredibly racist country where the system is rigged exclusively for White people," one person said.
  • "Kendi admits it's not actually a privilege to be White in America?" James Lindsay reacted.
  • "Race activist Ibram Kendi tweeted out a report claiming high numbers of white students falsely identify as people of color to reap benefits. He deleted the tweet after realizing it didn't advance his argument that whites are privileged in every way," Andy Ngo said.
  • "Collapsing your entire worldview into a giant sinkhole," Chad Felix Greene pointed out.
  • "[That feeling when] you accidentally blow up your entire life's work in a tweet and have to delete," Alex Griswold mocked.

How did Kendi respond?

Kendi accused one critic of lying about what he had said. That critic, Jack Posobiec, then responded that he "broke" Kendi.

In response, Kendi said that Posobiec's "broke" remark "has a long history within racist structures." Kendi then claimed criticism from white people is "violent."

"Jack couldn't deny his lies so this is how he responded. And his 'broke' reference has a long history within racist structures. White enslavers boasted of *breaking* Black people (when they did not *break* Black people)," Kendi said. "The resistance never stopped then and it won't stop today."

"A White man is attacking a Black person with lies (which are violent). The Black person resists. The White man keeps attacking until he declares he 'broke' the Black person," Kendi responded to one person on Twitter. "That's the context. Seek a book about slavery."

@Alexwhatdaa A White man is attacking a Black person with lies (which are violent). The Black person resists. The W… https://t.co/bbrRomfPD3

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) 1635681309.0

'Antiracist' Ibram X. Kendi caught on video making remarks that some say are 'transphobic'



New York Times bestselling author and founder of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research Ibram X. Kendi made remarks on video that some are classifying as "transphobic." The left-wing author of the "How to Be An Antiracist" book talked about how it was "horrifying" that his daughter "wanted to be a boy."

Kendi made the controversial remarks during an online seminar held on Zoom titled "How to Be an Antiracist School" on Jan. 25 for the New York State Association for Independent Schools.

Thank you @NYSAIS and @DrIbram for the wonderful webinar. https://t.co/oBJJMoqzDc
— Avenues: The World School (@Avenues: The World School)1611616090.0

"You know obviously, talking about race, even talking about gender. I think it was last week my daughter came home and said she wanted to be a boy," Kendi said, as reported by The Post Millennial.

"You know which was horrifying, for my wife to hear, for myself to hear," Kendi said. "And of course, you know, we're like, 'Okay, what affirmative messages about girlhood you know can we be teaching her to protect her from whatever she's hearing in our home, or even outside of our home, that would make her want to be a boy.'"

Kendi then brought race into the discussion by saying, "And I suspect it's the same thing with you know with kids of color, in which they're regularly hearing these messages that may want them to want to be white. Or even white children who are like 'I'm happy I'm white,' right?"

He asked, "You know, what affirmative messages are we teaching them to break down those ideas?"

Kendi here says that his daughter came home and said she wants to be a boy, that it was horrifying, and that it mad… https://t.co/dI1IyUWVR7
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@Allie Beth Stuckey)1612554470.0

Thus far, there has been little to no outrage over Kendi's comments about being horrified about his daughter considering changing her sex by the leftist outrage mob, which praises him and his "antiracist" dogma.

Some argued that Kendi's comments were not transphobic, while others noted that had a conservative or J.K. Rowling made the same exact comments that they would have been raked over the coals and the cancel culture horde would make a concerted effort to have them deplatformed and fired from their job.

"Someone who doesn't have the same cachet as Kendi would be accused of being transphobic for saying the same thing," Reason and Newsday contributing writer Cathy Young said.

Thomas Chatterton Williams, contributing writer at New York Times Magazine wrote, "The point is not that Kendi is transphobic or should be cancelled. The point is that these comments would have ended other writers' careers."

@robbysoave Obviously true and obviously wouldn't save a lot of other people had they said it.
— Daniel Foster (@Daniel Foster)1612579483.0


That it happened isn't the story.The context isn't the story, nor is it relevant.Had JK Rowling or any feminist o… https://t.co/Bme941KO59
— James Lindsay, won't fit in your box (@James Lindsay, won't fit in your box)1612573810.0

Last week, "Saturday Night Live" comedian Michael Che faced backlash after he made a joke about transgender people serving in the military during the show's "Weekend Update" segment that many deemed to be "transphobic."

Kendi was smashed with adverse fallout in September when he said that Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett adopted two Haitian children to shield herself from accusations of racism.

During a Stanford University webinar in November, Kendi stated that "most organizations and institutions are racist."

Watch: Amy Coney Barrett reacts to attack on her for adopting black children



U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett gave her reaction Tuesday to one of the most widely publicized attacks — out of many — against her and her husband during the run up to her confirmation hearings.

What are the details?

Ahead of Barrett's official nomination by President Donald Trump, several media outlets reported that she would be the president's pick. The judge was immediately attacked online, with some critics hurling personal condemnations toward her and her husband for adopting two of their seven children from Haiti.

One Democratic operative suggested adoptions from the country are "sketchy," and another said "transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm."

The attack that received the most attention was from Ibram Kendi, the director of the Center from Antiracist Research at Boston University, who wrote in reference to Barrett:

Some White colonizers "adopted" Black children. They "civilized" these "savage" children in the "superior" ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) brought up Kendi's remarks to Barrett during the second day of her nomination hearings.

"I want to give you the chance to respond to something," Sen. Kennedy told Barrett. "Some butthead professor at Boston University says because you and your husband have two children of color, that you're a white colonist. The implication is that you're a racist, and that you use your two children as props."

"Do you use your children as props?" the Republican asked.

"Senator Kennedy, it was the risk of people saying things like that — which would be so hurtful to my family — that when I told Senator [Lindsey] Graham (R-S.C.) this morning that my husband and I had to really weigh the costs of this, it was saying deeply offensive and hurtful things," Barrett responded, adding, "Things that are not only hurtful to me, but are hurtful to my children — who are my children, who we love, and who we brought home and made a part of our family, and accusations like that are cruel."

The senator responded, "Yeah, they are. How low can you go." He added, "I didn't want to ask that question when your kids were here. I'm sorry you have to go through that."

Sen. John Kennedy asks ACB about Boston University's @DrIbram saying that she is a "white colonist" for adopting tw… https://t.co/1TNzxPp3yJ
— Daily Caller (@Daily Caller)1602632650.0