{"id":1284425,"date":"2022-02-09T04:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1284425"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:07:54","slug":"exclusive-public-university-uva-spent-nearly-541-per-minute-for-ibram-kendi-racial-equity-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-public-university-uva-spent-nearly-541-per-minute-for-ibram-kendi-racial-equity-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Public University UVA Spent Nearly $541 Per Minute For Ibram Kendi \u2018Racial Equity\u2019 Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-public-university-uva-spent-nearly-541-per-minute-for-ibram-kendi-racial-equity-lecture%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1284425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>The University of Virginia (UVA) spent $32,500, or about $541 per minute, to host prominent critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi for an hour to discuss \u201cracial equity,\u201d The Daily Wire has learned<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>UVA contracted with Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau, according to an agreement obtained by The Daily Wire through the Freedom of Information Act. <\/span><span>The virtual event took place on April 21 of last year, and according to the university, 876 people attended. It was a Q&amp;A, free to attend, and open to the public.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe University of Virginia welcomes speakers from a broad array of perspectives to our Grounds every academic year and we often do pay speakers fees or other compensation,\u201d UVA spokesperson Brian Coy told The Daily Wire. \u201cOffering our community access to a diverse set of speakers and points of view is an important part of our academic mission.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Young America\u2019s Foundation (YAF), a conservative youth group that brings speakers to college campuses through its own funding, told The Daily Wire it is \u201cnot familiar\u201d with UVA \u201cbringing conservative speakers\u201d and paying them or promoting the events. The university notably <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaf.org\/news\/yaf-triumphs-liberal-bias-censorship-uva\/\"><span>refused<\/span><\/a><span> to officially recognize YAF\u2019s campus chapter in 2017, before changing course on the heels of a letter from the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom alleging violations of <\/span><span>state law and the First Amendment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that a public university would spend tens of thousands of dollars for such a racist figure to speak to their students,\u201d YAF spokesperson Kara Zupkus said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_338742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338742\" class=\"wp-image-338742 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.13.38-AM-553x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.13.38-AM-553x576.png 553w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.13.38-AM-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.13.38-AM-768x800.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.13.38-AM.png 1188w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-338742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the contract between Penguin and UVA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Kendi, who appeared as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dei.virginia.edu\/learning-series\"><span>part<\/span><\/a><span> of UVA\u2019s Racial Equity Speaker Series, has written controversial books like \u201cHow to Be an Antiracist\u201d and drawn criticism for promoting the ideas of systemic racism and white privilege. He argues that whites must acknowledge their privilege and implicit bias, as well as America\u2019s systemic racism, to oppose racism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other 2020-2021 series speakers were thinkers who have argued America is systemically racist, including<\/span><span> Duke University professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva \u2014 a<\/span><span>&nbsp;sociologist who<\/span><span> has claimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/23292648\">that<\/a><\/span><span> America has normalized \u201cthe standards of white supremacy.\u201d <\/span><span>A separate contract obtained by The Daily Wire shows UVA\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion division sponsored Silva\u2019s November 2020 Zoom event for $10,000. <\/span><span>Silva did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_338741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338741\" class=\"wp-image-338741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM-1536x848.png 1536w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-04-at-12.09.13-AM.png 1576w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-338741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the contract between All American Entertainment and UVA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Penguin declined to comment, referring The Daily Wire to Kendi, whose media representative also did not respond to multiple emails. <\/span><span>Neither the Silva nor Kendi events were recorded, UVA said. But s<\/span><span>uch concealment is nothing new.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/09\/exclusive-ibram-x-kendi-raked-in-45k-from-university-of-wisconsin-made-school-delete-lecture\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> by The Federalist in December 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee paid $45,000, or about $207 per minute, for Kendi to promote his books and train faculty and students. The three-and-a-half-hour event was hidden through an \u201caudiovisual recording addendum\u201d Penguin had the school sign. Kendi\u2019s remarks were then removed from a private server.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Similarly, Kendi spoke at the University of Michigan in November 2020, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=18308\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> by Campus Reform. The agreement between Penguin and the school said Michigan \u201cshall not make an audio or video recording\u201d and must send a video or audio copy to the agency within 30 days. Penguin had the university delete any recordings after 14 days, \u201cunless otherwise agreed upon by the agency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UVA, meanwhile, has continued to make strides toward implementing racial equity on campus.<\/p>\n<p>In summer 2020, a task force appointed by President Jim Ryan published a <a href=\"https:\/\/racialequity.virginia.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/jsddwu356\/files\/2020-08\/RETFFinalSigned.pdf\">report<\/a> calling for \u201cmore anti-racist education,\u201d while recommending UVA make diversity initiatives \u201ca central focus of leadership and governance\u201d that \u201cshould pervade all decision-making.\u201d The task force\u2019s recommendations have led to a campus statue <a href=\"https:\/\/news.virginia.edu\/content\/photos-removal-george-rogers-clark-statue\">removal<\/a> of revolutionary war officer George Rogers Clark \u2014 as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.virginia.edu\/content\/board-votes-5-renaming-landscape-recommendations\">renaming<\/a> of academic buildings.<\/p>\n<p><span>Dave Gordon, director of the anti-critical race theory (CRT) political action committee Virginia Project, told The Daily Wire no \u201cgovernment institution\u201d should be teaching or promoting any sort of \u201crace-based philosophy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe right to equal protection under the law and race-based government are wholly incompatible,\u201d he said. \u201cFor any CRT stuff, you automatically have a constitutional question that is front and center. It\u2019s a modern version of a KKK rally. The Democrats have their little terror group on the ground level to attack political opponents and intimidate their ideology into stone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A public records <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/analysis-ibram-x-kendi-raked-in-over-300000-in-speaking-fees\"><span>analysis<\/span><\/a><span> by The College Fix in March 2021 showed campuses spent at least $300,000 in past years for Kendi lectures<\/span><span>. <\/span><span>The author founded and runs Boston University\u2019s Center for Anti-Racist Research, and t<\/span><span>his upcoming June, he is set to publish a children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibramxkendi.com\/goodnight-racism\">book<\/a> titled \u201cGoodnight Racism.\u201d<\/span><span>&nbsp;It is billed as a \u201csocial justice toolkit\u201d for kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other groups, including YAF, expressed that Kendi should not be barred from speaking on campus but that an institution should not be promoting social issues like CRT. The Jefferson Council, a UVA <a href=\"https:\/\/thejeffersoncouncil.com\/\">alumni<\/a> nonprofit, told The Daily Wire it is for open dialogue but also equal representation. \u201cI think it\u2019s wrong for them to bring speakers that promote only one point of view,\u201d said President Bert Ellis, chairman and CEO of a venture capital firm based in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p><span>UVA\u2019s College Republicans club expressed a similar sentiment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cInstead of giving time and money to academically unserious ideologues, the university should use its substantial resources to promote genuine learning,\u201d said Ian Schwartz, a spokesperson and junior studying history and politics. <\/span><span>\u201cIf the University wants to encourage substantial debate about current policy issues, they ought to also give a platform to prominent conservative figures.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnfortunately, I have seen no evidence of their willingness to do this, nor do I expect to at any point in the near future.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Send story tips to Gabe Kaminsky at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:gekaminsky@protonmail.com\"><i><span>gekaminsky@protonmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>. Follow him <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gekaminsky\"><i><span>on Twitter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Want more exclusive Daily Wire investigations? Become a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Virginia (UVA) spent $32,500, or about $541 per minute, to host prominent critical race theorist Ibram X. 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