{"id":2031908,"date":"2023-09-14T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ibram-x-kendis-ivory-tower-comes-crashing-down\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:40:35","slug":"ibram-x-kendis-ivory-tower-comes-crashing-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ibram-x-kendis-ivory-tower-comes-crashing-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendi&#8217;s Ivory Tower Crumbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/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%2Fibram-x-kendis-ivory-tower-comes-crashing-down%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=2031908&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Ibram X. Kendi\u2019s Ivory Tower Comes Crashing Down\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/hunter-biden-criminally-charged-by-special-counsel\" data-post-url id=\"print-1795890\">\n<div>\n<h2>Boston University&#8217;s Center for Antiracist Research is shaking things up<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>          \u200b    Ibram X. Kendi \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n \u2063<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A university think tank led by &#8220;antiracism&#8221; guru Ibram X. Kendi is making significant changes, causing quite a stir in \u200bthe process. <\/p>\n<p>The Boston\u200d University Center for Antiracist Research is letting go of between 15 and \u200c20 employees, as <em>Semafor<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/14\/2023\/ibram-x-kendis-antiracism-center-at-bu-is-laying-off-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Thursday.\u200d Kendi established the center in June 2020 during the height of the movement to defund the police following the death of George Floyd. As of \u2063August,\u2064 the center\u2063 had\u2062 a staff of \u200d45, according to a now-deleted page on their website reviewed \u200dby the <em>Washington Free Beacon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kendi has built a \u200dsuccessful career teaching people about\u2062 &#8220;antiracism,&#8221; which he\u2064 defines as &#8220;the practice of actively identifying and opposing racism.&#8221; In 2021, he was awarded a $625,000 MacArthur &#8220;Genius&#8221; grant and charges $20,000\u2062 for speaking engagements. His books, <em>Antiracist\u200d Baby<\/em> and <em>How \u200cto Be Antiracist<\/em>, have even made it onto the <em>New York Times<\/em> \u200c best-seller list. Kendi has\u200c been vocal about his belief that the United\u200d States\u2063 is \u200cinherently\u2063 racist,\u2063 claiming that police are inherently harmful and\u200d advocating for a constitutional amendment \u2063to ban\u2064 racial inequity and racist ideas from \u2062public officials.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons\u200c behind the staff cuts at Kendi&#8217;s center are not immediately clear, but there are\u200b indications that both the \u2063American public and liberal donors may be losing \u2063interest in his cause. According to a Pew Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2023\/06\/14\/support-for-the-black-lives-matter-movement-has-dropped-considerably-from-its-peak-in-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a>, support for\u200b the Black Lives Matter movement has decreased \u200bfrom 67 percent in June 2020 to\u2062 51 \u2063percent in\u2064 April 2023. Activist groups focused on \u2064racial issues have also \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-urges-probe-into-govt-telework-amid-fears-govt-workers-somehow-doing-less-work-than-before\/\" title=\"Watchdog: Probe into Govt Telework in Fear of Govt Workers Doing Less Work Than Ever Before\">experienced significant drops<\/a> in revenue since their peak in 2020. The Black Lives Matter \u200dFoundation&#8217;s revenues\u200b dropped by\u200c 88 percent in 2021, and the charity of Black Lives Matter activist\u200c Shaun King \u200dfell by over 60 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-advocacy-groups-blast-bidens-judicial-pick\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Advocacy Groups Blast Biden's Judicial Pick\">prominent left-wing advocacy groups<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ibram-x-kendis-ivory-tower-comes-crashing-down\/\" title=\"Kendi's Ivory Tower Crumbles\">recently announced large-scale layoffs<\/a>. In June, \u2062the progressive megadonor George Soros&#8217;s Open Society Foundations revealed\u2063 plans to cut up to 40 percent of its workforce.\u2064 This organization\u200c has donated \u2063approximately $140,000 to Kendi&#8217;s center. Additionally, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, backed by Mark Zuckerberg, which has donated $1.4 million to \u200bantiracism groups, announced that it will be letting \u200dgo of around 50 employees this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research, led by Ibram X. 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