{"id":2397632,"date":"2025-01-31T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-era-ibram-x-kendis-research-center-obliterated-at-boston-university-but-hes-got-a-new-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:53:27","slug":"new-era-ibram-x-kendis-research-center-obliterated-at-boston-university-but-hes-got-a-new-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-era-ibram-x-kendis-research-center-obliterated-at-boston-university-but-hes-got-a-new-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Era: Ibram X. Kendi&#8217;s Research Center Obliterated at Boston University, But He&#8217;s Got a New Plan"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fnew-era-ibram-x-kendis-research-center-obliterated-at-boston-university-but-hes-got-a-new-plan%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=2397632&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>Professor Ibram X. Kendi is\u2062 set to depart from Boston University, leading to the closure \u2062of the\u200c Center for Anti-Racism that he established on campus\u2064 in 2020 following George Floyd&#8217;s death. Despite his notable influence, contributions to the center declined considerably in 2023, resulting in 19 staff layoffs.Although there were allegations of financial mismanagement against Kendi, \u2064an audit revealed no wrongdoing. As Kendi transitions to howard University in Washington D.C., he will develop a new institute focused on the African diaspora. \u2062This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massive-shift-poll-shows-where-majority-of-americans-stand-on-israels-actions-in-gaza\/\" title=\"Poll Reveals American Public Opinion on Israel&#039;s Activities in Gaza\">shift coincides<\/a> with a broader backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, particularly under the\u200d renewed Trump management, which has prompted many corporations and institutions to re-evaluate their \u2064DEI initiatives. As support for his ideas\u2064 diminishes, Kendi&#8217;s future influence \u2064on \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">academic landscape remains uncertain<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Professor Ibram X. Kendi is packing up shop and leaving Boston University, but the antiracism grift is not over yet.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/center-anti-racist-research-close-down-2024015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek reported<\/a> Kendi will be leaving the faculty of BU and the Center for Anti-Racism located on campus led by Kendi will shut down.<\/p>\n<p>The center opened in 2020 after the death of George Floyd. Kendi was at the helm after his 2019 book release, &ldquo;How to Be An Antiracist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek said contributions and other support dwindled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-issues-painful-ruling-target-holder-lawsuit-2023-pride-campaign-threatens-woke-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023<\/a>, leading to 19 staff being laid off.<\/p>\n<p>There were accusations implying that Kendi had financially mismanaged the center, but an audit by BU did not find evidence of this.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Kendi&rsquo;s renown is waning in the second term of President Donald Trump as the new administration looks to conquer the leftist brain rot that is diversity, equity, and inclusion &mdash; a long-winded way of describing racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Kendi&rsquo;s pseudointellectual antiracism belongs under the DEI umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the first acts of his second term, Trump signed an executive order banning DEI in the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>He signed another specifically targeting the Federal Aviation Administration&rsquo;s DEI policies, which he indicated may have been a factor in this week&rsquo;s tragic midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jetliner.<\/p>\n<p>Many private companies are also distancing themselves from such policies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-continues-dramatic-overhaul-abruptly-blows-entire-dei-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta recently announced<\/a> an end to its DEI program.<\/p>\n<p>Days after Trump&rsquo;s inauguration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/notoriously-woke-target-announces-dei-rollback-just-days-trumps-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Target<\/a> announced a similar change.<\/p>\n<p>In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-one-bites-dust-car-giant-ditches-dei-robby-starbuck-notches-another-win-normalcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nissan<\/a> announced a halt to its DEI program.<\/p>\n<p>The list goes on, without any indication of this momentum slowing.<\/p>\n<p>For Kendi, his next stop is Howard University, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">historically black college<\/a> in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>There, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2025\/01\/30\/ibram-kendi-howard-university-bu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a> reported, he will join the faculty, with his next project being an institute geared toward the African diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been in office less than two weeks, and yet a strong cultural shift has already taken place, even at the nucleus of leftist thought &mdash; the American university.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Newsweek&rsquo;s coverage, support for Kendi at BU began to wane much earlier, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/migrant-shelters-close-arizona-just-days-trumps-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s return<\/a> has surely accelerated the public&rsquo;s distaste for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-newspapers-work-to-bury-opinion-as-journalism-by-dropping-op-eds\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Newspapers Work To Bury Opinion As Journalism By Dropping Op-Eds\">leftist beliefs<\/a> in politics, culture, education, and business.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at percentages of votes tallied globally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/17\/us-news\/the-left-is-now-more-unpopular-worldwide-than-any-time-since-the-cold-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> declared in a headline from Jan. 17, &ldquo;The Left is now more unpopular worldwide than any time since the Cold War.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Stalwarts like Kendi are not going anywhere, but we can hope these ideas exist rightfully on the fringe.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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