Posted on 02/01/2025 8:31:57 AM PST by Rummyfan
Well, well, well: We have reported previously about the race-hustling academic fraud Ibram X. Kendi (here and here, for starters), whose lavishly funded Center for Anti-Racist Research at Boston University came under scrutiny for not producing any research, and being mismanaged in the extreme leading to massive staff layoffs. An audit by Boston University found “no wrongdoing,” though it is hard to resist the ironic suspicion that this was a whitewash.
And now the other shoe drops: Kendi, who was seldom seen on the Boston University campus and apparently taught no classes, is leaving BU for Howard University, and—surprise—starting a new “research institute”:
Kendi, author of the bestseller “How to Be an Antiracist,” will start a new institute focusing on the global African diaspora at Howard, the prominent historically Black institution in the nation’s capital. . .
The new institute will research the African diaspora through the lens of racism, technology, climate change and a host of other subjects, said Howard Provost Anthony K. Wutoh, and bring on fellows for each academic year with projects they propose. The effort will be funded largely through donors, though Wutoh said the specifics are not yet finalized.
Hunch: the “specifics” will never be finalized. It will be just the latest locale for Kendi’s floating crap game...
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Ibram X Kendi... born Ibram Henry Rogers. How long can he keep this going?!
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I think that's a Harry Potter potion that turned white folks into latinos.
Kendi’s departure will raise the status of BU! Good!
Race-hustling academic fraud Ibram X. Kendi's lavishly funded "Center for Anti-Racist Research" at Boston U came under scrutiny for not producing any research, and being mismanaged caused massive layoffs. Kendi was rarely seen on campus. An audit by Boston U found “no wrongdoing,” though a whitewash is apparent.
You just can’t keep a grifter down.
Well, TIL! I thought it was a disguised way of writing “drinking Kool Aid”....
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