Race is the American disease. There is no cure for the facts of the past, but you can buy absolution for feeling bad about them. That was the bargain sold to white liberals by Ibram X. Kendi, the superstar theorist of “anti-racism.” Last week, his Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University…
Race is the American disease. There is no cure for the facts of the past, but you can buy absolution for feeling bad about them. That was the bargain sold to white liberals by Ibram X. Kendi, the superstar theorist of “anti-racism.” Last week, his Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University crashed amid allegations of mismanagement. The university has launched an “inquiry” into the whereabouts of millions of dollars in donor cash. Some bargain.
In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi argues that “there is no such thing as a not-racist idea,” only “racist ideas and antiracist ideas.” This is not courageous at all. It is demonstrably false and incipiently tyrannical. The mathematical idea “2+2=4” is, for example, a non-racist idea. So are the ideas that all workers should pay taxes or that all retirees deserve Social Security payments.
Launched in the summer of 2020 amid the mass hysteria of the George Floyd protests, the Center for Antiracist Research picked up tens of millions of dollars in grants. Jack Dorsey of Twitter gave $10 million. The biotech firm Vertex gave $1.5 million. George Soros’s Open Society Foundations gave $140,000. The Rockefeller Foundation earmarked a $1.5 million donation for the COVID-19 Racial Data Tracker.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
| Ibram X. Kendi’s fall is a cautionary tale — so was his riseWhite American elites are always ready to turn a Black intellectual into a mouthpiece for their political agenda.
Read more »
Blue Jays beat Yankees 6-0 for key win in American League Wild Card raceChris Bassitt reached 200 innings for the first time, Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer and the Blue Jays moved one step closer to a wild-card berth by beating the Yankees 6-0 on Thursday night.
Read more »
An American dream business sells authentic Latin American foods: Hispanic Heritage MonthRolando Pozos, President and CEO Amapola Market, is from Monterrey Mexico and loves having a family operated business with several Los Angeles market locations.
Read more »
Third Annual Native American Media Alliance (NAMA) Unscripted Workshop Selects FellowsThe Native American Media Alliance has selected 7 participants for the 3rd Annual Native American Unscripted Workshop, a talent development program that aims to boost the careers of Native American…
Read more »
Anouk Masson Krantz: “American Cowboys” Artist Tour and Book SigningAnouk Masson Krantz: “American Cowboys” Artist Tour and Book Signing See Anouk Masson Krantz: American Cowboys through the eyes of the photographer herself as Krantz leads a tour of the exhibition and shares details behind the images that reflect the virtue and heritage of the great American West. Following the tour, Krantz will sign copies of her book, “American Cowboys”, the inspiration behind the exhibition. The tour is included with museum admission and is free for museum members. The book will be available for purchase in the Briscoe’s Hendler Family Museum Store.
Read more »