$43 million dollars later and Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University appears to be suffering from “disorganization” and “mismanagement.” This comes after diversity expert Eboo Patel turned to the pages of The Chronicle of Higher Education...
Over at Christian Century, a liberal Protestant magazine, Baylor University ethicist Jonathan Tran argues that “privileged progressives have turned their attention from structures and systems to sentimentalism.” Here is a taste of his piece: Detached from practiced commitments and practical...
I just finished University of Virginia English professor Mark Edmundson‘s piece on Richard Rorty, pragmatism, and Donald Trump. Is it published in the January 2023 issue of Harper’s. I highly recommend it. Here is a taste: It has been said...
Some news from the academic world. Jemar Tisby has joined the Center for Antiracist Research as the Assistant Director of Narrative and Advocacy. Listen to our interview with Tisby in Episode of 49 of The Way of Improvement Leads Home...
The Emancipator will start with a seven-figure budget. Here is Ben Smith at The New York Times: Ibram X. Kendi and Bina Venkataraman met last summer when their big Boston institutions, Boston University and The Boston Globe, were grappling with...
This morning I read Columbia University’s John McWhorter‘s stinging critique of Ibram X. Kendi and the antiracism movement. It is a piece that every college and school administrator should read. McWhorter writes: In the Atlantic piece I wrote of how...
