The Propaganda FilesHoward University
Ibram X. Kendi
Historian and author of 'How to Be an Antiracist' and 'Stamped from the Beginning.' Led Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research (2020-2025) and now directs Howard University's Institute for Advanced Study.
Slant Score · ranked #35 of 175 from most left to most right
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Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (2)
On-record statement · served the left · +1.5 L · Sep 26, 2020
Tweet on Amy Coney Barrett's adopted Haitian children
Responding to a post about Trump nominee Barrett's adopted children, Kendi wrote that some White colonizers 'adopted' Black children and used them as 'props'; he later said his comments were taken out of context.
Source: Newsweek →On-record statement · served the left · +1.4 L · Jul 17, 2019
Called Trump's 'go back' tweets 'deeply racist'
On CBS This Morning Kendi said Trump's tweets implying lawmakers of color are not American were 'deeply racist' and 'If you say things that are racist, you're racist.'
Source: CBS News →