Staff at Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University blasted the center's 'colossal waste of millions of dollars' and failure to 'deliver on its promise.'
The author and professor says that children are most likely to be harmed by racism, and parents need to step in when they are young.
Phillipe Copeland, a clinical associate professor in the BU School of Social Work and former assistant director of the Narrative office at CAR, accused both institutions of spinning the layoffs as a"redesign rather than an institutional failure, for which people need to be accountable." The Daily Free Press described how the center had failed to produce promised research, despite Kendi touting data science as a"pillar" of his center in 2020.
"It was mostly about him, rather than the work, and it was just very difficult to highlight the work over the founder," an anonymous former manager in the policy office said in the report. Author and critical race theory critic Christopher Rufo shared the report on X and suggested the center's problems were a result of its focus on DEI—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — rather than"merit."
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