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I Teach at Boston University—They Need to Show They Have Ibram X. Kendi’s Back

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The layoffs at the Center for Antiracist Research should not negate the vital work it is doing, and its founder shouldn’t be scapegoated for it either.

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Earlier this year, I went to a conference on diversity in higher education. I was there as part of a group of professors from Boston University interested in learning more about how to recruit and retain faculty from minoritized communities.

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