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Ibram X. Kendi’s Refusal to Debate Critics Was an Act of Surrender
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He declared his antiracist philosophy to be the unimpeachable truth, and mainstream institutions never challenged him. That’s not how you win an argument.
Anthony L. Fisher
Senior Opinion Editor
Published
Oct. 14 2023
11:15PM EDT
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Anthony L. Fisher
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