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The results of the audit represented a partial vindication for Ibram Kendi, who faced criticism of his management as well as unfounded accusations of financial malfeasance in the weeks after he laid off more than half of his center’s staff.

In an interview, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi said that the recent turmoil surrounding the Center for Antiracist Research he launched at Boston University should be understood as the growing pains of a young, fast-moving organization still finding its footing while facing strong headwinds.

Boston University Launches Inquiry Into Popular Antiracist Scholar Ibram Kendi Over Layoffs, Finances

Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, headed by critical race theory activist Ibram X. Kendi, revealed last week that it was laying off about 40% of its staff as part of organization restructuring. About 15 to 20 of its approximately 45 employees were let go. Testimonies from former employees have exposed alleged mismanagement of Kendi’s center, which in turn has exposed the fraudulence and fragility of the diversity, equity, and inclusion complex.

The embattled head of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, said Friday that he did not lay off half his staff and restructure the organization “out of financial distress” but to support the center’s long-term mission.

Bram X. Kendi has done as he promised. In 2020, freshly anointed as the director of Boston University’s new Center for Antiracist Research (CAR), Kendi announced his intention to “transform how racial...

Ibram X. Kendi told The Boston Globe that layoffs at the Center for Antiracist Research were strategic and not tied to the center's finances.

Boston University is probing woke author Dr Ibram X. Kendis Center for Antiracist Research to examine the organizations culture and grant management following complaints.

In his first interview since laying off more than half the staff of his Center for Antiracist Research, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi disputed allegations of mismanagement and said his center is not in financial distress.

In this special feature, members of the BU community reflect on what Black resistance means to them for Black History Month.