My latest in PJ Media:
The leading intellectual light behind the Critical Race Theory that has already severely damaged racial harmony in the United States and is corroding American society itself, Ibram X. Kendi, has discovered the fundamental truth of our absurd age: the quickest path to elite status and highly lucrative remuneration is to be oppressed, victimized, and marginalized. Kendi has mastered the art of parlaying his alleged oppression into big bucks, fawning coverage from the establishment media, and respect and influence in the academic world. Many others have done this, but none with the breathtaking audacity and extraordinary success of Ibram X. Kendi.
Kendi graciously granted an audience recently to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), where he trained faculty and students in racial resentment and baseless grievance-mongering. A savvy and unabashed capitalist in service of Communism, he also took the opportunity to promote a few of his bestselling books, which are, of course, about how to sow racial resentment and indulge in baseless grievance-mongering.
The sage intellectual was generous with his precious time, but Kendi is no Gandhi: the university had to shell out top dollar for the privilege of having the chance to bask in his serene presence. In order to be able to present “An Evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi: How to Be An Antiracist,” UWM paid the scholar $40,000, plus $3,500 more to cover his flight, hotel, and meals. Given the time that Kendi spent at UWM, according to The Federalist, this works out to about $207 per minute, which is not at all a bad wage for a few short hours sowing hatred, bitterness and suspicion.
In advertising the event, UWM emphasized that Kendi was not just an oppressed person of color, but was one of the foremost and celebrated oppressed persons of color in the United States: “Join us for an evening with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and other books. Professor Kendi is one of America’s foremost historians and antiracist scholars. In 2020, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by The Root 100 as the most influential college professor.”
What’s more, Kendi’s tale of subjugation and exclusion was endorsed by the university’s highest authorities. The Federalist noted that “UWM’s Kendi event was sponsored by the university’s board of regents, division of student affairs, student involvement center, division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and the group Leaders Igniting Transformation.” The ad for the event stated: “At UWM, Professor Kendi will participate in a conversation on antiracism with UWM’s Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Chia Youyee Vang. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the award-winning author, scholar and Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.” And of course, Kendi would have a chance to pick up some spare change at the event itself: “Books will be sold at the event by Boswell Book Company.”
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Michael Copeland says
Could Professor Kendi give a talk about the black Tunisian muslims who took American and British sailors as slaves and for ransom?
https://gatesofvienna.net/2021/03/jihadis-taking-british-and-american-kafirs-for-profit/
Michael Copeland says
Captain Croker’s Report is available online:
“The cruelties of the Algerine pirates, shewing the present dreadful state of the English slaves, and other Europeans, at Algiers and Tunis ..”
An extract:
” We left these scenes of horror,” writes Captain Croker, ” and in going into the country, / met the slaves returning from their labour. The clang of the chains of those who are heavily ironed, called my attention to their extreme fatigue and dejection, they being attended by infidels with large whips!”
http://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/The%20cruelties%20of%20the%20Algerine%20pirates,%20shewing%20the%20present%20dreadful%20state%20of%20the%20English%20slaves%20(1816).pdf
Keith O says
Michael, VERY inciteful article.
This is the sort of information that needs to be taught in schools.
Violet C says
As all here know, slavery is still happening today in Africa and elsewhere. The British were the first to put an end to slavery spending their ships, money & lives doing so. Their might ie Colonialism stopped slavery where they were in power. Other European countries and colonies did the same. Indigenous people in the Americas had slavery (like everyone else in the world) until Europeans put a stop to it.
Americans had a Civil war to end slavery and 750,000 died. That is 504 deaths per day or 2.5% of the American population. If 2.5% of the American population died in a war today that would be 7,000,000 lost Americans
Race hustlers need to be …….(fill in the blank)
libertyORdeath says
Good points. People always forget the advances that were made through colonialism. If not for colonialism, many millions more would have died due to poor farming techniques, lack of medicine, contaminated water, etc.
Linde Barrera says
To Violet C- I visited the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, VA on Dec. 14, 2021. Their exhibit
statistics read “1,302,000 persons died from the U.S. Civil War”.
Infidel says
An awesome job to have if you can get it… Paid $200+/minute for stuff you pulled out of your you-know-where
WPM says
PT Barnum said a sucker is born every minute in the 19th century, this race hustler getting 207 dollars a minute provides that fact in the 21 century still holds true.
Kepha says
Yes, America is an especially racist and oppressive country, as witnessed by the numbers of non-white people who immigrate here both legally and illegally. Now, after Nigerian small business owners and Chinese asylum seekers get naturalized and start voting GOP, watch limiting immigration turn into a Democrat issue…
Keith O says
Let me get this straight, this bullshit artist gets more for a single night of spewing hate about how he is oppressed than most Americans, black, white or brindle, earn in a year?
Shit, I wish I was that oppressed!
libertyORdeath says
I never thought I’d see a time where people in the US would call such a lying propagandist a “renowned historian”. Kendi’s work is based on lies, half truths and exaggeration which is generally frowned upon by historians. Yet the fear of being called racist has paralyzed the academic community, alliwing books by Kendi and the thoroughly discredited “1619 Project” to become classified as works of history instead of the lies and propaganda that they really are.
OLD GUY says
He will end up like most activists leading a money train and praying the issue won’t go away.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
A “black” mailing shakedown artist that puts “Reverend” Al Sharpton to shame.
BTW- check your local library consortium for books on Black slave owners in early America.