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22-05-2025
- Politics
Navy reverses course on DEI book ban after Pentagon review
In a major reversal, almost all the 381 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from the school's libraries have been returned to the bookshelves after a new review using the Pentagon's standardized search terms for diversity, equity and inclusion titles found about 20 books that need to be removed pending a future review by a Department of Defense panel, according to a defense official. The reversal comes after a May 9 Pentagon memo set Wednesday as the date by which the military services were to submit and remove book titles from the libraries of their military educational institutions that touch on diversity, race, and gender issues using the Pentagon's specific search terms. Prior to the Pentagon memo standardizing search terms, the Navy used its own terms that identified 381 titles, including titles like "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi, "Bodies in Doubt" by Elizabeth Reis, and "White Rage" by Carol Anderson. A defense official said that the new review using the DOD search terms found only two or three book titles included in the Navy's earlier search. The 20 official search terms included in the May 9 memo included: affirmative action; allyship; anti-racism; critical race theory; discrimination; diversity in the workplace; diversity, equity, and inclusion; gender affirming care; gender dysphoria; gender expression; gender identity; gender nonconformity; gender transition; transgender military personnel; transgender people; transsexualism; transsexuals; and white privilege. "The Navy has reviewed library collections at all Department of Navy educational institutions to ensure compliance with directives issued by the President and Department of Defense," Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, a Navy spokesman, said in a statement on Thursday. "The Navy has identified and sequestered library materials potentially incompatible with the military's core mission, pending the Defense Department's formal review." "Nearly all of the 381 books originally pulled from the shelves at Nimitz Library are back in circulation," he added. The Pentagon memo also applied to other academic institutions run by the military services aside from their military academies. For example, the new review identified less than 20 book titles at each of the Navy's three other academic institutions. Defense officials told The Associated Press that a few dozen books had been pulled out for review by the Air Force for its institutions including the Air Force Academy. It was unclear how many books might have been identified by the Army. The Pentagon memo was issued to bring the DOD into compliance with a Trump executive order to eliminate DEI programs.
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi introduces Malcolm X to young readers in ‘Malcolm Lives!'
ABC News Linsey Davis spoke with New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his new book 'Malcolm Lives! The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers.' May 13, 2025
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's new book details how Malcolm X tried to 'bring together the Black world'
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi joined "PoliticsNation" to talk about his latest book, "Malcolm Lives!", the first biography of the civil rights icon for young people in more than thirty years.
Fox News
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
The Black victimization cult in America has found a new home
There are the Black elites and then there are the rest of us. Ibram X. Kendi is one of them. Despite his middle class upbringing and current vast material wealth, he has made a living out of telling America that she is a systemically racist nation and that Blacks are her perpetual victim. He has also made a living out of telling Whites that they are racist unless they repent and become anti-racists in the manner formulated by him. The one thing that Kendi has not done is uplift the Blacks born into the underclass in cities all across America. Though he may profess to care about his brothers and sisters, it is only lip service. For to truly help develop and uplift them would eliminate his bread and butter: racism. I thought good riddance when I heard that Boston University was closing Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research. He had raised nearly $55 million for his Boston University center, including $10 million from Twitter's former owner, Jack Dorsey. During his time there, he averaged $35,000 per 60 minute speech — at the speech he gave at Cal State Northridge, he showed up 15 minutes late for a Zoom speech and still collected the full amount for 45 minutes of work. Not only that, he wrote books that have found their way into almost every K-12 school library across America. This man exploited the aftermath of George Floyd's death to deepen the Black victimization cult in America. So I was glad to hear that he was gone from Boston University. Then I heard he was moving onto Howard University to set up a nearly similar center called the Institute for Advanced Study. A representative from this new center stated that it's purpose is "advancing research of importance to the global African Diaspora, including inquiry into race, technology, racism, climate change, and disparities." It also promises that it will be "built on the highest standards of intellectual inquiry." What malarky, to put it politely. We have had over 60 years of victimization poisoning the minds of Blacks and we're on the bottom of nearly every educational statistic. Too many of our Black academics focus on race and not on development. Kendi is nothing more than a race hustler dressed up in the uniform of academia. That is why I was disappointed that Howard University, perhaps America's most famous historically Black university, was taking in this racial victim charlatan. We have had over 60 years of victimization poisoning the minds of Blacks and we're on the bottom of nearly every educational statistic. Too many of our Black academics focus on race and not on development. Like Kendi, they exploit Black pain for the money in the bank account, the fancy car they drive, and the rosy house they live in and when they're asked how much longer before Blacks get justice, they always say, there's so much more work to be done. I am the opposite of Kendi and his peers. I don't believe in the politics of Blackness or exploiting our history of oppression for gain. I believe in the only one thing that matters in this nation: individual development. What a waste to give Kendi all that money when it could have been put into foundational development that equips the young with a mind, thereby allowing him or her the opportunity to truly thrive in the world. That is how you achieve true diversity — by developing those who were born into less fortunate circumstances. So it is my hope that Howard University recognizes its responsibility as an education establishment to reject the Kendis of America and move forward onto the path of development — a path we should have been on since the 1960s. We have squandered far too many young minds to the race hustle and it is our sacred duty to our people who survived slavery and segregation to do right by the youth of today. We cannot afford any more dead ends.
Axios
08-02-2025
- Business
- Axios
Ibram X. Kendi is joining Howard University to start a new institute
Historian and writer Ibram X. Kendi is returning to D.C., joining Howard University as director of a new institute researching the global African diaspora. Why it matters: It's a homecoming for Kendi, who published his international bestseller "How to Be an Antiracist" during a three-year stint at American University. Driving the news: Kendi will lead Howard University's Institute for Advanced Study, tackling issues related to racial disparities and racism in areas like technology and climate change. He is leaving Boston University, where he founded the Center for Antiracist Research during the racial justice protests in 2020. The center, which raised at least $55 million over several years, is closing in June, when its five-year charter expires. What they're saying:"When you think about the Black scholars and Black thinkers who have contributed so much to my way of thinking, it's hard to not think about Howard," Kendi told the Washington Post. "It's the most fulfilling career choice I've ever made." The big picture: Kendi is joining the "Mecca of Black Education" at a time of growth. It is aiming to be in the top tier of research schools and has received generous donations, including $175 million from Mike Bloomberg's philanthropy. The writers Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates have joined in recent years. Flashback: Kendi and his BU center faced criticism in 2023 after he announced layoffs for 19 employees, which he called part of a new strategy to keep the center sustainable long term. Kendi told Axios at the time that the layoffs "devastated" him. During his Boston tenure, staff sometimes clashed with Kendi's leadership style, the New York Times Magazine reported last year. Kendi defended himself as "open to constructive criticism as a writer and a thinker and a leader." After allegations of financial mismanagement, a university audit found no evidence of wrongdoing. Coming to Howard with Kendi is The Emancipator — an online newsroom inspired by a 19th-century abolitionist newspaper, co-founded with the Boston Globe. The new institute will also run a fellowship program.
