Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research is set to shutter at the end of June following a deluge of reporting on alleged financial mismanagement , poor leadership, and low research output. Similar academic centers hosted on college campuses across the United States share many of the same struggles that Kendi’s ill-fated venture at Boston University endured.

A Washington Examiner review of public records found that antiracism centers at five major universities received generous financial support following the 2020 racial justice movement but have little to show for it in the way of published academic papers or event programming. Even at centers where funds appear to have led to considerable research output, internal strife calls into question the validity of their work.

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