Ibram X. Kendi, the founder and director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, is leaving the school to join another university, and the center he established will shut down later this year, Boston University announced this week.
Kendi first joined the college in 2020, having previously taught at American University in Washington, D.C., and soon after, launched the CAR, which will close on June 30 and whose 12 staff members will transition to other roles in the school after Kendi departs.
The Boston Globe reports that Kendi will join Howard University, a historically Black school in Washington, D.C., and head a new research institute focused on researching race, technology, and climate change, among other issues.
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