Episode 185: Does the Decline of Ibram X. Kendi Mark the End of the Racial Reckoning?

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie look back on the Racial Reckoning™ and discuss the implosion of Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Anti-Racism Research. Plus: Trevor Bauer gets the last word.

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The Athletic: “Graphic details, photos emerge in restraining order filed against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer”

Bauer video

The Athletic: “Trevor Bauer settles legal dispute with woman who accused him of sexual assault”

Lindsey Hill on The Blaze

BU Daily Free Press: “Amid mass layoffs, BU Center for Antiracist Research accused of mismanagement of funds, disorganization”

New York: “The BLM Mystery Where did the money go?”

Michelle Goldberg: “Ibram X. Kendi and the Problem of Celebrity Fund-Raising”

John McWhorter: “Don’t Call Ibram X. Kendi a Grifter”

Free Beacon: “Boston University Loaned $600K to a Mysterious Trust Run by Ibram Kendi’s Brother-In-Law”

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0:00.0	Kati, something happened on Twitter and I'm not there to see what it was.
0:11.4	Yeah, Jesse.
0:12.4	So you probably don't know about this because you left Twitter in a huff.
0:16.0	You're now spending all of your time on.
0:17.5	Is it blue sky, post, smash it on where you're spending your time?
0:21.2	Grindr?
0:22.2	I started a new platform.
0:23.2	It's just, it's called social justice.
0:25.2	It's for people who care about social justice.
0:26.7	Oh, it must be really catching on.
0:28.6	Yeah, so Elon made what I think might be his worst design decision.
0:35.3	No.
0:36.3	Wait, hold on.
0:37.3	That is saying so much.
0:38.3	Yeah.
0:39.3	This is like in the territory of like Hitler's most anti-Semitic utterance.
0:42.3	Okay.
0:43.3	So would you be willing to log on to Twitter just for a second and see what I'm talking about?
0:46.7	No.
0:47.7	No, explain it to me.
0:48.7	I'm not doing that.
0:49.7	Really?
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