Current Events > Professor urged to quit after calling Supreme Court pick a white colonizer

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12788516/amy-coney-barrett-white-colonizer-judge-adopted-haitian-kids/

A Boston University professor has sparked outrage after accusing Judge Amy Coney Barrett of being a "white colonizer" who was using her adopted black children as "props of denial". Ibram X. Kendi was responding to pictures that showed Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee posing with her seven child, two of whom are adoptees from Haiti. His comments came in response to a tweet about Barrett by conservative activist Jenny Beth Martin. "With two adopted children from Haiti, its going to be interesting to watch Democrats try to smear Amy Coney Barrett as racist," Martin wrote. In response, Kendi said: "Some White colonizers 'adopted' Black children. "They 'civilized' these 'savage' children in the 'superior' ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity." He later added: "It is a belief too many White people have: if they have or adopt a child of color, then they can't be racist."

Kendi was widely criticised by social media users over the comments. "You ever thought that just maybe race is irrelevant to some people when it comes to loving another human.. Crazy I know.." one wrote. "You should be fired for your racism," said another. "May Boston University reconsider your status!!" Anti-racism activist Chlo S. Valdary said: "Are you suggesting that any white family who adopts black children are colonizers and that interracial adoption is somehow evil? "Please clarify because if this is your position, its an evil one." Another user wrote: "Generalizations like this are both hurtful and wrong. "How can we create a multiracial, tolerant and learning society with statements such as this." Other users defended Kendi. "I have a biracial child but that doesnt mean Im not racist," said one. "It takes work everyday to counter white supremacy values."



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but the professor didn't call Barrett a colonizer

also if all it takes is butthurt people on twitter to prompt someone to quit, pretty much anyone in the public eye is fucked. POTUS especially.
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Lebronwon posted...

Ibram X. Kendi

lol

Dude is a grifter that has made a career out of saying outrageous shit. Nothing will happen. He'll probably write a book about it and give $100k seminars to Fortune 500 companies.

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All of a sudden conservatives support cancel culture

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"It is a belief too many White people have: if they have or adopt a child of color, then they can't be racist."

is he wrong tho

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sylverlolol posted...

is he wrong tho

exactly. Its the same logic behind I have black friends. They can consider it Im saving them/will raise them to be the good ones. Not saying thats whats happening here, but simply adopting a child of color doesnt mean you cant hold racist or bigoted thoughts about that childs culture.

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"...on Twitter."

Anyway, Kendi is coming hard, but is correct in his response. Raising black children while white doesn't automatically make you not racist, nor does it make you a racist.

All he did was challenge a claim by proving the possibility of its counterargument.

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He's not wrong though...like even my dad pretty much said the same thing the first time he saw her and her kids and he's well...yenno.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

All of a sudden conservatives support cancel culture

Theyve always been its strongest proponents

sylverlolol posted...

is he wrong tho

CyricZ posted...

"...on Twitter."

Anyway, Kendi is coming hard, but is correct in his response. Raising black children while white doesn't automatically make you not racist, nor does it make you a racist.

All he did was challenge a claim by proving the possibility of its counterargument.

These

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