Blog — Ibram X. Kendi

Brother to Brother: An Open Letter to Nate Parker

Black Perspectives
AUGUST 22, 2016

Dear Brother Nate: I write to you as my brother because I cannot think of anything else to call you but my brother. When I learned about how you and your friend were tried for raping an intoxicated fellow student at Pennsylvania State University in 1999, the anger, embarrassment, and shame I felt were feelings I would feel for a family member.

EssaysIbram KendiAugust 22, 2016

Racism Is Not a Teaching Tool

The Chronicle
MAY 30, 2016

Black lives in the United States are surrounded by memorials to people who did not think that black lives mattered. That is a fact of black life in America. That is a fact of black life in American academe.

EssaysIbram KendiMay 30, 2016