伊布拉姆-X-肯迪 美国历史学家和作家

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Ibram X. Kendi
American Historian and Writer | Class of 2021
Advancing conversations around anti-Black racism and possibilities for repair in a variety of initiatives and platforms.


Portrait of Ibram X. Kendi

Title
American Historian and Writer
Affiliation
Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University
Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Age
39 at time of award
Area of Focus
Communications and Journalism, Culture and Society, American History
Website
ibramxkendi.com
Center for Antiracist Research
Boston University: Ibram X. Kendi
Social
Twitter
Twitter: Center for Antiracist Research
Published September 28, 2021
ABOUT IBRAM'S WORK
Ibram X. Kendi is an American historian and writer drawing on an in-depth understanding of racist ideology to present a framework for building a more equitable society. He is adept at communicating to a wide range of audiences, and his body of work includes traditional academic scholarship, non-profit leadership, writing for mainstream audiences, and public appearances and lectures. From this unique platform, he advances national conversations around anti-Black racism and the possibilities for accountability and repair grounded in historical context.

Kendi’s first book, The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 (2012), focuses on student activism at both historically Black and predominantly White institutions. He recounts how activists achieved access and equality in many university settings, from dorm life to curriculum. With Stamped from the Beginning (2016), Kendi turns to the historical roots of racist ideas. He traces the development of assimilationist, segregationist, and antiracist thought through the writings and legacies of historical figures such as W. E. B. DuBois, Angela Davis, and Thomas Jefferson, among others. Kendi counters conventional understandings of racism as a characteristic of individuals. He demonstrates, instead, that exclusionary and dehumanizing narratives about African Americans create and perpetuate racist policies and practices, which infuse the organization of American society and engender individual expressions of racist ideas. In How to Be an Antiracist (2019), Kendi moves seamlessly between historical analysis and personal memoir. Rejecting positions of “race neutrality” as insufficient because they do not actively work to dismantle existing systems of inequality, Kendi asserts that people of all races have power to affect policy changes to correct racist structures. He describes a shared responsibility, wherein all individuals have a duty to confront how their behaviors support inequitable institutions, policies, and practices and to realign their actions with a foundational vision of equality for all in the United States. He closes the book with reflections on his own recovery from metastatic cancer and calls for treating “America’s metastatic racism” like a disease: saturate the system with a strong “anti-racist antibiotic,” surgically excise the tumor, fortify with healthy inputs, and exercise ongoing vigilance to prevent recurrence.

Kendi founded and directs the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, a multidisciplinary collaborative focused on intellectual, creative, and policy interventions for building racial equity. The center, in partnership with the Boston Globe, recently launched The Emancipator, a multimedia platform that aims to reframe the national conversation on race with rigorous and evidence-based journalism, analysis, and commentary. With a dynamic and unusual constellation of scholarship, social entrepreneurship, and public engagement, Kendi is transforming how many people understand, discuss, and attempt to redress America’s longstanding racial challenges.

BIOGRAPHY
Ibram X. Kendi received dual BS degrees (2004) from Florida A&M University and an MA (2007) and PhD (2010) from Temple University. In 2020, he joined the faculty of Boston University, where he currently serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, professor of history, and founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He was previously an assistant professor of history at the University of Florida (2015–2017) and professor of history and international relations at American University (2017–2020). He was also a 2020–2021 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Kendi is the author of Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You (with Jason Reynolds, 2020) and Antiracist Baby (with illustrator Ashley Lukashevsky, 2020); co-editor of Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 (with Keisha Blain, 2021); and a contributing writer at The Atlantic and CBS News.


伊布拉姆-X-肯迪
美国历史学家和作家 | 2021级
推进围绕反黑人种族主义的对话，并在各种倡议和平台上进行修复的可能性。



伊布拉姆-X-肯迪的画像

标题
美国历史学家和作家
所属机构
波士顿大学反种族主义研究中心
工作地点
波士顿，马萨诸塞州
年龄
获奖时39岁
关注领域
传播与新闻, 文化与社会, 美国历史
网站
伊布拉姆-克肯迪（ibramxkendi.com
反种族主义研究中心
波士顿大学。伊布拉姆-X-肯迪
社会
推特
推特。反种族主义研究中心
出版日期：2021年9月28日
关于伊布拉姆的工作
伊布拉姆-X-肯迪是一位美国历史学家和作家，他通过对种族主义意识形态的深入了解，提出了一个建设更公平社会的框架。他善于与广泛的受众沟通，他的工作包括传统的学术研究、非营利性领导、为主流受众写作、以及公开露面和演讲。在这个独特的平台上，他推动了围绕反黑人种族主义以及基于历史背景的问责和修复的可能性的全国性对话。

肯迪的第一本书《黑人校园运动》。黑人学生和高等教育的种族重建，1965-1972年（2012年），重点关注历史上的黑人和以白人为主的机构的学生活动。他叙述了活动家们如何在许多大学环境中实现准入和平等，从宿舍生活到课程。在《从头开始的印记》（2016）中，肯迪转向了种族主义思想的历史根源。他通过W.E.B.杜波依斯、安吉拉-戴维斯和托马斯-杰斐逊等历史人物的著作和遗产，追溯了同化主义、种族隔离主义和反种族主义思想的发展。肯迪反驳了将种族主义作为个人特征的传统理解。相反，他表明，关于非裔美国人的排他性和非人性化的叙述创造并延续了种族主义政策和做法，这些政策和做法渗透到美国社会的组织中，并产生了个人对种族主义思想的表达。在《如何成为一名反种族主义者》（2019）中，肯迪在历史分析和个人回忆录之间游刃有余。肯迪拒绝了 "种族中立 "的立场，因为他们没有积极努力拆除现有的不平等制度，他声称，所有种族的人都有能力影响政策变化，以纠正种族主义结构。他描述了一种共同的责任，即所有的人都有义务正视他们的行为如何支持不平等的机构、政策和做法，并将他们的行动与美国所有人的平等的基本愿景重新结合。在书的最后，他对自己从转移性癌症中康复的情况进行了反思，并呼吁像对待疾病一样对待 "美国的转移性种族主义"：用强有力的 "反种族主义抗生素 "使系统饱和，通过手术切除肿瘤，用健康的投入物加固，并保持警惕以防止复发。

肯迪在波士顿大学创立并指导反种族主义研究中心，这是一个多学科合作机构，专注于建立种族平等的知识、创意和政策干预。该中心与《波士顿环球报》合作，最近推出了《解放者》，这是一个多媒体平台，旨在通过严谨和基于证据的新闻报道、分析和评论，重新构建关于种族的国家对话。通过动态和不寻常的学术研究、社会企业家精神和公众参与的组合，肯迪正在改变许多人对美国长期存在的种族挑战的理解、讨论和试图纠正的方式。

个人简历
Ibram X. Kendi在佛罗里达A&M大学获得双学士学位（2004年），在天普大学获得硕士（2007年）和博士（2010年）学位。2020年，他加入了波士顿大学的教师队伍，目前担任安德鲁-W-梅隆人文学科教授、历史学教授和BU反种族主义研究中心的创始主任。他曾在佛罗里达大学担任历史助理教授（2015-2017），在美国大学担任历史和国际关系教授（2017-2020）。他还是哈佛大学拉德克利夫高级研究所的2020-2021年弗朗西斯-B-卡辛研究员。肯迪是《盖章（给孩子）》的作者。种族主义、反种族主义和你》（与Jason Reynolds合著，2020年）和《反种族主义婴儿》（与插图画家Ashley Lukashevsky合著，2020年）；《四百个灵魂》的联合编辑。1619-2019年非裔美国人的社区历史》（与Keisha Blain合作，2021年）；以及《大西洋》和CBS新闻的特约作家。