Boston prof, who got $10mn for anti-racism research from Twitter’s Dorsey, catches flak after saying term ‘not racist’ is RACIST

“We should eliminate the term ‘not racist’ from the human vocabulary,” Kendi tweeted on Sunday. “We are either being racist or antiracist. Is that clear for you? There is no such thing as ‘not racist.’”

Source: RT

Boston University professor and anti-racism activist Ibram Kendi has called to expunge the words “not racist” from the “human vocabulary,” arguing the term denies real racism. But not everyone was on board.

“We should eliminate the term ‘not racist’ from the human vocabulary,” Kendi tweeted on Sunday. “We are either being racist or antiracist. Is that clear for you? There is no such thing as ‘not racist.’”

Exactly what I said. Kendi says it’s unacceptable to just “not be racist.”

You’re either:
Racist
Not racist
Anti-racist

But if you fall into the camp of “Not racist” you’re actually racist.

Which is exactly what I said:
“Not being racist is racist.”

— Darth Le’Veon (@darth_leveon) September 20, 2020

“So what does ‘not racist’ mean? The term has no meaning other than denying when one is being racist. We should not have words in the dictionary that don’t have definitions,” Kendi doubled down, responding to a commenter, who accused him of falling into “fallacy.”

That's called an "either/or" fallacy. What else you got?

— Eric R Olson 🧬🎥 (@EricROlson) September 21, 2020

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