Dr. Ibram X. KendiSUNY College at Oneonta professor Ibram X. Kendi discusses and proposes ideas and programs to further diversify higher education and make it more relevant to all of its students.OpinionSix Supremely Absurd Court Statements on Affirmative ActionOn a 6-2 vote in Schuette v. BAMN, the Supreme Court reversed the opinion of the Sixth Circuit Court that struck down the law.April 29, 2014StudentsEnslaving ‘Free Speech Zones’Whenever I read the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, I am struck by the distance between the American creed and American reality, a distance widening wherever I look.April 17, 2014SportsA Solemn Plea to the HBCU Family: Give Back!Give back to your alma mater (or to any historically Black college), and give to Grambling State.October 31, 2013OpinionSchools, Universities Under Fire for Sexual Assaults on CampusNumerous colleges and universities have recently been investigated for failing to address sexual assault cases on campus.May 29, 2013Faculty & StaffWill the AME Church Save Wilberforce?I grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. My father, Rev. Larry Rogers, served for a time under Rev. Floyd H. Flake at Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Queens, New York.February 13, 2013Opinion4 False Racial Ideas for President Obama’s First 4 YearsI think I can speak for many Africana Studies professors when I say President Barack Obama has been ever on the lips of my students the last four years.January 22, 2013StudentsCooper Protests for Free Tuition and a ‘Better Future’“We live in a world where massive student debt and the rising cost of higher education remain unchecked, where students are treated as customers and faculty as contractors. Cooper Union’s mission of free education affords quality and excellence and offers an alternative for a better future of higher education.”December 11, 2012OpinionWho Really Receives Racial Preferences in Admissions? Not BlacksAs a scholar of race and education, I am enjoying the national public debate over affirmative action. Like any professor who discusses race in their classrooms and publishes on race, I simply enjoy when we discuss race in public.December 4, 2012OpinionNew Mind-Boggling Evidence Proves SAT BiasAfter reading a recent post I wrote, a Diverse reader pointed me toward a study which strongly supports the viewpoint that the “merit plea” is inherently racist.December 2, 2012OpinionA Crisis in Black Studies at Temple UniversityIn the last few days, the graduate students in the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Temple University have dispatched a carefully written letter to thousands of faculty across the nation in an effort to publicize what they call “a crisis.”November 25, 2012Page 1 of 6Next Page
