Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder challenged wealthy activist Ibram X. Kendi to discuss the root cause of racial wealth inequality after Kendi compared Elder’s commentary to a “minstrel show.”
“[Ibram X. Kendi], I invite you on my show to discuss the root cause of black income/net worth “inequality,” Elder said Thursday in response to a racial taunt from the author of How to Be an Antiracist.
Kendi had pounced on a post from Elder, writing, “Only in America can Black people become wealthy by telling White people they have 10 times the median wealth of Black people because they are superior — and not racism. No need to finance minstrel shows any more when they can finance Larry Elder.”
Kendi’s tweet was a response to Elder, who had previously tagged Kendi “Only in America can black victicrats like [Ibram X. Kendi] become wealthy by telling white people how they prevent black people from becoming wealthy. Is this a great country or what?” He added the hashtag “We’ve Got A Country To Save.”
As an advocate of Critical Race Theory, Kendi has pushed bizarre demands for a federal bureaucracy to police “racist ideas.” His activism has been embraced by teachers’ unions, corporations, the U.S. military, and Hollywood, among other entities.
Last month, a series of so-called “antiracism” training sessions at Google taught employees of the tech giant that children as young as three months old are racist. Google’s far-left vision of “antiracism” is influenced by Kendi.
Kendi has not yet responded to Elder’s challenge.
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