During a SCOTUS confirmation hearing earlier this week, GOP Sen. John Kennedy referred to self-proclaimed “antiracist” BU Professor Ibram X. Kendi — who managed to find the racism inherent in white people adopting black children — as “some butthead professor at Boston University”:
Q: "Some butthead professor at Boston University says that because you & your husband have 2 children of color, that you're a White colonist. The implication is that you're a racist & that you use you two children as props…"
Judge Barrett: "Accusations like that are cruel." pic.twitter.com/1myxbLnvxa
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 14, 2020
As Amy Coney Barrett correctly points out, they are cruel.
But for Kendi, the real cruelty is pointing out that he’s a butthead. Which may have something to do with why he’s so triggered by Sen. Kennedy’s remarks here:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): "It hurts to be called a racist. I think it's one of the worst things you can call an American." pic.twitter.com/XobtSQLDtm
— The Recount (@therecount) October 12, 2020
Here’s Kendi’s take on Sen. Kennedy pointing out that bogus charges of racism can be very destructive:
So instead of striving to be antiracist, they proclaim “I’m not racist,” while continuing to be racist, and attacking the person calling them racist.
They ignore or deny their racist harms and call the people pointing them out hurtful and divisive. What a destructive cycle. https://t.co/qa772MmGTJ
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) October 13, 2020
Seems to us that Dr. Kendi’s the one trapped in the destructive cycle here.
Is this a parody account?
— Time Squanderer (@timesquanderer) October 14, 2020
So not admitting you're a racist… is racist. Got it. https://t.co/5U9mUiscNb
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) October 16, 2020
Kafka trap. What is it.
— Amy (@famousamosquito) October 14, 2020
“Destructive cycle” pretty much describes your grift.
— Jason (@jasonhsv) October 14, 2020
You're a butthead, a shakedown artist and a vile human being who has gotten wealthy off of sowing social strife. There's nothing racist about taking you to account for what you said about ACB's family.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) October 14, 2020
But there’s plenty racist about Ibram X. Kendi.
You know you're a racist, right?
— Ben The Human (@Loghairn) October 14, 2020
