publication date: Sunday, June 28, 2020 (part of Summer 2020)

category: Education

clue: If you want to be against racism, you may as well learn how from this American university professor who has made it his career.

explanation: Kendi wrote the best-selling book How to Be an Antiracist. He is a history professor at American University, where he runs the Antiracist Research & Policy Center, which will move to Boston University in July 2020. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates


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