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MPR News with Angela Davis
Angela Davis

Ibram X. Kendi on the presidential debate and antiracism

Ibram X. Kendi, Angela Davis
Scholar and author Ibram X. Kendi and MPR News host Angela Davis.
courtesy University of Minnesota

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Editor’s note (Oct. 6, 2020): An agreement between Ibram X. Kendi and the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs allowed for this conversation to be broadcast on MPR News but not posted online.

Scholar and author Ibram X. Kendi’s 2019 book “How to be an Antiracist” remains a best seller, and calls for anti-racist policies and practices can be heard in discussions Minnesotans are having on everything from police reform to education disparities. 

MPR News host Angela Davis interviewed Kendi last week as part of the Distinguished Carlson Lecture at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

He talked about the first presidential debate, criticism on Twitter following comments about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and why he remains hopeful about the antiracist movement. 

At 11 a.m. Tuesday, you heard a recording of that conversation, along with a check on mild, fall weather with Paul Huttner, chief meteorologist for MPR News.

Guests:

Ibram X. Kendi is the author of “How to be an Antiracist” and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research.

Paul Huttner is chief meteorologist for MPR News.