Antiracism activist blames 'White-owned' media for 'lynched' Black scholar's death, sparks online outrage
One day after British academic Jason Arday was found dead, controversial author and antiracism activist Ibram X. Kendi ignited a social media firestorm by accusing the mainstream media of contributing to his death because of his skin color.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.In an article for The Emancipator, a publication Kendi co-founded, titled "The Media Lynched Jason Arday," Kendi argued that the "White-owned, mainstream media" contributed to Arday’s death through "waves of attacks" over plagiarism allegations and inconsistencies about his personal biography."The death of Jason Arday hit so close to home that I had no words yesterday," Kendi wrote in an X post on Saturday.EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATION"But I woke up with words," he continued.
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One day after British academic Jason Arday was found dead, controversial author and antiracism activist Ibram X. Kendi ignited a social media firestorm by accusing the mainstream media of contributing to his death because of his skin color.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.In an article for The Emancipator, a publication Kendi co-founded, titled "The Media Lynched Jason Arday," Kendi argued that the "White-owned, mainstream media" contributed to Arday’s death through "waves of attacks" over plagiarism allegations and inconsistencies about his personal biography."The death of Jason Arday hit so close to home that I had no words yesterday," Kendi wrote in an X post on Saturday.EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATION"But I woke up with words," he continued. "To be a prominent antiracist Black scholar is to know you are a target, almost totally surrounded by resentments. You know that at any point, the attacks can come like a lynch mob.
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- One day after British academic Jason Arday was found dead, controversial author and antiracism activist Ibram X. Kendi ignited a social media firestorm by accusing the mainstream media of contributing to his death because of his skin color.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.In an article for The Emancipator, a publication Kendi co-founded, titled "The Media Lynched Jason Arday," Kendi argued that the "White-owned, mainstream media" contributed to Arday’s death through "waves of attacks" over plagiarism allegations and inconsistencies about his personal biography."The death of Jason Arday hit so close to home that I had no words yesterday," Kendi wrote in an X post on Saturday.EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATION"But I woke up with words," he continued.
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Antiracism activist blames 'White-owned' media for 'lynched' Black scholar's death, sparks online outrage
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