The mission of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.

The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research represents a collaborative research and education effort across multiple disciplines to build a world where racial equity and social justice prevail.

The mission of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research is to convene researchers and practitioners from various disciplines to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice.

We are building a network of faculty and graduate students engaged in antiracist research at Boston University and at colleges and universities around New England.

Sep 21, 2023 · Boston University has launched an inquiry into the management culture of the University’s Center for Antiracist Research, as well as its management of grant funds, after a round of layoffs at the center prompted complaints about Ibram X. Kendi ’s leadership there.

Ibram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, a #1 New York Times best-selling author, and the youngest-ever winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction.

The center’s racial data tracker collects, publishes, and analyzes racial data on the pandemic across the United States.

Nov 7, 2023 · Six weeks after a shakeup at Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR), BU officials say a number of steps are either completed, or well underway, that will help the center successfully pivot toward its new direction.

As a university-based research center, we transcend narrow disciplinary thinking by bringing together scholars, policymakers, journalists, artists, and advocates to research how best to …

The mission of the Policy Office is to identify racist policies and to ascertain, craft, and elevate evidence-based antiracist policies that can be embraced by communities, advanced by advocates, and implemented by policymakers and courts to create a more racially just and equitable society.