Kendism

English Etymology en politics :af Kendi -ism<id:action nouns> 1 1 Noun - en US politics usually derogatory The political and social beliefs of Q31213305. en David Beasley John Sailer Sailer: Texas public universities are 'most obvious example' of red state schools with 'rapid, all-consuming growth of DEI' https://web.archive.org/web/20260706004019/https://austinjournal.com/sailer-texas-public-universities-are-most-obvious-example-of-red-state-schools-with-rapid-all-consuming-growth-of-dei Austin Journal 28 November 2022 Sailer says there is no reason to believe students will not see "Kendism" embraced at UT Austin. en Ed West How bad will a Labour government be? w:The Spectator https://web.archive.org/web/20260301055234/https://spectator.com/article/how-bad-will-a-labour-government-be/ London w:Press Holdings 24 May 2024 0038-6952 1766325 The guiding philosophy of the American left might be called Kendism, the belief that inequality of outcomes between groups can only be explained by racism (except in the various areas where whites do worse, which is just ignored). en w:Aaron Sibarium w:Ted Frank A Small Business Complained About Crime in Chicago. Then the Feds Came After It. w:The Washington Free Beacon https://web.archive.org/web/20260521132928/https://freebeacon.com/policy/a-small-business-complained-about-crime-in-chicago-then-the-feds-came-after-it/ 20 June 2023 "If you don't have proportional representation among loan recipients, agencies will look for disparate impact and go after you," Frank said. "It's problematic to see Kendism"—a reference to "antiracist" activist Ibram X. Kendi, who argues that all racial disparities reflect racism—"be the official policy of the U.S. government." en Ed West The state completely failed Valdo Calocane's victims w:The Spectator https://web.archive.org/web/20260508083056/https://spectator.com/article/the-state-completely-failed-valdo-calocanes-victims/?edition=us London w:Press Holdings 2 April 2026 0038-6952 1766325 You might call this philosophy 'racial equity' or Kendism, and it is the only explanation left once you've made the others – genetic or cultural – impermissible. Related terms en Kendian en eponyms