Ibram X. Kendi

American historian and anti-racism scholar best known for How to Be an Antiracist (2019), which argues that racism is not a matter of individual prejudice but of active policy -- and that the only alternative to racist policy is antiracist policy. Founded the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. A defining voice of the post-2020 racial justice moment.

Reframed the discourse on racism from individual prejudice to structural policy, making the claim that neutrality on racial disparities is itself a form of racism. Popularized the antiracist/racist binary and the policy-focused framework for understanding racial inequality. His work became foundational to the DEI industry's intellectual architecture.