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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $10M To Ibram Kendi’s ‘Center For Antiracist Research’

Tim Pearce
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $10M To Ibram Kendi’s ‘Center For Antiracist Research’
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $10 million to the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, launched in June by its director, Ibram Kendi.

Boston University announced the substantial donation in a press release issued on Friday. Kendi said the donation, given with “no strings attached,” would be “transformative” to the newly-founded center. $1 million will go toward immediate use while $9 million will be placed in the center’s endowment.

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