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From Oneonta To Fame Locally, Ibram Kendi Recalled For Honesty, A Gentle Disposition By MIKE FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Before Ibram X. Kendi was Ibram X. Kendi, he was Ibram Rogers and he taught at SUNY Oneonta. Kendi, a history professor and now director of the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University, has built his academic career on the study of racism. He views racism – rather than race itself—as a defining feature of American history and…