Ibram X. Kendi, director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research, responded to written questions from The Daily Free Press following mass layoffs and allegations of mismanagement of funds. The email interview has been edited according to The Daily Free Press and Associated Press Style punctuation and spelling guidelines but otherwise published in full.

On March 16, President Donald Trump’s administration released a 2018 budget proposal slapped together by Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney. The budget proposed is severe....