Boston University is conducting an "inquiry" into Ibram X. Kendi's Center for Antiracist Research after nearly one-third of its staff was laid off last week.

Kendi's center, which was launched in June 2020 amid political unrest following the death of George Floyd, is now being placed under a broad inquiry after the university received complaints “focused on the center’s culture and its grant management practices,” a spokesman told the Daily Free Press.

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“We are expanding our inquiry to include the Center’s management culture and the faculty and staff’s experience with it,” Boston University spokesman Colin Riley told the outlet. “Boston University and Dr. Kendi believe strongly in the Center’s mission, and … he takes strong exception to the allegations made in recent complaints and media reports.”

The independent student newspaper also reported that the University's Compliance Services Office received an anonymous complaint from a sociology professor and former employee at the center, who alleged a workplace culture of "fear of retaliation and discrimination" and said several "high-level" employees at the center had abruptly left.

The Center for Antiracist Research has been criticized for a lack of research coming out of the left-wing think tank, despite raking in multimillion-dollar donations from companies and individuals. The Washington Free Beacon reports that the center has only produced two original research papers in over three years of operation. The report notes most work from the center stems from op-eds posted on the center's website.

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Kendi, one of the leading figures behind critical race theory, has authored two controversial bestselling books, 2019's How to Be an Antiracist and 2020's Antiracist Baby. He has received opposition from several Republican and conservative groups, who criticize his work as inflaming racial tensions.

The Washington Examiner reached out to Boston University for comment.