Ibram Kendi, well-known "anti-racism" grifter, was paid $30,000 by Rutgers for a 30-minute meeting with some Rutgers students, and a one hour "moderated lecture" with a sympathetic Rutgers law professor at the Camden campus.  Plus, he demanded first-class airfare (from Boston to Philadelphia?).   The rich get richer, including in academe, and even when they have no content.  (I wonder whether Professor Reed, an actual black intellectual, has ever gotten a fee like this; I rather doubt it, since his views do not fit with the agenda of the ruling class.)

UPDATE:  A reader points out that, according to CHE, Jonathan Haidt, another dubious character (although not an enemy of academic freedom, unlike Kendi), was getting 30K per speech back in 2017!