Harvard University President Claudine Gay was able to ascend to the ivy league university’s top post by being a major champion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said Monday.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay was able to ascend to the ivy league university’s top post by being a major champion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said Monday.
Gay received major blowback after her congressional testimony last week, where she refused to say whether students and applicants would be held accountable for using phrases like “from the river to the sea,” which has connotations of wiping out Israel. Despite multiple calls for her to step down, over 500 Harvard faculty members signed a letter defending Gay, saying that the university’s “independence” needed to be protected amid “political pressures.”
“[DEI] is the main cause of anti-Semitism today. It divides students along racial and religious lines and creates a zero-sum game.
