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Mara Gay: Claudine Gay’s Resignation Is an Attack on Multi-Culturalism, It’s Racism

‘This is an attack on diversity’
By Grabien Staff
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GAY: “The fact that she's a black woman and the first person who is a black American to lead Harvard, only added to their thirst to dethrone her. And you know, those attack, you don't have to -- I don't have to say that they're racist, because you can hear and see the racism in the attacks when people like Vivek Ramaswamy say, you know, OK, this is -- this is a problem about diversity in hiring. I mean, this is racism, as well. So there's a lot of different layers here, but I don't want to miss the attacks on academic freedom. And I think it's much easier to target women or women of color, but ultimately, it's not going to stop there. And --“
BRZEZINSKI: “Yeah.”
GAY: “-- and I really hope that we can stand up for academic freedom, you know, no matter who the target is, of these campaigns.”


 

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