Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Tuesday, and many on the Left were quick to claim that her abrupt exit was clearly the result of racism.
Gay’s resignation came after she faced multiple accusations of plagiarism — and in the wake of her disastrous Capitol Hill testimony on campus anti-Semitism — which led to calls for her ouster from students groups and a host of others.
But Gay insisted even on her way out the door that racism had fueled those criticizing her for allegedly plagiarizing sections of more than half of her published works — and her defenders lined up to toe the same party line on X.
“This is a sad day for Harvard and academics. Please read the accusations against Dr. Gay for yourselves (see eg below)—you’ll see this is clearly a witch hunt. When push comes to shove, institutions continue to readily throw Black women under the bus,”…
