A Harvard law professor is calling on the country’s most prestigious school to “abandon” forcing academics to make Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) statements.
Randall Kennedy, who teaches criminal law and contracts at Harvard Law School, penned a scathing column Tuesday in The Harvard Crimson, the school’s newspaper.
Kennedy, who is black and also teaches courses on the regulation of race relations, skewered the Ive League’s commitment to requiring DEI statements as part of the school’s hiring process.
“Candidates for academic positions at Harvard should not be asked to support ideological commitments,” Kennedy wrote.
He noted the “howl of protest” that would erupt if Harvard were to ask academic candidates for statements about their positions on capitalism, patriotism, or Making America Great Again “with a clear expectation of allegiance.”
“By requiring…
