Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School. He has written a series of controversial books about race and racism and is clearly on the left, but is also considered a strong voice for free speech (a combination that used to be more common than it is today).
This week, Kennedy wrote an opinion piece for the Harvard Crimson in which he argued that mandatory DEI statements were essentially ideological pledges which should be done away with as a clear case of overreach.
On a posting for a position as an assistant professor in international and comparative education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, applicants are required to submit a CV, a cover letter, a research statement, three letters of reference, three or more writing samples, and a statement of teaching philosophy that includes a description of their “orientation toward diversity,…
