Harvard University, a once-respected institution seen as the pinnacle of higher learning, is trying to hide its true ideological self from the world.
Amid the controversy surrounding its refusal to condemn the blatant antisemitism on its campus, we’re seeing that Harvard’s problems go far beyond its morally bankrupt president, Claudine Gay.
With widespread calls from alumni and others for Gay to either resign or be removed from her role after her disastrous testimony before Congress last week, more than 500 of her faculty enablers put pen to paper to profess their continued support.
In an open letter to Harvard leadership, these professors stated they “urge you in the strongest possible terms to defend the independence of the university and to resist political pressures that are at odds with Harvard’s commitment to academic freedom, including calls for the removal of President Claudine Gay.”
They declared, “The critical work of defending a culture of free inquiry in our diverse community cannot proceed if we let its shape be dictated by outside forces.”
This letter is a ruse to have regular people believe wanting Gay removed from her position is about attacking the First Amendment being exercised within Harvard’s walls and dissolving its sovereignty as a private institution.
It’s not — it’s a call for accountability.
And much like the typical enabler, these faculty members will vehemently stand in the way of the person they’re enabling facing any consequence for her actions (or lack thereof).
The truth is, though, these hundreds of professors believe neither Gay nor the antisemitic students being publicly ridiculed said or did anything wrong.
What’s even more disturbing to realize is that even if Gay is removed from her post — and Harvard’s board announced Tuesday it plans to keep her on — whoever replaces her will be just as in sync with the rhetoric of the school’s intolerant left.
Claudine Gay is a symptom of a systemic issue that’s been pervasive at Harvard for quite some time.
We would be naïve to believe her removal would result in a change in an already-hardened belief system on campus.
If Gay were fired, her replacement would benefit from reduced scrutiny since most people are focused on the person and not the system that elevates someone like Gay into power.
Once the conflict between Israel and Gaza comes to a grinding halt and media attention sways to the next outrageous story, the general public will follow suit.
Even threats from alumni like Bill Ackman of pulling donor money are a minor financial inconvenience to an institution that has an endowment of more than $50 billion to sustain itself.
If you give it enough time, the leftist monsters Harvard created will become the next generation of donors, and they’ll have no problem feeding a system that encourages bombast and behavior we find deplorable.
Harvard has long been facilitating the rhetoric of radical left-wing activists who were openly calling Israel an apartheid state, pushing for its eradication and supporting BDS (boycott, divest, sanction) efforts against Israel.
On a 2015 Harvard Law panel, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors publicly advocated the end of Israel to bring liberation to the Palestinian people: “Palestine is our generation’s South Africa. If we don’t step up boldly and courageously to end the imperialist project that’s called Israel, we’re doomed.”
When you mix the narrative of a nation allegedly committing genocide with an “any means necessary” approach, you’ll inevitably end up concluding that all Jews are tacitly responsible for everything simply by nature of their existence.
Harvard’s creation of a vehemently antisemitic monster was not by accident — it was just an accident that we outside its campus noticed.
Adam B. Coleman is the author of “Black Victim to Black Victor” and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.
