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Yeah, but you're responding to a straw man. The comment you are replying to didn't accuse academia of being political. It accused them of being racist.
by fallingknife 3y ago
Yeah, but you're responding to a straw man. The comment you are replying to didn't accuse academia of being political. It accused them of being racist.
- coliveira 3y agoSo, how many white presidents of Harvard had every single word they wrote scrutinized by a thousand of people negatively motivated against him? I don't think the parameter is the same here. She is definitely being targeted by people who don't like her for being there doing what she is doing.
- ethbr1 3y agoThe parent comment, before flagging, said something to the effect of 'but we know scholarship isn't why she got there.' My point being: Scholarship isn't why anyone becomes president of Harvard. It isn't why anyone becomes a dean at Harvard. It probably isn't even why anyone gets tenure at Harvard. That's base level academic competency + politics. So accusing Claudine Gay of 'getting her position for reasons other than scholarship' is... yes, that's why everyone who's ever sat in that seat got it.