Activist who led ouster of Harvard president linked to ‘scientific racism’ journal

[BidenPresident]

The rightwing activist Christopher Rufo has links to a self-styled “sociobiology magazine” that is focused on the supposed relationships between race, intelligence and criminality, and which experts have characterized as an outlet for scientific racism.

Rufo, a close ally of Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and one of America’s most prominent activists fighting so-called “wokeism”, has repeatedly described his goal as “colorblind equality”, but his links to Aporia raises questions about Rufo’s proximity to extremists.

Most recently Rufo has been credited in conservative media and beyond with playing a central role in the ouster of former Harvard University president Claudine Gay, who is Black.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ristopher-rufo-ties-scientific-racism-journal

 

[Walt]

And absolutely no one is surprised.

 

[BidenPresident]

And absolutely no one is surprised.

When we learn more about the attack on college presidents we see who the real scumbags are.

 

[martin]

And absolutely no one is surprised.

And some who aren't surprised don't care. They already got their target.

 

[ExpressLane]

When we learn more about the attack on college presidents we see who the real scumbags are.

The UPenn president and MIT president were white and they did not commit plagiarism.

 

[BidenPresident]

The UPenn president and MIT president were white and they did not commit plagiarism.

Nor did the Harvard president.

 

[BidenPresident]

The UPenn president and MIT president were white and they did not commit plagiarism.

Following an independent review, the Corporation announced that though instances of improper citations had been identified in Gay’s scholarship, they did not violate Harvard’s standards for research misconduct.

After the initial allegations, Gay requested four corrections in two articles. On Dec. 20, as plagiarism allegations continued to build up, the University announced Gay would make three additional corrections to her 1997 doctoral dissertation.

Two scholars from whom Gay was accused of lifting additional material on Monday, Franklin D. Gilliam Jr. and Gary King, both told The Crimson in December that they did not consider Gay’s use of their work plagiarism.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/...allegations of,and three other academic works.

 

[BidenPresident]

Right winger: I am not a racist. Claudine Gay is a plagiarist.
Harvard: Claudine gay is not a plagiarist.
Right winger: I guess I am a racist.