Harvard University President Claudine Gay I resigned, Probably a result of pressure from Harvard University.

she was appointed This is largely due to her deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive bureaucracy. It has taken control of Harvard and other universities since the killing of George Floyd in 2020.

So she is just a symptom, albeit an important one, of the disruptive impact that DEI is having on universities across the country.

unless otherwise DEI bureaucracy will be dismantleduniversities will continue to decline as objective institutions of learning.

In recent years, many universities have changed their mission from objective, fact-based scholarship to “social justice.”

But social justice for some turns out to be social injustice for others.

It has been a zero-sum game in which African Americans have profited at the expense of Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, and other outdated minorities.

In fact, the DEI bureaucracy is Anti-Semitism has been on the rise on campus lately.

Central to DEI ideology is a bogus academic concept called “intersectionality,” under which the world is divided into oppressors and oppressors based entirely on identity politics.

The oppressed cannot do wrong, but the oppressor cannot do right.

White men, especially Jewish men, are blamed as the main oppressors.

Therefore, it is acceptable to silence and marginalize the oppressed while giving them a loud voice.

According to DEI, the power of these oppressors is strengthened by meritocracy. (Related: Alan Dershowitz: Is it okay to have your personal information leaked?)

Judging individuals by their hard work and accomplishments, according to the racist underpinnings of identity politics, ensures the continued empowerment of the oppressor.

Therefore, along with grades and other standards of individual achievement, meritocracy must also be abolished.

Meritocracy needs to be replaced with fairness, which evaluates individuals based on characteristics over which they have no control, such as race or sexual identity.

Harvard University, which made the mistake of appointing a gay president in the first place, is made up primarily of DEI advocates, as are many other university boards.

But Gay's forced resignation shows that these elite boards do not have to make the final decision.

A university is made up of more than its current faculty, student body, and board of directors.

They are made up of a large number of alumni and future students.

And because universities represent our future leadership, the public also has a stake in who governs them.

Therefore, the success of these “outsiders” in forcing gays to resign would be an important first step in changing the wrong direction that many of today's universities are heading.

If this process ends with Gay's resignation, nothing more than symbolism will be achieved.

But if it is the beginning of a fundamental rethinking of the university's mission, it will have accomplished much.

The next and more important step must be a complete dismantling of the DEI bureaucracy.

The good news is that most of these newly hired bureaucrats are not tenured and are not eligible to become professors.

They can be fired easily and save hundreds of millions of dollars.

The bad news is that they have become a powerful force at many universities.

It takes courage and determination to get rid of them, but it must be done. (Related: JD FOSTER: Draining the academic swamp)

The idea of ​​DEI needs to be replaced by a meritocracy priority based on hard work and results, defined broadly beyond mere grades.

However, grades are an important element of meritocracy and need to be restored along with other evaluation methods.

We must return to a time when we all shared Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of a society and university where people were judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

Professor Gaye's brief presidency may be a turning point in the history of American academia, but it does not mean we need to take the next step and learn the appropriate lessons from her mistakes, and those of those who appointed her. limited to those who have learned.

Alan Dershowitz is a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and the author of Get Trump, Guilt by Accusation, and The Price of Principle. Democrat Andrew Stein served as president of the New York City Council from 1986 to 1994.This work reissue From the Alan Dershowitz Newsletter.

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