CNN pundits clash over Harvard's Gay: 'Right-wing conservative males attacking another Black woman'
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CNN commentators clashed over whether racism and an anti-DEI agenda was behind Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation after she was accused of plagiarism.
Sellers, a former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, defended Gay on CNN Thursday. He claimed that Gay was targeted because she is Black as part of an effort to discredit diversity, equity and inclusion in academia. Kristine Parks is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Read more.
"You can't help but see the racial animus and the racial overtones in this. You can’t help but see the attack on higher education. And this is even more troubling — you can’t help but see the complicity in mainstream media. When you have institutions like Politico yesterday platforming Christopher Rufo and giving him an interview and giving him a Q&A, that’s not journalism," he complained.