What REALLY Happened to Claudine Gay?

Caroline Downey explains the rise and fall of Claudine Gay's tenure as the president of America's most prestigious university. Between her disastrous appearance in front of Congress to testify about anti-Semitism on campus and her more recent plagiarism scandal, Gay has been struggling to justify her position or her hefty salary. Nevertheless, her defenders in the media and on the Harvard board have done everything in their power to shield her from consequences.
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CHAPTERS:
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0:00-0:40 Who is Claudine Gay?
0:41-1:43 Trouble at Harvard
1:44-2:28 Congressional Showdown
2:29-3:15 Plagiarism Problems
3:16-4:14 Gay's Background
4:15-4:54 First Black President
4:55-6:14 The DEI Machine
6:15-7:01 Resignation
7:02-7:54 Harvard's Future

Photo & Video Credits:
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Reuters
C-SPAN/YouTube
WCVB Channel 5 Boston/YouTube
Aviva Klompas/X

[andrewspencer]

"Her peers saw her as a transformative figure" and they were spot on ! She has completely transformed Harvard's reputation.

[PAHighlander]

How does Harvard explain her position and salary to students who are held to a higher ethical standard than her and would be expelled for violating the Codes of Conduct she broke?

[shane]

She was caught doing things that many, many students were also caught doing in the past and expelled in disgrace but SHE gets a pass?

[Juulmand]

Does calling for the mass murder of blacks depend on the context?

[gigiong]

To think, if she hadn’t been so blatantly anti-Semitic, her crimes of plagiarism might never have been uncovered.

[kevi]

Claudine Gay is a disgrace for Harvard.

[BigVan]

Harvard is losing all its credibility and I hope all donors pull out .

[matthewgaulke]

The story I was taught as to why we should promote diversity was that it would allow unique and brilliant voices to expand our appreciation for the wonders of life. The reality is this DEI hurts everyone and just makes minorities look incompetent thus fueling existing negative stereotypes.

[joshualifetree]

She got the job because of racism but she does not complain about that does she?

[paularnone]

If a Harvard student was charged with plagerism they would be instantly thrown out. The Harvard board should a resign !!!

[DAVID-ionj]

Since she remains a professor with a $900, 000/year salary, I would say "NOT MUCH".

[homergee]

A clear case of not employing the best person

[geekmastermind]

Also look into what she did to Prof. Roland G. Fryer, Jr., for

[wryltxw]

her short tenure cost harvard billions. yet she is still collecting $900k. most ceos would have been fired.

[sankalp]

She did not suffer. She kept her ridiculously high salary

[ricokwan]

DEI by nature is racist and discriminatory as preferential treatment to a particular individual or sector based on skin colour, ethnic group and sex. The essence should be on the contrary, namely no preference should be given to avoid outcome discriminatory and selection or provision to be based on meritocracy.

[elizabethanthony]

Why is she still allowed to call herself a professor, or remain in that position, if that title was obtained by plagiarism?

[critcalreader]

It's a lot of work to put together a video. Even though others have covered this story, many people appreciate hearing from you on the Claudine Gay fiasco. One of the many ironies here is that Harvard hasn't learned its lesson.

[abuanwp]

My college professor said, no matter what happened never EVER answer a question answerable by Y/N with "it depends" as you are automatically guilty. lol!

[odedrokachify]

She’s not antisemitic, she just plagiarized UPenn answer at the hearing.