The first black woman president of America’s Harvard University, Claudine Gay, has finally resigned in the face of pressure by the university administration over accusations of plagiarism and her refusal to stop pro-Palestine protests on campus.
Her resignation marks the end of the presidency of the first Black president and second woman in Harvard’s nearly 400-year history.
Claudine, under intense pressure to resign since the Israeli attacks on Gaza, said in her resignation that it was in the best interest of Harvard University because of her commitment to combating hate speech and upholding academic standards.
Gay did not say when she plans to formally step down but she described the decision as “difficult beyond words.”
It is important to note that in December 2023, Harvard University decided to retain Dr. Claudine in her position after the American University Board ruled in favor of the head of the institution on the issue of not taking action against pro-Palestinian students.
After Harvard’s president was accused of not taking a strong stance on what was being called anti-Semitism but was anti-Zionism, in an appearance before the Congress Committee, Harvard University was under pressure to demand the resignation.
Many at Twitter are attributing the exit of Dr. Claudine to the outrageous questioning in the Congressional hearing where she was brutally cornered leading to the withdrawal of donors and adding pressure to the administration to ask the president to resign.
Thank you to Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (Rep-NY) on her line of questioning that led to the outrage that caused the resignation of former Harvard President Claudine Gay, as well as her obsessive plagiarism pic.twitter.com/qlfksBWFKN
— • ᗰISᑕᕼIᗴᖴ ™ • (@4Mischief) January 3, 2024
Gay’s resignation came as donors were cancelling their commitments with Harvard.
— Pete James Peterson (@PJPNIG) January 3, 2024
That’s the only reason any of this happened.
It’s the sad reality of higher education. #ClaudineGayResigns #ClaudineGay pic.twitter.com/RvL1zkTsnZ
Her resignation has divided the internet largely into three debates. One group sees it as another manifestation of racism in America. The other is celebrating her exit for believing her to be a plagiarist and anti-semitic. The last viewpoint is seeing the whole scenario as a depiction of how America treats voices that are not aligned with the state’s pro-zionist and fake-liberal policy using anti-semitism and plagiarism as an excuse.
Claudine Gay is not a plagiarizer. 🤌🏻 pic.twitter.com/YLe8WuLCdQ
— Lou Perez (@TheLouPerez) January 3, 2024
.@normfinkelstein calls the (forced) resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay “end of academic freedom… if billionaire criminal class can determine the president, they can determine every facet of university life.” Calls for her & reinstatement. https://t.co/q3xsEBbhga pic.twitter.com/76EWE9s4sU
— Katie Halper is a Jew For #CeasefireNow (@kthalps) January 3, 2024
Unbelievable, this woman never mentions the fact that Claudine Gay was forced out of Harvard for her “it depends on the context” comment. Of course, it’s not about that, it’s about racism against a black woman. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/eWpwPiIaNv
— wilder😎🇺🇸 (@wilderpatriot) January 3, 2024
Editor and Analyst Mara Gay called the move blatant racism, “This is really an attack on academic freedom … This is an attack on diversity. This is an attack on multiculturalism, & … I don’t have to say that they’re racist, because you can hear and see the racism in the attacks.”
NYT's @MaraGay on Claudine Gay resigning: "This is really an attack on academic freedom … This is an attack on diversity. This is an attack on multiculturalism, & … I don’t have to say that they’re racist, because you can hear and see the racism in the attacks" pic.twitter.com/vLFQqtesqG
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 3, 2024
Fox News anchor CJ Pearson asserted that “Claudine Gay wasn’t fired for being black. She was fired for being an anti-Semitism-enabling plagiarist. I’m so tired of the black community using the color of our skin to shield people from accountability.”
Claudine Gay wasn't fired for being black. She was fired for being an anti-Semitism enabling plagiarist.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) January 2, 2024
I'm so tired of the black community using the color of our skin to shield people from accountability.
Let's leave that nonsense in 2023. pic.twitter.com/kbNiXxq0fU
Mo Torres called out the duplicity in the resignation of Dr Caludine by saying, Gay should not have been forced to resign but it’s unfortunate to see that she still misses an obvious point: students on her campus never called for genocide against Jewish people. “Liberals seem strangely addicted to assuming good faith from their detractors on the right.”
Gay should not have been forced to resign but it’s unfortunate to see that she still misses an obvious point: students on her campus never called for genocide against Jewish people. Liberals seem strangely addicted to assuming good faith from their detractors on the right. pic.twitter.com/yLdfCTz9pj
— Mo Torres (@motorresx) January 4, 2024
Professor of sociology Heba Gowayed, commented, “Do not cower just to be beaten away”. She added, “And with that Claudine Gay ends her tenure disliked on both the right and the left. Whew.”
And with that Claudine Gay ends her tenure disliked on both the right and the left. Whew.
— Heba Gowayed هبة جويد (@hebagowayed) January 4, 2024
Do not cower just to be beaten anyway.
— Heba Gowayed هبة جويد (@hebagowayed) January 3, 2024
I don't know what Claudine Gay really thinks but I know for a fact that some of you aren't speaking up about what you know is right.
Pro-zionist voice Ben Shapiro outrightly called her a grifter, “Claudine Gay’s defenders are calling her a martyr for one reason and one reason only: if they admit she’s an unqualified grifter who became powerful thanks to DEI, their own grift is endangered.”
Claudine Gay’s defenders are calling her a martyr for one reason and one reason only: if they admit she’s an unqualified grifter who became powerful thanks to DEI, their own grift is endangered.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 3, 2024
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Journalist Mehdi Hassan shared the Guardian’s article about how the hedge-fun manager, Zionist and billionaire Bill Ackman is behind the forced exit of Professor Gay.
‘A bully’: the billionaire who led calls for Claudine Gay’s Harvard exit | Harvard University | The Guardian https://t.co/B0w3Tpyvy6
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 3, 2024