The Eternal Innocence Fallacy

<p>Dr. Claudine Gay&rsquo;s treatment as former President of Harvard, as many have noticed, is certainly an example of systemic racism. But it&rsquo;s not just because of the mistreatment, abuse, and distortion of leadership intent and power of a competent woman of color. It&rsquo;s systemic racism in that Dr. Gay is just a pawn in a much larger scheme. It&rsquo;s a systemic, systematic, and strategic roll-back of the gains achieved since George-Floyd&rsquo;s murder: one institution at a time. This&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/03/racist-rightwing-attacks-claudine-gay-former-harvard-president" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Guardian article</a>&nbsp;highlights how this was the intent of the activists who planned the attack as demonstrated by their own tweets in the prior weeks. As an example:&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;We must not stop until we have abolished DEI ideology from every institution in America.</em></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@ritasfierro/the-eternal-innocence-fallacy-39645fecc20e"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>