How Claudine Gay’s Harvard resignation reveals America’s deep racial divide

Harvard President Claudine Gay, University of Pennsylvania then-President Elizabeth Magill and MIT President Sally Kornbluth testify before Congress on Dec. 5, 2023.& Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/File & The resignation of Dr. Claudine Gay from her position as Harvard University’s president has revealed the deep racial divide that continues to exist in America.& On Jan. 2, Gay issued her resignation after serving as Harvard’s first Black president in the school’s 387-year history. Her tenure only lasted six months. Gay issued a statement saying, “It has become clear that it is in the best interests of Harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of extraordinary challenge with a focus on the institution rather than any individual.” Much of the fallout came following Gay’s controversial appearance in front of the House Committee on Education on Dec. 8 that centered around Anti-Semitic views from some students on campus. She was joined by her counterparts at University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gay’s answers were viewed as “too academic.” When asked if calling for the genocide of Jews would violate the universities’ code of conduct, Gay answered by saying, when “speech crosses into conduct, that violates our...