At
a Congressional committee hearing, she was asked whether calling for
the genocide of Jews was OK or not at Harvard. She said it all depends
on “context.”
Also, she’s been accused of multiple instances of plagiarism in her work as a scholar.
I apologize in advance if I’m plagiarizing other people’s defenses of Claudine.
ONE: She’s a black woman whose last name is Gay. That’s plenty right there.
TWO:
She wears her hair very short. Imagine how much money she saves by not
needing to buy hundreds of hair products. She’s frugal. That’s a good
thing.
THREE: She’s caused high-roller donors to stop writing checks to Harvard.
FOUR:
She’s alerted students to the meaning of “plagiarism.” They never knew
before. They thought they were pioneers because they’d been using AI to
write their papers.
FIVE: She’s helped expose the depth to which Diversity Hiring can sink.
SIX:
In the face of spot-on attacks against her plagiarized academic work,
she maintains a proud stance—reminding all sorts of offenders of every
stripe: ADMIT NOTHING. In many cases, admitting nothing is entertaining.
In these times, we need entertainment.
SEVEN:
She’s a lot funnier than Saturday Night Live and the three gruesome
late-night network talk-show hosts. Again, entertainment.
EIGHT:
On a personal note, she reminded me of George Burns’ famous comment:
“In acting, sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it
made.” That’s the greatest Hollywood statement of all time.
NINE:
Is it possible “the Claudine affair” will trigger new investigations
into the dubious academic career of the most beloved Harvard student of
all time, Barack Obama?
TEN:
Is it possible “the Claudine affair” will trigger a wide probe into the
field of academic scholarship in general—exposing 98.2% of all of it as
nothing more than a massive circle jerk?
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