It is not obvious that one should feel sorry for Harvard University President Claudine Gay. Yet there’s a strong case to be made that identity politics was central to Gay’s hiring. She must understand, as well, that absent identity politics, she could well have been cashiered like Penn President Liz Magill. It’s useful to compare her situation to that of one of her leading Harvard critics, former university President Lawrence Summers. Perhaps there is, indeed, something in Claudine Gay’s leadership quality that merits her not being dismissed for reasons that would likely have sunk someone without the protection of identity politics.

Source: Fox News December 18, 2023 10:57 UTC