Claudine Gay Is Why I Never Checked the ‘Black’ Box

Harvard president Claudine Gay testifies before Congress last week. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
I felt pressure to declare my minority status on college applications and ‘get the upper hand.’ But I refused to be currency in someone else’s power game.
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The disastrous congressional testimony of three college presidents on the topic of campus antisemitism last week has led to furious calls for their resignation. While Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania stepped down from her post over the weekend, Harvard’s board ruled that Claudine Gay will stay. But, as filmmaker Eli Steele argues in this fir…
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