BENJAMIN WEINGARTEN: Here s why Obama stepped in to save Harvard prez Claudine Gay. But Obama s

But Obama s defense of Gay almost assuredly transcends sympathy for her remarks and the students for whom she spoke, concern about Harvard s stability or a desire to effectively defend a political ally, given Pritzker s responsibility for Gay s presidency.

Like l affaire Gay broadly, Obama s intervention should be seen as a major salvo in the broader war over diversity, equity and inclusion in America s most influential institutions.

Obama is making a play to protect the DEI regime itself a regime, already roiled by the backlash against wokeism and the Supreme Court s strike against affirmative action in schools, critical to maintaining political power.

Barack Obama is the leader of the Democratic Party in everything but name and the face of our credentialed pseudo-elites.

Harvard is arguably the most prestigious university in the world.

Claudine Gay, proudly touted as Harvard s first black and second female president, has devoted much of her career to advancing DEI and led the creation of a sprawling DEI administrative state, injecting racist anti-racism and anti-equality equity into every aspect of the school.

This parallels what Obama s progressive successors have done to the federal government under the Biden administration.

Israel- and Jew-hatred on college campuses is a natural byproduct of DEI.

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It’s strange that the Jews seem to attract the enmity of the most poisonous ideologies. Of course, it has to be envy in the end. Jews are among the most successful people in the world. Moslems are busy slaughtering poor Christian villagers in Africa, and no one seems to care much, doubtless because they are of little consequence. Jews are more able to stand up for themselves and fight back. Of course, this makes them even more loathsome in their enemies’ eyes.