Waldo Jaquith on Nostr: The New York Times says that Gay “faced a swirl of controversy” over her tenure, ...

The New York Times says that Gay “faced a swirl of controversy” over her tenure, but that “controversy” is really about her being a Black woman. Arguing “where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” Republicans have learned they can release a bunch of smoke around somebody, yell “fire!” and ruin their reputation and career. The New York Times is among those complicit in facilitating this tactic. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/us/harvard-president-claudine-gay-timeline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare