Why Isn’t The Ouster of Harvard's First Black President Going Viral Among Black Folks? Maybe Because Claudine Gay Doesn't Feel Like She's One of Us.
There’s one unassailable truism when it comes to Black social media: We will leverage X, TikTok, Facebook and the like to ride for those of us we love or whom we feel were genuinely wronged – just look at how we got the entire planet on our page in an unprecedented response to George Floyd’s murder.
But in the case of Harvard University’s now-former President Claudine Gay, things are mighty quiet on the Black Hand side.
There’s little doubt that Harvard, one of the country oldest institutions of naked white supremacy, would tolerate a Black woman at the helm but for so long. Her ouster should be enough for the pitchforks to come out from Black Twitter. But instead, we’re talking about swag surfin in church and Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special.
There’s one unassailable truism when it comes to Black social media: We will leverage X, TikTok, Facebook and the like to ride for those of us we love or whom we feel were genuinely wronged – just look at how we got the entire planet on our page in an unprecedented response to George Floyd’s murder.
But in the case of Harvard University’s now-former President Claudine Gay, things are mighty quiet on the Black Hand side.
There’s little doubt that Harvard, one of the country oldest institutions of naked white supremacy, would tolerate a Black woman at the helm but for so long. Her ouster should be enough for the pitchforks to come out from Black Twitter. But instead, we’re talking about swag surfin in church and Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix special.
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