<p>A Harvard law professor is calling on the country&#8217;s most prestigious school to &#8220;abandon&#8221; forcing academics to make <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</a> (DEI) statements.</p>
<p>Randall Kennedy, who <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/randall-l-kennedy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaches</a> criminal law and contracts at Harvard Law School, <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/column/council-on-academic-freedom-at-harvard/article/2024/4/2/kennedy-abandon-dei-statements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">penned</a> a scathing column Tuesday in The Harvard Crimson, the school&#8217;s newspaper.</p>
<p>Kennedy, who is black and also teaches courses on the regulation of race relations, skewered the Ive League&#8217;s commitment to requiring DEI statements as part of the school&#8217;s hiring process.</p>
<p>&#8220;Candidates for academic positions at Harvard should not be asked to support ideological commitments,&#8221; Kennedy wrote.</p>
<p>He noted the &#8220;howl of protest&#8221; that would erupt if Harvard were to ask academic candidates for statements about their positions on capitalism, patriotism, or Making America Great Again &#8220;with a clear expectation of allegiance.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;By requiring academics to profess — and flaunt — faith in DEI, the proliferation of diversity statements poses a profound challenge to academic freedom,&#8221; Kennedy wrote.</p>
<p>He criticized the &#8220;expectation that DEI statements will essentially constitute pledges of allegiance that enlist academics into the DEI movement by dint of soft-spoken but real coercion: If you want the job or the promotion, play ball — or else.&#8221;</p>
<p>The DEI statement requirement discourages conservative candidates, Kennedy said.</p>
<p><b><a href="https://onelink.to/dwapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="sk-tooltip-9096" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://onelink.to/dwapp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700760801843000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP</a></b></p>
<p>&#8220;It does not take much discernment to see, moreover, that the diversity statement regime leans heavily and tendentiously towards varieties of academic leftism and implicitly discourages candidates who harbor ideologically conservative dispositions,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>Kennedy also called out the &#8220;cottage industry&#8221; of diversity statement counselors that has sprung up in the last few years.</p>
<p>&#8220;By overreaching, by resorting to compulsion, by forcing people to toe a political line, by imposing ideological litmus tests, by incentivizing insincerity, and by creating a circular mode of discourse that is seemingly impervious to self-questioning, the current DEI regime is discrediting itself,&#8221; Kennedy wrote.</p>
<p>Academics at Harvard and beyond already feel &#8220;intense and growing resentment&#8221; toward the DEI movement, he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am a scholar on the left committed to struggles for social justice. The realities surrounding mandatory DEI statements, however, make me wince,&#8221; Kennedy said.</p>
<p>&#8220;The practice of demanding them ought to be abandoned, both at Harvard and beyond,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>Kennedy&#8217;s column comes in the wake of a slew of woes for Harvard over the last few months.</p>
<p>Harvard faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvards-chief-diversity-officer-plagiarized-work-too-complaint-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backlash</a> in recent months for its former president Claudine Gay&#8217;s highly criticized congressional testimony on Harvard’s response to anti-Semitism on campus.</p>
<p>The Ivy League school is currently facing a congressional probe on how it handled anti-Semitism on campus, as well as the school’s response to the plagiarism allegations against Gay.</p>

<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

Harvard Law Professor Says School Should ‘Abandon’ Mandatory DEI Statements: ‘Ideological Pledges Of Allegiance’

CONTINUE READING

Your Child’s School Might Still Be Pushing Transgender Ideology Despite Trump’s Orders

Trump Says MSNBC Changed Name Because It’s ‘Ashamed’

Plant-Based Beyond Meat Denies It’s Filing For Bankruptcy Amid Falling Sales

Democrats Love Citing This One Climate Change Study. Turns Out It’s All Bogus.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Proposes Law To Involuntarily Commit Drug Addicts

The Feds Took Over The DC Police In The 90s, Too. Here’s How That Went.

News

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Education

Equity

Harvard University

U.S.

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Evening Wire: Lebanon Ceasefire Begins & Murder-Suicide Rocks VA | 4.16.26

The Pendragon Cycle

Menu

— News —

Harvard Law Professor Says School Should ‘Abandon’ Mandatory DEI Statements: ‘Ideological Pledges Of Allegiance’