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conservative activist. for years, there is explicit goal has been to eradicate critical race theory which he deliberately confuses with dei or a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from, quote, every institution in america, and quote. he is not shy about showing his true colors. he s telegraphed every step of his master plan along the way and his strategy has worked. in 2021, his anti crt campaign drummed up enough conservative pressure against nikole hannah-jones, the cofounder of the 16 19 project, that the university of north carolina denied her tenure. jones, by the way, had a pulitzer prize, a mcarthur genius grant, and support from the school s chancellor and faculty. no one who would held the position to which she was hired had ever before been denied tenure. that history and her accomplishments were no match for the conservative pressure cooker. hannah-jones moved on. she is now chairing the night chair of race and journalism at howard university.
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christopher ruffo does not do it alone. he acknowledges the highly coordinated campaign to force claudine gay to resign from harvard was a three pronged attack. that s what he told politico s ian ward last week. quote, this was a team effort which involved three primary points of leverage. first, was the narrative leverage. it was done primarily by me, christopher burnett, and erin saberi and. secondly is the financial leverage, led by bill ackman and other harvard owners. finally, there was the political leverage, led by congresswoman elise stefanik s masterful performance with claudine gay at her hearings. when you put those three elements together, narrative, financial, and political pressure, and you squeeze hard enough, you see the results that we got today, the resignation of america s most powerful academic leader, and quote. there it is, clear as day, christopher ruffo s own words. this crew of strange bedfellows help to bring down the president of harvard not because of who sh