AP Beclowns Itself in Claudine Gay Story

The Claudine Gay saga at Harvard University has come to an end, and the usual suspects are making the usual defenses. As Noah Rothman notes in his Corner post from earlier today, the racial hucksters are at it again, claiming that any setback for a black woman — never mind how earned that setback may be — is a function of America’s white-supremacist superstructure. We expect grifters and cranks like Ibram Kendi and Jemele Hill to make those arguments. It would be out of character if they didn’t.

But take a look at how the Associated Press framed the story.

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Zach Kessel

Zach Kessel was a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism and a recent graduate of Northwestern University.

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The Claudine Gay saga at Harvard University has come to an end, and the usual suspects are making the usual defenses. As Noah Rothman notes in his Corner post from earlier today, the racial hucksters are at it again, claiming that any setback for a black woman — never mind how earned that setback may be — is a function of America’s white-supremacist superstructure. We expect grifters and cranks like Ibram Kendi and Jemele Hill to make those arguments. It would be out of character if they didn’t.

But take a look at how the Associated Press framed the story.