{"id":2139551,"date":"2024-01-03T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-isnt-about-plagiarism-or-anti-semitism-jamaal-bowman-cries-racism-over-claudine-gay-resignation\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T19:32:09","slug":"this-isnt-about-plagiarism-or-anti-semitism-jamaal-bowman-cries-racism-over-claudine-gay-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-isnt-about-plagiarism-or-anti-semitism-jamaal-bowman-cries-racism-over-claudine-gay-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaal Bowman alleges racism in Claudine Gay&#8217;s resignation, denies plagiarism or anti-Semitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-isnt-about-plagiarism-or-anti-semitism-jamaal-bowman-cries-racism-over-claudine-gay-resignation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2139551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>&#8216;The only winners \u2064are fascists who bullied a brilliant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-usual-suspects-claim-gays-ouster-was-coordinated-racist-attack-it-doesnt-go-well\/\" title=\"Gay's alleged removal was supposedly a racially motivated attack, but the outcome was far from favorable for the usual suspects\">historic black woman<\/a>,&#8217; New \u200dYork congressman \u2064says<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Jamaal Bowman\u200c (Chip \u2062Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<h3>New York congressman\u2062 defends former Harvard president against racism and intimidation<\/h3>\n<p>New York congressman Jamaal Bowman is rushing to former \u200bHarvard University president\u2062 Claudine Gay&#8217;s defense, arguing \u2064that Gay&#8217;s ousting stems \u200bfrom &#8220;racism \u2063and intimidation,&#8221; not &#8220;plagiarism or anti-Semitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman in his Tuesday night\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1742334850953101385?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media \u2062post<\/a> also labeled those who highlighted Gay&#8217;s apparent plagiarism as &#8220;fascists who bullied a brilliant\u200d &#038; historic Black woman into resignation.&#8221; Gay \u200dbecame \u2063Harvard&#8217;s\u200d president in July 2023\u200c after publishing just \u206317\u200d pieces of academic work\u20148 of\u2064 which appear\u200d to \u2064include what Harvard\u200c has described as &#8220;duplicative language&#8221; pulled from other academics\u2014and her tenure is the shortest in the school&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t about plagiarism or anti-Semitism. This is about racism and intimidation,&#8221; Bowman said. &#8220;2024 will \u200dbe a battle for truth, democracy, and our shared humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the plagiarism scandal, Gay has\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-becomes-gop-cash-cow-despite-dem-targeting\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley Becomes \u2018GOP Cash Cow\u2019 Despite Dem Targeting\">faced intense criticism<\/a> over her disastrous December congressional\u200c testimony, which\u200c saw her <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/regime-change-comes-to-harvard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contend<\/a> that calling for the genocide of Jews may not constitute harassment at\u200c Harvard. &#8220;It depends on the context,&#8221; she \u200dsaid. Bowman&#8217;s decision to defend\u2063 Gay from charges of\u200d anti-Semitism comes as the left-wing congressman faces similar criticism \u2063over his\u200c response to Hamas&#8217;s \u2064Oct.\u2062 7 terrorist \u200dassault on the \u200bJewish state.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman since the attack has blamed both sides for the violence and argued \u200bthat supporting an Israeli ceasefire\u2014which would embolden \u2063Hamas and leave the terror \u2063group&#8217;s leadership intact\u2014is &#8220;what it \u2064actually means to be Jewish.&#8221; Those \u200bpositions prompted 26 rabbis in Bowman&#8217;s district to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-york-county-exec-launches-primary-campaign-against-anti-israel-democrat-jamaal-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemn the Democrat<\/a> and\u200c call on Westchester\u200c County executive \u2064George Latimer to launch a primary campaign against him. Latimer entered the race \u200din early \u200dDecember.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inexplicably, but predictably, while congressman Bowman condemned the\u200c attacks,\u2063 he put the blame on Israel \u2064for its &#8216;blockade of Gaza,'&#8221; the rabbis <a href=\"https:\/\/scarsdale10583.com\/section-table\/98-on-the-market\/10496-26-rabbis-urge-latimer-to-challenge-bowman-for-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> \u2063 in October. &#8220;He is now calling for an immediate ceasefire, effectively\u200b a position\u2063 of appeasement toward Hamas&#8217;s terror \u200dregime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since\u2063 being elected, Bowman has led the effort to erode support\u200d for Israel on\u2063 Capitol Hill and within the \u200dDemocratic Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bowman \u2064did not return a request \u200bfor comment. His\u200c defense\u2064 of Gay echoed the \u200dformer Harvard president\u2064 herself, who wrote in\u2062 her resignation letter that it was &#8220;frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats \u2062fueled by\u2063 racial animus.&#8221; Harvard similarly defended Gay on her way out \u200bof the president&#8217;s office, with the school&#8217;s board saying \u2063Gay &#8220;has acknowledged missteps and has taken responsibility for \u200cthem&#8221; while showing &#8220;remarkable resilience \u2064in the face of\u200c deeply personal and sustained attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others in the Ivy \u200dLeague and\u200d mainstream media came to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pay-your-own-darn-bills-aoc-who-makes-174000-per-year-blasted-for-complaining-about-17k-in-student-loans\/\" title=\"\u2018Pay Your Own Darn Bills\u2019: AOC, Who Makes 4,000 Per Year, Blasted For Complaining About k In Student Loans\">similar conclusions<\/a> following Gay&#8217;s \u200bresignation. \u200bDartmouth professor\u2062 Roopika Risam, for example,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/roopikarisam\/status\/1742250470024892896?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>,\u2062 &#8220;they \u2062were always going \u2062to come for the leader who&#8217;s a brilliant \u200cblack woman.&#8221; Bradford Vivian, a\u2064 Pennsylvania\u2064 State University professor \u2064and <em>Washington Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BVivian14\/status\/1742253174596215204?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a> that\u2064 Gay&#8217;s resignation would &#8220;validate and embolden authoritarian-style attacks on diverse, inclusive, and\u200d fair education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A new McCarthyism,&#8221; Vivian concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Some within Harvard, however, voiced concern over the plagiarism charges leveled against Gay. A\u2064 member of the school&#8217;s Honor Council,\u200d which settles \u200dcases\u200d of plagiarism \u200dand academic \u2062dishonesty,\u2064 penned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2023\/12\/31\/honor-council-member-gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> in the student-run <em>Harvard Crimson<\/em> headlined, &#8220;I \u200dVote on Plagiarism Cases at Harvard \u200dCollege. Gay&#8217;s Getting off Easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Omitting quotation marks, citing \u200bsources \u200cincompletely, or not citing\u200b sources at all constitutes plagiarism \u200caccording to\u2063 Harvard&#8217;s definitions,&#8221; \u200cthe member wrote. &#8220;What is striking about the\u2062 allegations of plagiarism against \u200bPresident Gay is that the improprieties are routine and pervasive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Bowman&#8217;s \u200cdefense of Claudine Gay&#8217;s \u200dplagiarism scandal\u2062 raise questions about Harvard&#8217;s \u200cvetting process?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200cOf \u200bGay and his criticism of those \u2063who exposed her plagiarism is consistent with\u200c his pattern of \u200ccontroversial statements and positions. \u200bWhile it is important \u2062to address racism and intimidation\u2064 wherever they \u200boccur, \u200cit is equally important to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-sounds-alarm-on-bidens-repeal-of-title-42\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Sounds Alarm on Biden\u2019s Repeal of Title 42\">hold individuals accountable<\/a> for their\u2062 actions, regardless of\u2064 their race \u200cor background.<\/p>\n<p>The plagiarism scandal surrounding Gay is a serious issue that cannot be brushed aside. Academic \u2064integrity is a fundamental value, and any individual, regardless of their\u200c position,\u2062 should be held to\u2063 the same standards. It is \u2062concerning that Gay was able to become Harvard&#8217;s president \u2064despite having a record that includes instances of\u200c duplicative language in her academic work. This raises questions about the thoroughness of Harvard&#8217;s vetting\u2063 process and whether other qualified candidates were overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman&#8217;s assertion that the criticism of \u200dGay is rooted in racism and intimidation \u2064is a serious accusation \u200cthat\u2062 should not be made lightly. It is important to differentiate between legitimate critique and \u200bpersonal attacks. While some individuals may have engaged in \u200dbullying behavior, it is \u200dunfair to dismiss all criticism as motivated by \u200dracism. This kind of \u2064rhetoric only \u2064serves to stifle meaningful dialogue and \u2062diminishes the severity of genuine instances of racism and intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Bowman&#8217;s \u2062defense of\u200c Gay\u200b against charges of anti-Semitism is problematic. Calling for the genocide of any \u200dgroup of people\u2063 is unequivocally unacceptable and should \u2063be condemned in the \u200cstrongest\u200d terms. It is deeply concerning that Gay&#8217;s testimony suggested that such actions may not constitute harassment, as this\u200b undermines the importance of combating anti-Semitism in academic\u2063 spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman&#8217;s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict further\u2062 exacerbates the concerns\u200c about his judgment\u200c and ability to address complex geopolitical issues. Blaming both sides for the violence and implying that supporting\u2063 an\u2064 Israeli ceasefire is\u2064 the true expression of Jewish identity \u2063oversimplifies the situation and fails to recognize the complexities of the \u2064conflict. It is vital\u200c to approach such matters\u2062 with nuance, empathy, and a commitment to\u200c understanding different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation of\u2062 Bowman\u200d by rabbis in his district \u2063and \u2064the call for a primary campaign\u2062 against \u200bhim by\u2063 Westchester \u2064County Executive George \u2064Latimer underscores the\u2064 growing dissatisfaction with his positions and rhetoric. Bowman&#8217;s actions have eroded support for Israel within his\u200d own party and raise \u200bdoubts about his ability to\u2064 effectively represent his \u200dconstituents.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Bowman&#8217;s defense of \u200bClaudine\u200b Gay and \u200bhis dismissal of \u2063legitimate criticism as racism\u200c and\u2064 intimidation is \u2063concerning. It is important to address \u2063instances of\u2064 racism and\u200b intimidation, but it is\u200d equally important to hold individuals accountable \u200bfor their actions,\u2064 regardless of their race \u2063or background. The \u2064plagiarism \u200bscandal surrounding Gay, her problematic testimony on anti-Semitism, and \u2064Bowman&#8217;s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict all raise \u200bsignificant\u2062 concerns about\u200b his judgment and ability to effectively\u200b represent his\u2063 constituents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statement condemned the ousting of Claudine Gay, asserting that the true beneficiaries of this situation are the fascists who targeted a remarkable black woman. 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