Retired prof plagiarized by Claudine Gay says she must be fired, lays out 7-point plan for Harvard to redeem credibility

One of the women allegedly plagiarized by disgraced Harvard University president Claudine Gay is now calling for her to be immediately fired from her post.

Retired Vanderbilt University professor of political science Dr. Carol M. Swain, a conservative black woman, issued the call for Gay’s termination in a seven-point plan for Harvard that she posted on the social media platform X.

Published early Thursday morning, the plan offered “advice” for how Harvard can redeem itself amid the controversy over Gay’s plagiarism — plagiarism that the school has thus far essentially ignored and even defended.

View the plan below:

I have some free unsolicited advice for Harvard University.

1. Stop listening to the apologists for plagiarism.
2. Fire Claudine Gay posthaste. She can be relieved of duties until the terms are negotiated.
3. Stop listening to the racist mob of whites and blacks who cry racism… pic.twitter.com/TggW9QzTkB

— Dr. Carol M. Swain (@carolmswain) December 21, 2023

The plan contained seven recommendations, with the first one being for Harvard officials to “[s]top listening to” and catering to Gay’s apologists.

The second recommendation was for the school to fire Gay “posthaste.”

“Fire Claudine Gay posthaste. She can be relieved of duties until the terms [of her termination] are negotiated,” the recommendation read.

The next recommendation was for Harvard’s leaders and officials to “[s]top listening to the racist mob of whites and blacks who cry racism while being among the worst offenders.”

This recommendation referenced the many racial grievance mongers who’ve falsely claimed that criticism of Gay’s plagiarism amounts to racism because she’s black.

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— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) December 14, 2023

Next, Swain called for the school to hire a new president based on merit, not on “Marxist identity politics.”

“Hire the best man or woman who can steer the university back towards sanity. Appeasing the Marxist identity politics mob should not be a consideration. The person for the job might be a middle to older age white Jewish man who believes in classical liberalism,” she wrote.

Continuing her post, Swain then called for Harvard’s officials to host a “sit down conversation” with the many people, including her, whom Gay had reportedly plagiarized.

In concluding her post, she suggested the school’s officials “[r]ecognize that Harvard’s systematic racism and classism have far reaching effects.”

The charge of “systemic racism” likely concerned Harvard University’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” agenda — an agenda that’s led to whites/Asians being discriminated against, and unqualified blacks like Gay being propped up.

Lastly, Swain urged the school to “[a]pologize to alumni, students, parents, and donors who have been harmed and embarrassed” by its bull.

Responding to her post, a surprising number of X users suggested that Harvard University should hire her as the school’s next president.

Look:

The should hire you.

— Deb Doyle (@dkdoyle11) December 22, 2023

Here is a very easy fix to all their problems…hire you!

— Jeff of AC (@SuperDR_Jeckyl) December 21, 2023

Dr. Swain, you are the real deal, Harvard would do well to hire you.

— MC Conroy (@MCConroy2) December 22, 2023

They should hire you Dr. Swain, and restore @Harvard’s reputation it once enjoyed.

— Patti Myers (@Hey_its_Patti) December 22, 2023

I agree! I’d also add that @Harvard should hire you (Dr @carolmswain) as their president instead of Claudine Gay.

— Syn City Investor (@SynCityInvestor) December 22, 2023

Dr. Swain, if the board really wanted what was best for our nation’s oldest university, you would be Harvard’s next president.

— Samuel Dawes (@SamuelDawes8) December 21, 2023

Swain’s seven-point plan was published on the same day that The Wall Street Journal reported that Harvard intends to stand by Gay even after the latest plagiarism accusations.

“Harvard University is continuing to support its president, Claudine Gay, amid a fresh round of accusations that she plagiarized other academics throughout her career,” according to the Journal.

“Gay will update her Ph.D. dissertation to add attributions for material in three spots, the school said Wednesday night, but again she was cleared of research misconduct by a board subcommittee,” the paper confirmed.

This confirmation comes a week after the school’s top governing board, the Harvard Corporation, reaffirmed its support for the disgraced president. The school reaffirmed its support despite admitting that Gay’s work contained “a few instances of inadequate citation,” as they called it.

“Neither the independent panel nor the board subcommittee found evidence of intentional deception or recklessness in Gay’s work, which is a required element for a determination of research misconduct,” the school said.

Meanwhile, this week the House Committee on Education and the Workforce reportedly opened an investigation/review into Harvard’s handling of plagiarism accusations.

Committee chair Virginia Foxx reportedly sent a letter to the Harvard Corporation quoting from the school’s honor code, which says that “plagiarizing or misrepresenting the ideas or language of someone else as one’s own, falsifying data, or any other instance of academic dishonesty violates the standards of our community.”

“Does Harvard hold its faculty—and its own president—to the same standards?” Foxx then asked in her letter.

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