‘Lonely place’: Black U.K. academics slam racism after Arday’s death
- Last Friday, Jason Arday, Cambridge University's youngest Black professor, was found dead in his London home after resigning on August 5 amid widespread plagiarism allegations he denied.
- In just 22 days, Arday went from Cambridge's youngest Black professor to the center of an extraordinary media storm, with critics questioning his 2022 appointment as tokenism.
- When Times Higher Education journalist Jack Grove investigated Arday's background, Arday contacted British police, who told Grove to cease contact citing impact on Arday's mental health.
- London Mayor Sadiq Khan and activist group Stand Up to Racism condemned the media for "pernicious public shaming," while activist Ibram X. Kendi stated, "the media lynched Jason Arday."
- The tragedy has sparked debate over censorship, with critics warning that allowing journalists to pursue politically motivated campaigns against minority groups without consequence remains a "massive blight" on British standards.
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Antiracism activist blames 'White-owned' media for 'lynched' Black scholar's death, sparks online outrage
Ibram X. Kendi accuses the mainstream media of contributing to Jason Arday's death in an article for The Emancipator, sparking backlash from critics online.
PBS Anchor Hits ‘Ghoulish’ New York Times for Daring to Criticize, Not Canonize, Jason Arday
A rare clash between news media outlets took place over the weekend: PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett took to X Saturday morning to personally call out the New York Times for its “ghoulish” decision to publish a long, balanced piece on disgraced Cambridge professor Jason Arday, which eventually appeared on the front of Sunday’s edition, that called Arday "underqualified, by the school's own standards."Arday died by his own hand on Friday, a…
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ussanews.comVictor Davis Hanson: The Truth About Jason Arday’s Death
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. What or who killed Jason Arday? That’s the question that’s being asked in the English-speaking intellectual,...
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