Monday, August 31, 2026 · The Credentialed Left
CAMBRIDGE BLACK PROFESSOR'S SUICIDE BECOMES NEW DEI MARTYR ARGUMENT...
A black professor at Cambridge tied to plagiarism scandals and heavy DEI promotion died by suicide — and activists are already spinning it as proof we need even more DEI dogma on campus. The story flips a tragedy into another credentialed-left cudgel.
This comes as young workers grow more pessimistic about AI than older generations, per a Glassdoor survey, and as boomers' generation enjoyed far cheaper college, housing, and childcare than today's Zoomers face. The Credentialed Left's campus obsessions keep delivering debt and disillusionment instead of results.
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