Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network plans to protest outside Bill Ackman’s office due to his involvement in former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
Ackman, a Harvard alum and hedge fund manager, criticized Gay, attributing her hiring to DEI initiatives and calling for her resignation.
Sharpton claims Gay’s resignation was due to Ackman’s campaign against her, and he views it as an attack on diversity and inclusion. (Trending: Trump Announces Heartbreaking Melania-Related Health Update)
Sharpton said Gay’s resignation is “an attack on every Black woman in this country who’s put a crack in the glass ceiling.”
“It’s an assault on the health, strength, and future of diversity, equity, and inclusion – at a time when Corporate America is trying to back out of billions of dollars in commitments.”
“The National Action Network will show Ackman that his attacks on DEI, President Gay, and Black Americans have consequences. This Thursday, our team will picket outside of his office so New Yorkers, his investors, and Corporate America can see Bill Ackman for who he is.”
“If he doesn’t think Black Americans belong in the C-Suite, the Ivy League, or any other hallowed halls, we’ll make ourselves at home outside his office,” Sharpton said.
Ackman responded, expressing willingness to discuss concerns and emphasizing his stance on antisemitism at Harvard.
“I would be delighted to sit with Mr. Sharpton and discuss any concerns he might have about anything I have said or done in connection with @Harvard and Claudine Gay,” Ackman wrote.
“I encourage anyone who knows Mr. Sharpton to ask him to reach out to me directly.”
“I won’t be able to meet him at the protest if he comes tomorrow as I am currently out of the country.”
He later criticized Harvard’s Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging and called for substantial reforms after Gay’s resignation.
“The problems at Harvard are clearly not just about Jews and Israel. It is abundantly clear that straight White males are discriminated against in recruitment and advancement at Harvard. That is also apparently true to a somewhat lesser extent for men who are Asians or of Indian origin. The [Harvard Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging] is an important culprit in this discrimination on campus as it sees the world in a framework of oppressors and the oppressed, where the oppressor class includes white males, Asians, Jews and other people perceived to be successful and powerful,” Ackman said.
I would be delighted to sit with Mr. Sharpton and discuss any concerns he might have about anything I have said or done in connection with @Harvard and Claudine Gay.
I encourage anyone who knows Mr. Sharpton to ask him to reach out to me directly. https://t.co/vguKrEdeXI
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) January 3, 2024
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