How DEI became a divisive political battleground
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When academic and writer Jason Arday became the youngest Black professor at Cambridge he fulfilled an ambition he'd set himself as a young man. But from the start, there were those who questioned his right to be there. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] His work and his personal life came under intense scrutiny, at a time when DEI became a defining front in a transatlantic culture war. Last month he was found dead at his home. A month on, his story sits at the heart of a much wider question - how did DEI become such a divisive political battleground? ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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