Bill Ackman posts 4,000-word screed on Harvard claiming ‘DEI is racist’

Billionaire Bill Ackman posted a 4,000-word essay arguing that his alma mater’s policies on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, are “the root cause of antisemitism” at the Ivy League school — even as he called for an overhaul of its governing board. Hours after celebrating Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation , Ackman shared to X at 2:03 a.m. Wednesday that it wasn’t just the nearly 50 allegations of plagiarism against the embattled administrator that concerned him, but also concerns that “DEI is racist.” “The E for ‘equity’ in DEI is about equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity,” wrote Ackman, the 57-year…