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Harvard alumnus Shabbos Kestenbaum sharply criticized Harvard University\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies<\/a> Thursday, echoing a former professor\u2019s sharp critique of the Ivy League school that ended with his departure after four decades.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s shocking, but it\u2019s certainly not surprising,” Kestenbaum said, arguing Harvard\u2019s embrace of DEI has sidelined merit in favor of ideology.<\/p>\n

His remarks echoed concerns raised by former Harvard professor James Hankins, who detailed his reasons for leaving<\/a> the university after 40 years in a recent essay for Compact Magazine.<\/p>\n

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In the essay, Hankins said he chose to leave Harvard in 2021 amid what he called a surge of wokeness<\/a> and strict COVID-19 restrictions, but honored a four-year retirement contract that expired weeks ago.<\/p>\n

He criticized what he described as Harvard\u2019s abandonment of merit-based standards, arguing DEI priorities have reshaped hiring and admissions while sidelining studies of Western civilization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kestenbaum agreed with Hankins, telling “Fox & Friends” guest host Dr. Nicole Saphier that a nation failing to teach its own history “does not have much of a future.”<\/p>\n

“My greatest concern is the greater societal implications and the greater societal ills, particularly the demoralization of young people in America,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“When you have cultural elites or professors who insist and instruct young people that their culture is not worthy of preservation, that their race is something to be apologetic over, that their history is not worth scholarship, then, of course, those young people, particularly young men, will become disillusioned and disassociated with the society they’re meant to be interacting with,” Kestenbaum continued.<\/p>\n

He stressed the need to study and promote the virtues of Western civilization, saying they are values to take pride in and uphold \u2014 not replace with external ideologies.<\/p>\n

“The anti-White discrimination, the anti-Asian discrimination, and the anti-American narratives being taught in institutions of higher learning is something that’s been an open secret for decades,” Kestenbaum added.<\/p>\n

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Harvard did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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