DEI made Jason Arday’s career — and its cult of woke killed him
Opinion DEI made Jason Arday’s career — and its cult of woke killed him By Brendan O'Neill Published Aug. ET Supporters of Jason Arday leaving flowers for the late professor during a vigil in London's Trafalgar Square on Aug. Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search results.
- ▪Opinion DEI made Jason Arday’s career — and its cult of woke killed him By Brendan O'Neill Published Aug.
- ▪ET Supporters of Jason Arday leaving flowers for the late professor during a vigil in London's Trafalgar Square on Aug.
- ▪Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search results.
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| Original publisher | New York Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/08/17/opinion/dei-made-jason-ardays-career-and-its-cult-of-woke-killed-him/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:35:16 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-17T22:12:33.310Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-17T22:12:33.310Z |
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Opinion DEI made Jason Arday’s career — and its cult of woke killed him By Brendan O'Neill Published Aug. 17, 2026, 5:35 p.m. ET Supporters of Jason Arday leaving flowers for the late professor during a vigil in London's Trafalgar Square on Aug. 17, 2026. Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Behold the human wreckage of the cult of diversity. The tragedy of Jason Arday — the Cambridge professor found dead of apparent suicide amid an ugly plagiarism scandal — is that he was both built up and destroyed by the ruthless machinery of DEI.
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