Jason Arday’s Life Was The Tragic Cost of Academic Tokenism

In 2023, Jason Arday was celebrated as the youngest black professor ever hired by England’s Cambridge University. Three years later, he stood accused of plagiarism, shoddy scholarship, incomprehensible writing, and poor teaching. Sadly, between the time this article was written and its publication, Arday died, apparently at his own hand. No one wished this end. ...