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Something extraordinary happened at Harvard yesterday: a black professor who had done nothing wrong was removed from a prestigious position that carries the title of “dean.” In the process, the implicit pecking order among grievance-mongering identity groups was clarified, even though fig leaves were employed to provide deniability to the administrators who delivered the blow. First, the basic facts, via a New York Times article (non-paywall version) by Kate Taylor: Harvard said on Saturday that a law professor who is representing Harvey Weinstein would not continue as faculty dean of an undergraduate house after his term ends on June...

A Harvard professor has been dropped from his role as dean of a residential house after joining Harvey Weinstein's legal defense team. Ronald Sullivan Jr signed on to become of the Hollywood mogul's lawyers back in January, sparking backlash from many students at Winthrop House - the Harvard residential college where he has worked since 2009. Sullivan and his law school lecturer wife, Stephanie Robinson, became the first African-American faculty deans in Harvard history when they took their positions at Winthrop a decade ago. However, in a statement on Saturday, a university spokesperson said neither of their roles would be...

Harvard said on Saturday that a law professor who is representing Harvey Weinstein would not continue as faculty dean of an undergraduate house after his term ends on June 30, bowing to months of pressure from students. The professor, Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., and his wife, Stephanie Robinson, who is a lecturer at the law school, have been the faculty deans of Winthrop House, one of Harvard’s residential houses for undergraduate students, since 2009. They were the first African-American faculty deans in Harvard’s history.