Racism Pushed Jason Arday to the Top of the News Agenda

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’d argue it was his extraordinary claims, such as running 600 miles in 6 days or completing 4 marathons on consecutive days with a hairline leg fracture. Catnip for subeditors.

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  • tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Really? Nothing to do with being black and autistic? Or that the campaign against him was launched by Nathan Cofnas, the “race realist” who dowsn’t believe that black people are intelligent enough to hold academic positions and the promoted by right-wing lobbyists? Really?

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    • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cofnas wasn’t connected to the investigative reporting by Times Higher Education last autumn which found 68 pages of comparison between Arday’s papers and his students’ - with typos intact. It also uncoveed evidence he had falsified a medical study he authored. The piece was spiked following a SLAPP threat from notorious lawfare firm Carter-Ruck, on instructions from Arday.

      The first Cambridge investigation made the mistake of discounting the allegations against Arday because the complaint had been brought by another racist. This despite the investigation having found copious corroborative evidence from Arday’s colleagues, who were deeply concerned by his comduct.

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