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The Cambridge professor, found dead last week, was at the center of a firestorm about race and hiring. We talk to the reporter covering the story. If ever a story seemed tailor-made to pour fuel on the culture war fires, it was the tragic story of Jason Arday. The Cambridge professor recently resigned under scrutiny, and was found dead last week in a South London home. His story touches on deeply divisive topics, from race to higher education to D.E.I. to autism.
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Eventually, Arday resigned, saying he no longer wished to feel as if he was “living under a constant spotlight.” Last week, he was found dead in a London apartment; in a statement, his family referenced the “campaign of sustained abuse” he’d endured.
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