Billionaire Ken Griffin advocates for Harvard to adopt 'Western values'
- Billionaire Ken Griffin urges Harvard to embrace 'Western values'.
- He criticizes pro-Palestinian protests as 'performative art'.
- Griffin believes in the importance of Western values in education.
Ken Griffin, a very rich person from Wall Street, said he won't hire students who support Hamas. He thinks protests supporting Palestinians are like a show and wants Harvard to focus on "Western values." He is worried about a big change happening in colleges after a terrorist attack by Hamas. Ken Griffin is the boss of a big company called Citadel and has a lot of money. He thinks the US is not focusing on real education anymore. He believes that protests on college campuses are not helping anyone and are like a strange performance. Ken Griffin and another rich person, Bill Ackman, who also went to Harvard, don't like the idea of diversity, equity, and inclusion in universities. They think it leads to more antisemitism. Ken Griffin doesn't agree with the protests supporting Palestinians and compares them to the Black Lives Matter movement. He thinks posting on social media is not helpful. Ken Griffin talked to other rich people who give money to Harvard. They want Harvard to focus on finding truth and being fair. Ken Griffin thinks Harvard should change its values to be more like other schools. He is not happy with how Harvard is dealing with antisemitism. He stopped giving money to Harvard because of this. He wants Harvard to teach students about Western values and how they can be good leaders. He doesn't think protests on college campuses are useful. Ken Griffin spoke at a conference in Miami about how elite universities in America are not teaching things well because of the focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.