
James Lindsay, co-author of "Cynical Theories," in New York on Feb. 28, 2020.
Lindsay is co-author of the 2020 book Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody, and founder of New Discourses, a website that takes on trending educational, cultural and social justice issues with a critical eye.
Lindsay, who holds a PhD in mathematics, is also a member of the "grievance studies" publishing project. He was slated to discuss Cynical Theories at the Harvard Business School Club event, set for March 11. But on Tuesday night, he tweeted it had been cancelled.
"Lmao! I had been invited to speak for the Harvard Business School Club of New York about Cynical Theories, and because someone was upset that I exist, they changed the moderator to their chief equity officer, Hemali Dassani, and then, when I didn't back down, cancelled the event," he tweeted.
In an email Wednesday to The College Fix, the club's Executive Director Eunice Suh said it was decided the event did not align with the club's goals.
Comment: Not hard to conclude that their goals include cancel culture...