Black leaders including progressive activist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and MSNBC host Al Sharpton are standing by disgraced outgoing Harvard President Claudine Gay, claiming that “racism” is what forced her to resign, despite the fact that Gay announced her resignation following antisemitism scandals at Harvard, disastrous congressional testimony, and scores of plagiarism allegations being unearthed.