Jordan Lasker, known as Crémieux, is an academic who opposes affirmative action and often writes about race and IQ. He played a role in revealing that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani had checked two racial identity boxes when applying to Columbia University. After the Times published this scoop, Lasker celebrated online and is known for promoting controversial ideas linking race to outcomes like crime. The Times faced backlash for crediting Lasker by his pseudonym without full context about his views and work.
Lasker is a prominent academic who opposes affirmative action and links race to real-world outcomes, including claims about the genetic basis of crime.
The New York Times credited Lasker with tipping them off about a scoop concerning mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s race labels on a Columbia application.
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