Professor Jason Arday did not claim to speak for every black professor, sociologist, or researcher when listing his reputed academic, sporting, or charitable achievements, in the same way that allegations of racial harassment await investigations by his former employer and the appropriate authorities, but the fact that a man is dead needs to be more important than rants about hiring academics of colour or attempts to discredit the humanities.

We can do better.

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