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![Text of article from The Financial Times with the following material highlighted, “. In January, he called Harvard students “whiny snowflakes” and halted his donations to the school, which have topped $500 million. On Monday, he said the protests were the result of a “failed education system,” adding that the situation at Harvard looked better than at Columbia, where police raids last month cleared out protesters and their encampment.
When asked by the Financial Times what Harvard should do next, Griffin replied, “Harvard should put front and center [that it] stands for meritocracy in America and will educate the next generation of leaders in American business, government, healthcare, and the philanthropic community. Harvard will embrace our Western values that have built one of the greatest nations in the world, foster those values with students, and ask them to manifest these values throughout the rest of their life.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hdb2v3lkf3ydb64xyyhc4ymv/bafkreigqiowiy2qukqnumbssnembfxp3rsbhfkcyeghftq5s5dt6sx74ee)
