Al Sharpton protests Bill Ackman: 'Declared war against all of us' by going after DEI

Behind him, protesters holding signs were chanting slogans like "Tell me what democracy looks like/This is what democracy looks like," "No Justice No Peace" and "DEI will never die."

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Sharpton went on to defend DEI as a whole as a way to help historically discriminated minority groups.

"We would not have to have DEI if we didn’t have D-E-N-Y. We were denied. DEI worked to make up for the denial historically of Blacks, of women, of gays and Latinos and Asians. Since this man decided that he would stand up and say that taking out Dr. Gay is killing or taking out DEI, I want to come to his office and let him know that we will fight him. We said nothing when the fight was at Harvard. But now he’s declared war against all of us," he said.

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Sharpton added, "DEI is something we must have to equalize the playing field, and that’s why we’re here today. We fought and stood up with ADL and others against what happened on Oct. 7 in Israel. This is not about antisemitism, so why are you now making it about hatred by coming at DEI?"

Ackman had previously criticized Gay over her comments at a congressional committee where she stated that it would depend on the "context" on whether calls for the genocide of Jews would violate Harvard's code of conduct.

He also criticized her multiple plagiarism accusations and suggested that she was hired as Harvard president to fulfill DEI criteria.