graduates. we need more vets in the newsroom in the elite institutions. is that what you re talking about? that is a huge part of it. we ve seen a lot of writing about if you look at elite colleges, for instance, the class structure, right. 80% from households in the top fifth of income, right. there s, you know, there is a affirmative action take n insur racial diversity, but there is this total lack of class diversity, socioeconomic background and you get a situation in which even if you re drawing from a wider and wider part of society which i don t think our elite ib sti tutions are, we would agree on that, talk about evangelicals in the bible belt getting into yale law school, not a ton are, but even if you are, if you focus power and concentrate it in smaller hands it doesn t matter how widely you are drawing from society that s going to produce its own dysfunctions and pathologies. one of the things we re seeing today with this remarkable story
but then again i ve had people that went to harvard, yale, princeton working for me from the time i w29 years old, to ma the point, this is the most important thing, we have to change our assumptions. i think i got a great education at the university of alabama. i can t imagine getting a better education there. we have to change our assumptions. and that goes to community colleges as well. we need more diversity. because you re right, this funnel is getting thinner and thinner. we got to work on the costs and the debt these students are left. the book twilight of the elites america after meritocracy now out in paperback. chris hayes, thank you for coming, see you tonight on all in at 8:00 eastern time on msnbc. thank you, chris. still ahead, the ranking member of the house oversight committee declares the irs scandal to be case closed. who ordered the conservative groups be targeted? the answer is next and you re laughing because you say it s a conservative. it s fascinat
screaming and throwing his phone. this isn t true. and you re saying bleep doesn t work. bleep doesn t work. just doesn t work. he wanted to make that impulse that made me write the book obviously. fascinating. you heard me back on the other coast. fascinating. what s fascinating we have celebrated the rise of am meritocracy. it s a great triumph. if you were lucky you would be a wasp, grow up in the northeast, go to harvard or yale or whatever and rule the world. and yet, we re now seeing the effects of having this very small, insular group, without the sort of diversity, i m not just talking a racial diversity, you know, phil griffin said early on, everybody talks about diversity, he goes we need more policemen. we need more community college