Prevented anyone from actually attending my talk. Students of color at the nearby college and announced i was, quote, a fascist white supremacist trans for ignorant of the systems of domination that produced the conditions under which people are forced to live. To have an audience still in their seats going to listen is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. Now, we have been hearing a lot about the crisis of free speech and College Campuses. But not much about its root cause. The narcissistic technology in a word, the American University is in the grips of a mass hysteria. Students actually believe they are victims of oppression from racism and sexism the degree is impossible in the states. It complained about the expectations its staying alive after brown. They cursed and screamed at him for three hours because his wife had sent an email suggesting students could choose their own hollowing costumes from the administrations of the bureaucracy. Among the s
Succeed, and false black power . A critique of black civil rights leaders. Host jason riley, author, columnist, contributed to the wall street journal and manhattan institute, a foxs contributor and among your books please stop helping us. You say the following,g liberalism has also succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Guest yes. I believe that is a big part of political strategy. They have been at it for some time and, unfortunately, theyve had a lot of success in painting blacks as primarily victims, as defined by their victimization first and foremost and then the followup is that weic have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood. I think its a logical strategy. Host your book writes about this. Theres been a number of essays and books on Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society. Was it a failure or a success . Guest i think if you look at the actual track record of the programs, if you look a
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One of the most highly regarded journalists in the philippines is facing charges of some people among them what impact will the trial have on journalism in the digital age of the philippines the trial of journalist maria ressa on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of americas leaders and political system lets get to the bottom line. America prides itself as one of the worlds great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how theyre governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply dont vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last when it comes to turnout rates in developed countries what does this disengagement mean for the policies and legislation in this country and what does it mean for the future of americas democracy fortunately were joined by people who have the answers to these q
I am Steve Clemons and i have a couple of questions why do almost half of americans not vote and what does this say about the legitimacy of americas leaders and political system lets get to the bottom line. America prides itself as one of the worlds great democracies in a vibrant democracy everyone has a say in how theyre governed so how can we explain why more than 100000000 americans simply dont vote more than 40 percent of the eligible population and why does america rank almost dead last when it comes to turnout rates in developed countries what does this disengagement mean for the policies and legislation in this country and what does it mean for the future of americas democracy fortunately were joined by people who have the answers to these questions in Miami Florida event alexander a director at the Knight Foundation which published a landmark study on american nonvoters last month named the 100000000 project in washington d. C. Ted johnson a senior fellow at the Brennan Center