c-span.org/coronavirus. up next on booktv, we will show some other programs from our archives the focus on the issue of race in america. a couple of the authors you will see include cornel west and even candy but we begin with the manhattan institute heather macdonald ritchie argues that identity politics is challenging diverse thinking at the collegiate level. this is from 2018. .. at claremont mckenna and southern california, the blockade that could enter prevented anyone from attending my talk, so-called students of color at nearby pomona college and some would say it s white supremacist war hawk, queer phobia classes in ignorance of interlocking systems of domination that produce the lethal conditions under which oppressed people are forced to live. [laughter] so to actually have an audience still in his seat and willing to listen is an unusual experience. it may take me a while to get accustomed to. now we ve been hearing a lot of late about the crisis of free speech o
let s talk about the electoral college and the popular state impact. thank you for the introduction. i m proud to be a senior fellow. and that should explain my shoes. these are my tony blankley shoes, that are not to spoil anything for tonight, but they are typically awarded to new blankley fellows. i m joined today with a couple of distinguished panelists. i ve got to trippe immediately to my left, although maybe a lot further to my left. we ll find out. [laughter] probably. he is the principal and ceo of the group, which is a progressive public policy strategy firm. the atlantic called him colorado s answer to karl rove. and i found another interesting tidbit from the denver post, says one of the most important players in colorado politics you ve probably never heard of. well, that was in the denver post 10 years ago and i m sure a lot more people have heard of him by now. he had ato his work, decade of government relations in political consulting, a government relatio
i m joined today with a couple of distinguished panelists. i ve got to trippe immediately to my left, although maybe a lot further to my left. we ll find out. [laughter] probably. he is the principal and ceo of the group, which is a progressive public policy strategy firm. the atlantic called him colorado s answer to karl rove. and i found another interesting tidbit from the denver post, says one of the most important players in colorado politics you ve probably never heard of. well, that was in the denver post 10 years ago and i m sure a lot more people have heard of him by now. previous to his work, he had a decade of government relations in political consulting, a government relations group at brownstein. [applause] and we also are joined today by trent england, the executive vice president at the oklahoma council of public affairs. he s also a distinguished fellow, and that organization and prior to working in oklahoma city at the oklahoma council public affairs, he
from the annual sting vote freedom conference, this is an hour. morning.t, good let s talk about the electoral college and the popular state impact. thank you for the introduction. i m proud to be a senior fellow. and that should explain my shoes. these are my tony blankley shoes, that are not to spoil anything for tonight, but they are typically awarded to new blankley fellows. i m joined today with a couple of distinguished panelists. i ve got to trippe immediately to my left, although maybe a lot further to my left. we ll find out. [laughter] probably. he is the principal and ceo of the group, which is a progressive public policy strategy firm. the atlantic called him colorado s answer to karl rove. and i found another interesting tidbit from the denver post, says one of the most important players in colorado politics you ve probably never heard of. well, that was in the denver post 10 years ago and i m sure a lot more people have heard of him by now. he had ato his
our diversity is our strength. our unity as our power. we must also build a world where diversity and difference are promoted and celebrated. i think that what s important is that as a leader he speak up on behalf of the rights of all americans and the respect we should show for the diversity of our country, which is think is one of her great strengths. host: heather mac donald, author of the diversity delusion , when you hear the phrase diversity is our strength, what comes to mind? it makes me want to throw up because it is so darn hypocritical. they don t really mean it. they are defining diversity in the most narrow, constricting way, which is gonads and melanin which is not relevant as far as i m concerned to somebody s worldview to their beliefs, to their aspirations in life. and they are talking about basically race and gender quotas. the idea of the intellectual diversity is foreign to them. this is just a code word for a warm-up identity politics that thin