[laughter] see you know what that means, i ve received the walkout, the storm the stage strategy, and at claremont mckenna in southern california, the blockade that prevented anyone from actually attending my talk. so-called students of color at nearby pomona college announced i w i was ignoring systems of domination that produce lethal conditions under which oppressed people are forced to live. so to actually have an audience still in its seats and apparently willing to listen is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. now, we ve been hearing a lot of late about the crisis of free speech on college campuses, but not much about its root cause. the narcissistic victimology that is rapidly spreading from academia to the rest of culture. in a word, the american university is in the grips of a mass hysteria. students actually believe that they are victims of oppression at risk of their lives from racism and sexism. the degree of caterwailing is ha
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
[laughter] you know what that means i received walkout storm the stage strategy in southern california the blockade that prevented anyone from actually attending my talk. students of color at nearby pomona college and the fascist white supremacist ignorant of interlocking systems of domination that have the lethal conditions of which people are forced to live . so to have an audience still in its seat willing to listen is an unusual experience that may take me a while to get accustomed to. we have heard a lot of the crisis of free speech on college campuses but not about the root cause, the victim apology rapidly spreading from academia to western culture american university is in the grips of the mass hysteria. students actually believe they are victims of oppression and risk their lives from ambient racism and sexism it is impossible to overstate. and brown students of color occupy the president s office to complain about meeting academic expectations when we were so focuse
an american whose words lit a flame of hope in the souls of those who had become weary of the weight of injustice. a man who struggled with ideas and his dreams are etched in the foundation of our nation. on april 12, 1963, dr. martin luther king junior was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. his crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignities suffered by the black community in the jim crow era. he violated birmingham public safety commissioner s ban on public demonstrations, which targeted the growing resistance of african-americans to the injustices they were suffering. while in solitary confinement in birmingham, dr. king wrote what became known as a letter from a birmingham jail. a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactics, and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted that he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously, inj
foundation of our nation. on april 12, 1963, dr. martin luther king was arrested in my hometown of birmingham, alabama. his crime, leading a peaceful march to protest the indignity suffered by the black community and the jim crow era. he had violated the ban on public which targeted african americans. while in solitary confinement, dr. king wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail, a stinging response to a group of white clergy in alabama who had denounced his tactic the and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. they insisted he was an outside agitator coming to alabama to instigate trouble. dr. king responded famously. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. in his letter he rejected the idea that african americans should be more patient for change in the face of the daily indignities inflicted by seg daition, in segregation, there comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over. i did not see this experience