Adam Harris

And so the question has always been, well, when exactly was America great? And over the last several years, there has been an argument that has built up in conservative circles that America was great. better off in terms of these ideas of personal liberty and the freedom of association before the Civil Rights Act was signed.

And so the question has always been, well, when exactly was America great? And over the last several years, there has been an argument that has built up in conservative circles that America was great. better off in terms of these ideas of personal liberty and the freedom of association before the Civil Rights Act was signed.

That this sort of administrative state that has built up to enforce the rules of the Civil Rights Act. So you think about things like race-conscious admissions, which was just voted down at the Supreme Court. You think about these reassessments of curriculums, which prior to 1960s were legally allowed to obscure and or omit the contributions of African-Americans, of natives, of Mexican-Americans.

That this sort of administrative state that has built up to enforce the rules of the Civil Rights Act. So you think about things like race-conscious admissions, which was just voted down at the Supreme Court. You think about these reassessments of curriculums, which prior to 1960s were legally allowed to obscure and or omit the contributions of African-Americans, of natives, of Mexican-Americans.

That this sort of administrative state that has built up to enforce the rules of the Civil Rights Act. So you think about things like race-conscious admissions, which was just voted down at the Supreme Court. You think about these reassessments of curriculums, which prior to 1960s were legally allowed to obscure and or omit the contributions of African-Americans, of natives, of Mexican-Americans.

You consider the programs that were meant to diversify the workforce more generally. Those are some of the programs and things that conservatives are trying to attack in certain ways by saying that they basically discriminate against white people, that it's reverse discrimination to include those policies, which is why you see attacks—a part of this—

You consider the programs that were meant to diversify the workforce more generally. Those are some of the programs and things that conservatives are trying to attack in certain ways by saying that they basically discriminate against white people, that it's reverse discrimination to include those policies, which is why you see attacks—a part of this—

You consider the programs that were meant to diversify the workforce more generally. Those are some of the programs and things that conservatives are trying to attack in certain ways by saying that they basically discriminate against white people, that it's reverse discrimination to include those policies, which is why you see attacks—a part of this—

alongside that $400 million from Columbia was that broader letter, that dear colleague letter that said, hey, if you use race in scholarships, in hiring, in your sort of faculty committees, in your student groups, in any of these things, then we're going to investigate you and you are going to be in violation of Title VI. And when an institution hears you're going to be in violation of Title VI,

alongside that $400 million from Columbia was that broader letter, that dear colleague letter that said, hey, if you use race in scholarships, in hiring, in your sort of faculty committees, in your student groups, in any of these things, then we're going to investigate you and you are going to be in violation of Title VI. And when an institution hears you're going to be in violation of Title VI,

alongside that $400 million from Columbia was that broader letter, that dear colleague letter that said, hey, if you use race in scholarships, in hiring, in your sort of faculty committees, in your student groups, in any of these things, then we're going to investigate you and you are going to be in violation of Title VI. And when an institution hears you're going to be in violation of Title VI,

they will start thinking, we're going to get our funding taken away in the same way that Columbia did. And so this push to eliminate the Department of Education runs alongside this broader push to get higher education under control, right? These are sort of parallel tracks that end up forming a double helix, right? They go right together.

they will start thinking, we're going to get our funding taken away in the same way that Columbia did. And so this push to eliminate the Department of Education runs alongside this broader push to get higher education under control, right? These are sort of parallel tracks that end up forming a double helix, right? They go right together.

they will start thinking, we're going to get our funding taken away in the same way that Columbia did. And so this push to eliminate the Department of Education runs alongside this broader push to get higher education under control, right? These are sort of parallel tracks that end up forming a double helix, right? They go right together.

It's like, if you're going to say that you're going to investigate anti-Semitism with like a vigor that no one has ever investigated it with before, and you... Remove half of the staff at the Office for Civil Rights that actually investigates anti-Semitism. The thing to do wouldn't be to remove people who are investigating those complaints.

It's like, if you're going to say that you're going to investigate anti-Semitism with like a vigor that no one has ever investigated it with before, and you... Remove half of the staff at the Office for Civil Rights that actually investigates anti-Semitism. The thing to do wouldn't be to remove people who are investigating those complaints.

It's like, if you're going to say that you're going to investigate anti-Semitism with like a vigor that no one has ever investigated it with before, and you... Remove half of the staff at the Office for Civil Rights that actually investigates anti-Semitism. The thing to do wouldn't be to remove people who are investigating those complaints.

The thing would be to beef up that staff so that they didn't have 20, 25 cases on their load, so that they could have those five to 10 complaints they were really focusing on.

The thing would be to beef up that staff so that they didn't have 20, 25 cases on their load, so that they could have those five to 10 complaints they were really focusing on.

The thing would be to beef up that staff so that they didn't have 20, 25 cases on their load, so that they could have those five to 10 complaints they were really focusing on.