Christopher Rufo

That's just in some obscure academic texts. But once it propagated, and had become really ubiquitous within America's institutions. That's when things shifted for most people. That's when there was an opening for some actual reform and change and discussion beyond what had become kind of a ghettoized discussion in the kind of intellectual right.

That's just in some obscure academic texts. But once it propagated, and had become really ubiquitous within America's institutions. That's when things shifted for most people. That's when there was an opening for some actual reform and change and discussion beyond what had become kind of a ghettoized discussion in the kind of intellectual right.

We were able to actually bring these ideas and critiques into the mainstream in a way that had never been possible before.

We were able to actually bring these ideas and critiques into the mainstream in a way that had never been possible before.

Yeah, I mean, of course, right? I mean, you know, cancer is organic. Obviously, like these are all human processes. So if you ask people, did they feel that way, especially at the time, I think most of the people who were showing up for protests would say yes. And, you know, the truth is that you have a kernel of truth in a lot of these protests.

Yeah, I mean, of course, right? I mean, you know, cancer is organic. Obviously, like these are all human processes. So if you ask people, did they feel that way, especially at the time, I think most of the people who were showing up for protests would say yes. And, you know, the truth is that you have a kernel of truth in a lot of these protests.

You have what I think are some honest emotions at the heart of these protests. But none of these kind of elite left-wing initiatives come close to even identifying or offering even a plausible remedy for those problems.

You have what I think are some honest emotions at the heart of these protests. But none of these kind of elite left-wing initiatives come close to even identifying or offering even a plausible remedy for those problems.

You know, take Harvard. Harvard's DEI departments have been engaged in a level of race-based hostility, scapegoating, demonization that, in my view, constitute a violation of federal civil rights law.

You know, take Harvard. Harvard's DEI departments have been engaged in a level of race-based hostility, scapegoating, demonization that, in my view, constitute a violation of federal civil rights law.

Sure. You have discriminatory admissions. So at Harvard analyzing at Harvard. Yeah. You have, you know, penalizing individuals because of their ancestry and you have them doing that in a systematic way. You have discriminatory hiring and promotions, hiring and promoting people on the basis of race and punishing members of certain racial groups simply because of who their parents were.

Sure. You have discriminatory admissions. So at Harvard analyzing at Harvard. Yeah. You have, you know, penalizing individuals because of their ancestry and you have them doing that in a systematic way. You have discriminatory hiring and promotions, hiring and promoting people on the basis of race and punishing members of certain racial groups simply because of who their parents were.

And you also have the ideological component coming from the DEI departments, coming from HR that speak of so-called whiteness as a pathology, as a kind of mark, as kind of stigmata that is not just at Harvard, but at many universities. Then the question is, well, how have they been getting away with it for so long? And the answer is that they've never been held to account before.

And you also have the ideological component coming from the DEI departments, coming from HR that speak of so-called whiteness as a pathology, as a kind of mark, as kind of stigmata that is not just at Harvard, but at many universities. Then the question is, well, how have they been getting away with it for so long? And the answer is that they've never been held to account before.

They paid no price for this kind of racialist discrimination. And so they continued to do so.

They paid no price for this kind of racialist discrimination. And so they continued to do so.

You know, for a simple reason, because money talks and because fear is a great motivator. nice words pleasing sounds promises to change all of those you know very pleasant and non-confrontational proposals regarding academia have not worked but what we've seen in dramatic fashion in recent months is that the other approach actually works much better

You know, for a simple reason, because money talks and because fear is a great motivator. nice words pleasing sounds promises to change all of those you know very pleasant and non-confrontational proposals regarding academia have not worked but what we've seen in dramatic fashion in recent months is that the other approach actually works much better

And so, look, reforming institutions, you have to deal with three things. The raw material of politics is money, power, and status. And so as I run campaigns, for example, the successful campaign to oust the president of Harvard University at the beginning of last year, that's what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about how can we take away their money? How can we take away their power?

And so, look, reforming institutions, you have to deal with three things. The raw material of politics is money, power, and status. And so as I run campaigns, for example, the successful campaign to oust the president of Harvard University at the beginning of last year, that's what I'm thinking about. I'm thinking about how can we take away their money? How can we take away their power?