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Harvey Silverglate

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

But you do get a sense for the sociopath that was Adolf Hitler.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Yeah.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

It's one of the most important books of the 20th century.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

And it's politically incorrect to read it.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Okay, let me tell you, first of all, this may surprise a lot of people.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

I am opposed to affirmative action.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

And I think that what it does is it labels people by their race, by their religion, and by their national origin.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Precisely what we don't want people to do is be pigeonholed in those categories.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

The reason that affirmative action has become the way that universities decide on who gets admitted is because historically, people in what's called marginalized groups, blacks, gays, Hispanics, have been discriminated against in the admissions process.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Now, what I have suggested is that instead of affirmative action, and by the way, here's a prediction.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

The Supreme Court is going to abolish affirmative action.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

There's a case pending.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

It's a Harvard case.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

There are two cases joined together, one of a public university and one of a private university.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

The private university is Harvard.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

I predict that the Supreme Court will vote six to three to abolish affirmative action.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

It is, on its face, it is a violation of equal protection of the law.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Some groups are favored because of race or ethnicity.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

It is a classic violation of equal protection clause.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#377 โ€“ Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

When affirmative action was approved,