IS HARVARD THE NEW BUD LIGHT?

Cornell Law Prof. William Jacobson says the antisemitic controversies at Harvard, M.I.T., Cornell and Penn are a reflection of the decline of our elite academic institutions. Whether it’s DEI or CRT it’s elevating politics over academic substance and it’s centering race in the middle of everything. It has a fundamental anti-American, anti-capitalist flavor to it. Unfortunately in this toxic mix underway in academia, the most radical elements have chosen to single out Jews as the object of their hatred. Elite institutions are not educating people. We don’t see protests and riots in community colleges, just at the most elite institutions and Jacobson thinks it’s a complete failure of the system. We have elevated identity politics over merit, and equity where outcomes are equalized over equality where everyone is treated fairly. We’re not graduating future generations that we need to keep this country strong. We’re graduating people schooled in the ideology of tearing down our society. Jacobson says DEI is poisonous. It breaks people into identity groups, pitting one group against another and it puts people against the country. We have to get rid of it. GUEST: CORNELL LAW PROF. WILLIAM JACOBSON See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.