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Whoever controls education has an enormous impact on the direction of our country. That’s not exactly encouraging news, given the current state of higher education. Our guest today, Heather Mac Donald, has a new book called “The Diversity Delusion.” In that, she describes how a toxic turn in education is infecting society as a whole. Plus: Sex robots are coming to America.
We also cover these stories:
–A third accuser, Julie Swetnick, is now alleging that Brett Kavanaugh behaved inappropriately at high school parties. She is represented by Michael Avenatti.
–Kavanaugh dismissed the allegation as being from the “twilight zone.” He said, “I don’t know who this is and this never happened.”
–Sen. Jeff Merkeley, D-Ore., is trying to block a Senate vote on Kavanaugh — not through persuasion, but through a lawsuit in federal court.
–Appearing before the United Nations Security Council Wednesday, President Trump accused China of election interference.
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What worries me is, affirmative action makes the entire economy a spoils system.
Democrats can go to minorities and say, OK, we can’t give you a good education system because the teachers unions won’t let us.
But don’t worry about it. We will force colleges and universities to accept your children even if they are poorly educated.
We will force them to give your children good grades and graduate them, because otherwise they will be charged with racial discrimination.
We will force employers to hire your children even if they are less qualified than other applicants.
We will force employers to give them raises and promotions in step with other employees, even if they don’t do as good a job. (Employers, of course, will create positions with grand titles and high salaries, but where they can’t do much damage.)
This appears to be a winning political strategy for the Democrats.
P.S.: The Japanese term for young men who never leave the house is hikikomori. (I couldn’t remember the name, either.) “Incel” refers to men who want to meet women, but are too socially inept.