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The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus
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Item Title The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus
Guest D'Souza, Dinesh (1961-)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedMay 21, 1991
Description

The discussion, like Mr. D'Souza's book, is about all aspects of racial and sexual politics on campus, from admissions policies to speech codes to curriculum. DD: "When universities practice preferential admissions, and when students ... are outmatched by their peers, there's a great temptation to believe that the reason I am experiencing some difficulty in reading Hamlet by Monday is not because I am not well enough prepared, but is because Shakespeare is a white male." ... DD: "The argument is not that Bach wrote bad music, but that Bach wrote white music, and that in a curriculum that is open to all groups there should be ... representation for other forms of music .. ." WFB: "Yes, but of course that gets into the way of the principal operative axiom of the melting-pot society, which is that people of your ethnic background, and of mine, and of Michael's, and of everybody's in this room, can adapt to a culture and exploit its special resources."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
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Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0892
Record Number80040.1146
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