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TRYING TO GO. THANKS, BRITTA. ♪.
A FORMER HARVARD PROFESSOR SAYS HE IS LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY AFTER 40 YEARS CLAIMING ITS FOCUS ON DEI IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD, WRITING, QUOTE; IN THE FALL OF 2020 I CAME ACROSS AN OUTSTANDING PROSPECT, A PERFECT FIT FOR OUR PROGRAM. IN PAST YEARS, THIS CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE RISEN IMMEDIATELY TO THE TOP OF THE APPLICANT POOL. IN 2021, HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD INFORMALLY BY A MICROSOFT ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE THAT THAT, MEANING ADMITTING A WHITE MALE, WAS NOT HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
HARVARD ALUM NEWS SCHAAF VOTES JOINS US NOW. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON WITH US.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR. GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> Dr. Saphier: OPEN ABOUT AN ANTI-WHITE, ANTI-MALE ENVIRONMENT GROWING IN HARVARD. AS AN ALUMNUS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED? DO YOU AGREE WITH WHAT THE PROFESSOR WROTE?
>> I CERTAINLY AGREE. IT'S SURPRISING, NOT SHOCKING. A COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T TEACH ABOUT ITS OWN HISTORY IS NOT A DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A FUTURE. THE GREATER SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS AND GREATER SOCIETAL ISLES THE DEMORALIZATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN AMERICA. WHEN HAVE YOU CULTURAL ELITES OR PROFESSORS WHO INSIST AND INSTRUCT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THEIR CULTURE IS NOT WORTHY OF PRESERVATION, THAT THEIR RACE IS SOMETHING TO BE APOLOGETIC OVER, THEIR HISTORY IS NOT. YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG MEN, WILL BECOME ALIENATED AND DISASSOCIATED WITH THE SOCIETY THEY ARE MEANT TO BE INTERACTING WITH. WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR NOW. WE ARE IN 2026. NOT ALL CULTURES ARE EQUAL, AND NOT ALL CIVILIZATIONS ARE EQUAL. TEACH ABOUT THE VIRTUES OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS. REASON 200,000 SOMALIS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND ZERO AMERICANS LIVING IN SOMALI. ANTI-WHITE AND ANTI-ASIAN AND ANTI-AMERICAN BEING TAUGHT IN OPEN. SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A SECRET FOR DECADES.
>> Dr. Saphier: 85% OF ALL UNIVERSITIES REQUIRED A COURSE IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION. AS A PROFESSOR WRITES, SO WRITES. PUT UP THE FULL SCREEN. HARD TO AVOID THE IMPRESSION THAT WHETHER HOSTILITY OR NEGLECT, WESTERN HISTORY PHASED OUT OR ALLOWED TO DIE ON THE VINE IN HARVARD. COLLEAGUES ALMOST DISTINGUISH SPECIALISTS. NEW BLOOD IS NOT FLOWING. IN WHAT IS HE REFERRING TO? WE SEE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNIVERSITY. NOT ONLY ARE THEY NOT REQUIRING WESTERN CIVILIZATION TEACHING, A LOT OF PLACES AREN'T EVEN OFFERING THAT. HOW CAN WE EXPECT THESE YOUNG STUDENTS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY IF THEY ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT HOW OUR COUNTRY BECAME OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR LAWS, SCIENCE?
>> YOU DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM PRETTY WELL. WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEFEND AND ADVOCATE FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION. THEY CAN'T DO THAT IF THEY ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT WHAT WESTERN CIVILIZATION ACTUALLY IS AND WHAT THESE ISSUES OF WE ARE PROUD AS AMERICANS. WE ARE PROUD TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY, OUR CULTURE, OUR IDENTITY. WHEN YOU CONSISTENTLY TELL YOUNG PEOPLE THEY NEED TO BE APOLOGETIC, THEY NEED TO BE ASHAMED, APOLOGIZE FOR HISTORY. WHEN THEY BECOME AUTHORS OF THE BOOKS YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WILL BE READING, THEY WON'T HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND FEELING OF PATRIOTIC IDENTITY WITH THEIR CULTURE. IT'S A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM. THIS AGAIN, IS ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS WE HAVE WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING WHEREBY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, FOR EXAMPLE, SPENT MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES. AT THE SAME TIME, HAS NOT HIRED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS A SINGLE PROFESSOR IN THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION CANON. THAT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. NOT JUST FOR HARVARD, BUT FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY AT LARGE.
>> Dr. Saphier: THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE KIND OF GOING AGAINST TRADITIONAL EDUCATION. EXCUSE ME. SHABBOS "ACCESS" TENNENBAUM THANK YOU FO