The Consequences of Being an Advocate for Meritocracy

Heather McDonald: I don't know if I'm as controversial as Kyle Duncan, the fifth circuit judge who spoke at Stanford and caused an absolute psychotic breakdown on the part of the students there by his very presence. There is nothing that makes a college student angrier than to be told that he is not oppressed because his oppression is his basis of dignity and self-worth. So when I spoke at Claremont McKenna College, which is a small liberal arts institution in Southern California, outside of Los Angeles, 300 students blockaded the auditorium where I was supposed to speak.