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Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast
WTH is Project 2025? with Thomas Zimmer
Jun 25, 2024
Historian Thomas Zimmer discusses Project 2025, a plan by right-wing activists, aiming to reshape federal agencies, implement Schedule F, promote authoritarianism, and enforce conservative societal orders. The conversation delves into civil service reforms, unitary executive theory, government vacancies, threats to democracy, and the upcoming MSNBC Live event.
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- Affirmative action debated in college admissions for racial justice.
- Project 2025 plans expansion of executive power and ideological loyalty.
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Department of Education & College Admission Policies
The podcast episode delves into the potential impact of ending affirmative action, highlighting the cultural discrimination viewpoint in college admissions. There is a debate on whether race should play a role in admissions, arguing against remedying discrimination with new discrimination. The discussion questions how to ensure equal opportunity for all without affirmative action, emphasizing its role in promoting racial justice and multiracial egalitarianism.
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