Identity and Elite Polarization | Eric Kaufmann & Richard Hanania
Eric Kaufmann is a distinguished researcher and a fellow at CSPI. He joins the podcast to talk about his latest CSPI report, “Diverse and Divided: A Political Demography of American Elite Students.” The data indicates that we can expect a future in which elites continue to be heavily divided by race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Richard and Eric discuss what this means for our politics, how conservatives should address identity issues, and what one should be looking for when choosing a university.
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Links:
Eric Kaufmann, “Diverse and Divided: A Political Demography of American Elite Students.”
Eric Kaufmann, “Born This Way? The Rise of LGBT as a Social and Political Identity.”
Eric Kaufmann, “Head to Red States for Political Diversity on Campus.”
Eric Kaufmann, “Polarization Is About to Get a Lot Worse: Students Are Even More Divided Than We Are.”
Identity and Elite Polarization | Eric Kaufmann & Richard Hanania
I doubt that affirmative action will be particularly self-defeating for democrats with respect to the courts. If it was really true that it made a huge difference having someone with a 160 IQ (or whatever measure of legal brilliance u want that's normally distributed) was such a huge advantage over 150 then you'd expect the right to be in deep trouble bc they are drawing from such a smaller population of law grads.
Seems more like it matters but there are diminishing returns and as this is really only relevant at SCOTUS (at appealeate lvl what maximizes your personal reputation will often not achieve policy ends bc it draws a SCOTUS smackdown) I think that they'll be plenty able to find smart enough ppl for those few seats.