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Peter Thiel just made an argument that strikes at the heart of how universities talk about identity and inclusion.
Thiel argues that "multiculturalism" and "diversity," as used on college campuses, have almost nothing to do with their literal meanings and he says the evidence is in what students actually demand.
"Multiculturalism has next to nothing to do with the study of other cultures. You do not see students protesting on college campuses demanding missionary postings in third world countries to learn more about other societies. You do not have protests demanding more rigorous foreign language requirements."
He extends the same logic to "diversity."
"This is another one of these incredibly misleading euphemistic terms. It does not have much to do with a diversity of ideas. You do not have real diversity on a college campus when you have a campus full of people who look different but think alike."
"The single most important theme that runs through much that goes under the rubric of multicultural is that it is anti-Western. It is not non-Western. It is still focused very much on our own society, but it is primarily a vehicle for denouncing it."
"At Stanford University, the debate over multiculturalism in the late 80s started with a protest against Western culture. The notorious chant was, hey, hey, ho, ho, Western culture's got to go."
"It was not a demand for inclusion. It was a demand for exclusion."
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