CNN’s Fareed Zakaria blasts woke Universities like Harvard with deep political agendas. Must watch!
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2023
- Fareed, Zakaria, criticizes “elite “universities, like Harvard University of Pennsylvania, MIT and others, with deep political, and DEI agendas which are hurting our young. Fareed urges are returned to academic excellence and research and suggest a quick step back from non-merit-based the failing DEI-focused approach. House committee hearing on Capitol Hill on December 5, three prominent university presidents-Elizabeth Magill of the University of Pennsylvania (who has since resigned), Sally Kornbluth of MIT, and Claudine Gay of Harvard-gave appalling responses to the question of whether they would permit calls for genocide on their campuses.
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Those universities became one big joke.
Gay reduced Harvey into a pariah university.
@@johntan507 And a red flag for future employers.
@@robdielemans9189 exactly! it basically became a shameful place to be associated with.
You have the freedom to attend a different college. Just move on.
Wow! Someone on CNN is saying this. There is hope.
Fareed will be fired tomorrow. Can’t have any of the truth-telling at CNN…
CNN actually has journalists unlike fox news
@@sirdiealot53 Everybody at Fox has been talking about this for years.
Yes CNN is way more guilty of all these prejudices than Harvard. CNN is now nothing more than a propaganda machine for the most strident of woke activists.
They regularly have discussion panels consisting of only women, overly represented ethnic minorities and if there is a white man present he will inevitably be Jewish. Not diverse and definitely not representative of American demographics.
Nope. He is waaay off the mark.
Wow! So great to see this on CNN. Thank you Mr Zakaria for this clear editorial.
its just that the woke is not siding with is-rah-el, so the real powers that be is turning on the woke in this small fragment of time. It will be back to business as usual in due time.
Only one 😂
Thank you, thank you for being brave enough to say this.
I am no fan of CNN or Fareed Zakaria (in general) but I am impressed by his insight here.
In other words, you only like him when his views aligns with yours. Got it shrug 🤷
He’s so far behind on this take it’s not funny.
Mind Begs the Question:
- If calling for Intifada/Resistance
- To an Apartheid,Occupying State
- Framed as calling for Genocide
- Criminalizing resisting Apartheid,Occupation,no?
@@jan2000nl What is the point of your comment except to sound self-righteous and telling others what they mean? The poster is commenting on being impressed with Zakaria’s insight on this topic. I don’t see anything in the comment that talks about “liking” or “not liking” him as a person or journalist. One doesn’t have to like someone to agree with specific opinions or commentary or give credit where it’s due.
He is reading a SCRIPT.
I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting this take from CNN and I had to look closely to see if this was an AI creation. A refreshingly sane and long overdue take from a major legacy news outlet.
I’m with you. But I think it’s because they have no choice. The left has gone so insane even CNN can’t deny it.
I had to do a double take as well.
You must not watch every day then. They're very balanced compared to any other network on cable in my opinion. I've tried to give fairness to others but the minute I did that Fox lost a lawsuit worth millions because they lie lie lie. Don't trust anymore but CNN at this point. MSNBC during the day but not at night. Fox, never, they all lied and were found guilty.
The way I see it, Fareed may have finally seen the writing on the wall, that his community, which is a very hard working and very successful community, might be next on the agenda of the "Maxi"st.
CNN is far, far more moderate than Fox News would lead you to believe. Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, Dana Bash. They’re all solidly moderate. Fox thinks anything even marginally left of center is “radical.”
How is he even still on CNN? He is way too honest, smart, and truthful.
Fareed is about the only mainstream TV anchor that is prepared to speak truth to power. He is consistently GREAT.
I am shock CNN reporting the truth for once.
CNN always reports the truth. You’re thinking of fox news
Very good comment
So true!
Exactly what Fareed highlighted in his take is what you just demonstrated. Political leaning should not be a basis for intellectual discourse.
Because they see writings on the wall. They know Americans are fed up with liberal BS. Not acknowledging it will doom them sooner than later.
Agree with Zakaria. One of the best of his broadcasts I've heard.
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
Bravo Fareed. Nailed it.
Mr. Zakaria has a lot of credibility. He obtained a PhD long before the universities ran off the rails. He knows what real academic excellence is, and what's required to be a university worthy of respect. He's not just another mediocre mainstream media "journalist."
Thank you fareed for this clear-eyed critique of the deep rot within the university system. Frankly surprised cnn let you speak freely on this matter.
@@rajarchanagarre7306 you definitely triggered
BTW, it's not just happening in the US. Canadian universities are just about our of control.
booh hoo the universities aren't being racist or homophobic enough that's the real reason universities are bad and clearly not because of the crippling student debt you have to pay or the lack of properly funded public universities
@@brainfreeze1925 ,hhhhh, Canadastan under Trudeau
It's about time! I hope it's not too late for our educational system, for Israel, for our own country, etc.
I'm genuinely shocked (in a good way) that CNN allowed this to air and be posted here ... How I would love and be delighted were CNN to again become the impartial news giant they were in the 1980's and 90's and dispose of the partisan giant they've become.
What does the Bible say? Always give a person/organization to admit fault and make corrections.
Agree. I stopped watching because of cnn’s pandering to the far left.
Zakaria has always been decent
I'm genuinely shocked that you are shocked by free speech
They are impartial. Trumpers just hate the truth so they hate cnn
Well said. It is a despicable stance by the Presidents of these universities.
What is really despicable is that our universities have been functioning for years now as satellites of the university of Haifa and similar Israeli universities. It's more than clear that people like you could care less about any kind of freedom if it infringes on the supremacy of your group. For decades most of the students attacking conservative professors and students were the very numerous Jewish leftists. But democracy ends for them once their power is challenged.
This is the culmination of over 40 years of rot in universities. I retired from one in 2014 unable to keep up the fight against it any longer. I can only hope that it is a boil which, having now burst open in public, can be treated and healed, but every force in the academy--professors' need to publish (which is a lot easier if some new ideology reinvents the wheel every ten years) and administrators' efforts to cater to the spoiled "customers"--mitigates against reform.
Like into areas of Phillip scott podcast? Black star network? African disporia news?
Wow. I honestly thought this was a joke. I would never ever have thought I would hear this on CNN. Good on you Fareed Zakaria!
It shows how divided and cynical we've become. I'm so glad some still have a heart and brain. I hope he's listened to, not shunned.
I was a first gen college kid who got into an Ivy League law school. I attended from 2018-2021. It was a complete political warzone among the students. I could barely focus on my studies. The bloated administration had their backs. The whole institution has been taken over.
I had the same experience as an ivy league student from 2012-2016. "Complete politcal war zone" is great way to put it. It was awful, no matter what anyone believes.
I think you should join college in china then you will realise. How the USA education system and opportunities in here
@@user-qi4fv1yp7f of you go then.
@@user-qi4fv1yp7fSo you don’t believe people who have lived it? You are a big part of what’s wrong with the United States.
@@user-qi4fv1yp7f yeah many international students now in china.
Well-stated. As a former college dean we had to navigate these straits on a daily basis. Fortunately my college was for science and engineering. I could share many stories but one of my favorites was when I was asked to chair a search for the dean of Liberal Arts. In reviewing the ad which extolled many strong points of study and research on our campus, our unmanned aerial systems program was listed. There was an objection that since unmanned was in the title it might put off candidates as uninclusive. My response was that if a candidate felt threatened by that, the college would be better hiring someone else who could attend to the real problems they faced…funding, enrollment and program development. Some discussion started about changing the name of our program and I said if we did that then we should let members of the college of science and engineering review names of liberal arts programs for offensive names. I also pointed out that women on our faculty didn’t care about that…they were concerned about support for their research programs. In the end, they only highlighted liberal arts in the ad.
Glad you had the spine to thwart those ridiculous attempt to be so call inclusive.
the old rule of thumb for most managers doctors and mechanics etc is to do no harm, or the default position: at least do as little manglement as possible. The problem at the Ivy's show trial in December was that rule of thumb - which is a good rule consistent with freedom of speech - is not consistent with the billionaire bigots
its just that the woke is not siding with is-rah-el, so the real powers that be is turning on the woke in this small fragment of time. It will be back to business as usual in due time.
Fareed coming form a country strong in the caste system, talks against DEI, when he personal benefited for DEI , his complete life in the USA
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
I am disabled with Cerebral Palsy and am 58 years old. In the early 80's every year in School they would change what they called disabled student meaning the teachers and staff.
This would happen at the start of each school year!! It was a small pain that we had to deal with our teachers. Understand it started small now look at the world we live in!!
Didn't expect to hear this from CNN, even more so from Fareed! CNN's scoring a point here for once....
Fareed is center left. These universities went too far. Plus, if the presidents cannot answer simple genocide questions, what is the point to get educated?
Right? I was in complete shock listening to this. What a based af take.
When CNN reports on it, you know the situation is bad!
Don't let them fool you, they're just getting you to let your guard down so they can try to pull the wool over your eyes tomorrow.
@@drockopotamus1 Always give a person/organization to admit fault and make corrections.
"Good intentions have morphed things into a dogmatic ideology." Yes.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. However, DEI, CRT and ESG were never intended to be truly good.
@@rockahbilly76right on! They were political ideas from the start
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Like Socialism….every time!!
Bullseye Mr. Zacharia!Zachariah! I'm a college grad myself and wholeheartedly agree with you on every count!
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
Perfectly expressed. It's depressing to think how far down that path these institutions have gone.
The presidents of those universities are much more learned than Farooq is. All this & things like this are being said to go against the huge public & other countries' opinion against Israel.
I honestly wasn’t expecting this from Fareed Zakaria. But he’s totally right. Even those of us who consider ourselves to be progressive are shaking our heads.
Everything Fareed Zakaria describes in this monologue has been going on for at least a decade yet never once did he ever before speak out against the absurdity and extremes of leftist wokeness. That it was in response to universities not prohibiting demonstrations in defense of Palestinians is what triggered this for him. This just proves how he was a fake Muslim-Arab addition to make it seem that CNN is balanced. He and the other fake Christiane Amanpour were allowed on occasion to pretend to take the Muslim position in discussions. But now that things have become more contentious and the uniform American public support for Israel is eroding, these two stooges have revealed their true colors and what is really hidden about them just below the surface. CNN is presently owned by Warner Brothers which is a Jewish run corporation so there's no wonder that these two fakes are willing to serve as water boys for those that pay them hefty salaries. But from now they need to stop the charade of representing a Muslim perspective
Progress sounds nice, not to where?
Fareed has always been a centrist, - logical, traditional liberal values.
and then he ruined it by quoting van jones of all people
I've voted party line Democrat my entire life. Ever since 10/7 it feels like I don't even recognize these people.
I’m surprised CNN let him speak about this. The mainstream media also has the same problem.
Thank you, Fareed, for telling the truth.
Thank you Mr. Zakaria, for such a diplomatic, pragmatic presentation of the current state of affairs in universities.
The heart of the problem is that our educational institutions have stopped teaching kids how to think and are now entirely focused on teaching kids what to think. This is the fundamental difference between education and indoctrination.
sure---and this goes hand in hand with the "feelings trump facts" and the general loss of the rational and fallback to emotionalization...all part of the mess!
a big part of this is the obsession with STEM and viewing education as a springboard to a profitable career, rather than education having value in of itself. humanities departments are being gutted everywhere because they don't lead directly to as many high paying jobs as STEM. but the value of a classic liberal arts education is in teaching the student like you said, how to think, how to analyze problems, and have a decent amount of knowledge in a varitey of subjects. Instead we have grads who go directly into making a lot of money programming or in business, but they didn't actually learn anything about the world or themselves. I guess this is the inevitable outcome when Greed and materialism are the underlying values that drives our whole society.
sure, but that "classic liberal arts education" you refer to is passe. Students aren't reading, and they're not thinking. The Humanities departments have all caved to or embraced wokeness and "subjective truth" has replaced discriminating analysis (I've spent the last 6 years in university humanities studies).@@antonego9581
Take it from me, a college professor, we are expected to pass everyone through. It's about increasing the retention numbers because that translates into more dollars. Excellence in education went by the wayside with George Bush's No Child Left Behind legislation. It started in K-12 and has matriculated into higher ed. It's been about getting greater numbers into the institutions, getting them through as fast as possible and hand them a degree on the other side. Focus and resources have gone to research and sports because that's where the money is. Today's higher ed institutions are just large corporations with marketing and branding campaigns. If a faculty member tries to focus on excellence in education and hold students accountable for their learning, all students have to do is complain to a dean or administrator that we are "too hard" or "too unfair" and we are expected to back down. Believe me, I've been here, and not backing down got me disciplined with a threat of termination so I moved on to a different job. This transition in education has been happening for 25 years, but everyone is finally waking up to it. Some good books to read on this topic are William Deresiewicz's Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of America's Elite, and John Smyth's The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars and Neoliberal Ideology.
Well said
This is Fareed's best all-time editorial.
This ideology is happening in Canada in my school board. We have some specialized programs - arts, technology, maths, etc. we moved from an ‘audition’ intake where you had to show a portfolio, do an audition for performance, have good math scores, etc. Now it’s a 100% lottery. So you could get accepted to a music program without having any music training, etc. it is utterly ridiculous, and not addressing the root causes of the issues. It just makes it worse for those underrepresented groups we’re trying to uplift.
This is spot-on. Everything seems to be drowning in identity politics. DEI has become a giant distraction, absorbing great volumes of peoples' time and financial resources that are better spent on other things more central to the mission of these schools.
There's something eerie about hearing such a rational fact-based monologue on CNN
Yes, the fact that they already know all this stuff all along
Congress should interview all prospective university presidents, "Will you enforce 'silence on genocide' as an admission requirement at Harvard? Yes or No". People with values and moral compass do not need to go Harvard.
You need to watch CNN more. This is not exceptional for CNN.
I know, next it'll be The Guardian. No wait, that's crazy talk...
Did Trump tell you to say this?
I'm stunned. I agree, of course. But I never thought I would see this on CNN.
Why not? This falls in line with their bias Pro-Israeli stance.
They don't have it on their social media channels that I can see anyway.
I'm shocked too on CNN
That's because you weren't really thinking
Nonsense,since when has anything on CNN been reasonable much less logical?
Probably one of the best segments that everyone today needs to see.
This is pleasantly suprising to hearing it from CNN, Fareed Zakaria. Thank you.
Now this was an act of courage.
Finally, someone from non-Fox news speaks out! Thank you!
fox is just democrats bad they are just as biased
Fareed's expose is exactly what most American people know including Fox news,they are the ones that have rang the bell for everybody to wake up,except You , perhaps, It's this type of mindset that is permeating in most colleges,I just can imaging the new leaders of this nation coming out of those universities,we are doomed.
there have been many articles harshly critical of these universities on the front page of the NY times in recent months you know...
if only conservative media would be likewise critical of their own tribe when appropriate
You’ve said everything that I would like to say!!
I am so glad for my university education that I received 40 years ago. I am equally glad that I talked my great-nephew out of going to college and that he has developed a talent for the trades. In the 60's and 70's a college degree was a guarantee that the graduate would earn more than someone with just a high school education. Thus, more and more parents wanted their kids to go to college. Now universities have lost their credibility and a lot of people who shouldn't be in college are earning useless degrees.
No offense, but do a little research. College graduates do much better with respect to earnings than non-college graduates. Nothing is wrong with pursuing a trade or working with one's hands in skilled and unskilled labor. I did it for a while. But I went to college and became a professor because I loved learning, not for money, and that is seldom even mentioned these days in these discussions.
@@Hume77 I gently pushed both of my daughters to do well in K-12 school. They were both very motivated learners, both are now grad school educated with the highest honors. But now they're buried in student debt. In the beginning I told them, enjoy yourself, do what you want...but don't get an "Underwater Basket Weaver" degree....That you need to take SOMEthing worthwhile that'll pay your basic bills at a minimum. They're both doing well, not even close to wealthy, but well. I love learning too, and I have a very large library on many subjects but mostly various historical periods,, human genetics, social issues, human behavior, classics, and a tiny bit of fiction. I worked trades, factories, military, and firefighting. I don't have a degree (just a bunch of credits) but would get calls/texts/emails from the kids to read over a paper, or for advice on various subjects they were studying. One had to move to Alaska for their higher salaries to make a decent living, the other told me that the only part of her Masters program that was useful in her job (other than having the required piece of paper) was a two month summer hands-on internship. The rest of it was fluff when it came to getting and doing the job.
When I was a kid, I thought of a degree as leading to being a professor, or big money finance guy, or doctor, or scientist. Not obliterated by debt, working a Starbucks, and having a degree in " D.E.I. considerations in Modern Lesbian Dance Theory...which is the new stereotype. And stereotypes almost always have some grain in truth.
If you are happy with your education the university did not do a good job
That's an understatement. Outside of the sciences and necessary professions universities should see no public funding whatsoever so that they drop this idiocy.
They can now get jobs flipping hamburgers at McDonalds not only degrees are useless there also super expensive.... They raised college tuitions faster then the rate of inflation go to a trade school earn a great living when you leave college... I did back in the early 80's became a welder, machinist, and a mechanic and made a great living.... Screw these elitist woke leftist colleges, and universities let them go broke....
Excellent elucidation by Farid.
*Fareed
Excellent take by one of my favourite anchor and author!
Brings me back to college, to that teacher who threw away the course subject from the window in order to brain fart his woke political agenda, I didn't care about his nonsense I was sad over my tuition fees being wasted
Wow. Agreed. CNN is scoring a point here.
Bravo to Fareed Zakaria. They’re creating a generation of enraged ideologues. There is no scenario where that ends well for anyone.
Shame on them, emmbarrassing
Thank you, Fareed.
Very much.
✌️
Thank you, Fareed. Those college presidents were a gross embarrassment.
Thank you, Fareed! Some of us have watched and been alarmed at this toxic transformation for years. I’m glad that now the masses are starting to see it, too. Hopefully there will be sustained momentum for a return to the era of critical thought rather than echo chambers.
My mom said that the end of the world is near. Societal collapse is near. It happens to "advanced" , "civilzed", societies. The romans went down a similar path and look at how they ended up. way.
Yes. Critical reasoning, critical thought and classical rationality help to dispel the phantom of wokeism.
@@jasonhilton7755 When most people see it and you still think it’s a phantom, it would be prudent to reassess your paradigm.
This is an important message and widespread action is needed to fix the problem.
I’ve never thought I would ever hear something sensible like this from CNN
Yes, thank you Fareed, this has been going on for the last 2 decades and now here we are.
I am stunned that this truth is coming from cnn! Keep it up CNN
I am surprised woke Fareed spoke this truth and called out DEI agendas!
Awesome! Well put sir!
Well that was a surprise! Perhaps there are still a few real journalists in CNN!
The censors,,propagandists and DNC colluders employed at fake news CNN have issued an employee misconduct charge. Fareed is going to get bounced after this.
Yea no. CNN, including Fareed, were the purveyors of woke culture. Now that it’s gone too far they can just pretend they are journalists again. I’m not falling for it. They are Spinless hacks at CNN
Wow. An actual story that is thoughtful on CNN. Great job Fareed.
It's like old school reporting and sounds like a time long ago. I miss those days.
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
Now thats nice to hear!
Thank you Fareed for drawing attention to this subject. Remembering seeing you in Boston with our common friend Mala Gaonkar made me follow you. Your work makes me rethink my positioning on many subjects. Thank you.
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
Always good to hear Fareeds commentary on issues of this magnitude. 👍🏽👍🏾
Exactly. This is hardly the first time Fareed has presented rigorous analysis.
I think this is the first time CNN said something truthful in a very long time.
No, not really. But we will be waiting for a decade to hear anything but propaganda from Fox.
@@Hume77thanks, Rosie.
They always do in my opinion. They are not perfect, but they often make the effort to balance the narrative.
Ya I can’t believe they are walking about the who pandemic treaty passing through US, global covenant of mayors signing onto pay black reparations and US paying climate/ecocide reperation a world wide
The talk against DEI, and woke, is an attempt by both the far right and far left to modify the originally woke purpose, which was to be aware of institutionalized systemic racism. The current trend to remove DEI and any other measure establish to correct 300 years of unfair, unjust treatment, is just s trend. Truth is light , no one can deny it or control it. When the supreme court judges have been change to allow a liberal majority, when just senators and congressmen are voted back in , when the public disgrace of trump and his follower are finally remove, or put in prison. DEI type laws and laws that support justice equality for all, will be voted back in. I see this as a consent movement going from good to bad. Trump like figures will reappear in another 100 years, like Hitler, and those type. Voicing hate, because this is basically a battle between good and evil. That has existed since Cain and Able, this battle will possible never end. So for now I would suggest that minorities simple start filing lawsuit because there will be cases of gross unfair treatment discrimination. Because today the supremacist feel that they can do anything, so you can simply document their unfair treatment, and again file lawsuits, make it rain with lawsuits, and get paid. Do this until the truth deniers are remove and sane people are again in control.
As a retired professor who taught philsophy at a public university I share some of his concerns, though his statements are too sweeping and unqualified. Engineering and the sciences have not been much affected by these political trends and he gives them no attention at all. The claim that no white male studying the American presidency could gain tenure today is almost certainly false. I dislike identity politics with its trigger warnings, safe spaces, victimized groups, emphasis on sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity, and watched it trickle down to my own former institution. However important elite universities are, the vast majority of students are educated at state universities and colleges and we are under threat from Republican politicians who relish the chance to politicize them while using free speech and freedom of thought as cover. One should also note the progress for women in obtaining degrees at every level and this is the result of merit, higher grades, and scores on objective tests. For the last six or seven years women have been a slight majority of medical students, over 70% of veterinary students are women, and there is parity in the sciences in virtually every field except engineering. (And I do not believe that is the result of sexist male administrators.) All said, I am glad I am retired and don't have to deal with the threats from the far left and right that I contended with.
Wow. No. Wrong. Way off. Yeesh. Do yourself a fav, head over to FIRE and take a look at the data.
It’s so hard to take Zakaria seriously about anything.
Absolutely spot on.
Well done.
I’m shocked. Zakaria is sounding rational. Or maybe the winds are changing, and like a good weathervane, he’s paying attention.
Why are thousands of commenters all rubber stamped surprised at Fareed's viewpoint or analysis? What is your generalized view of standard Fareed thinking?
@@quicksite He is an editorial masquerading as a news story. Many if not most talking heads are the same.
well done video that copletely covers the issues with today's education system in the US. Not just universities.
Wow, strong take. Impressed that they would report on this. Nice work CNN!
How many universities, corporations, and government institutions decided that the pursuit of excellence was no longer worthy is still mind-blowing to me. And this analysis is just the kind of tonic we need to get us back on
path. Kudos!
It will take 20 years.
when women
It's all about the money, so branding became the focus along with research and sports as that is where the money is. This has all been slowly happening over the past 25 years.
This is why China will (in a matter of time) EAT OUR LUNCH. While they rise economically, militarily, and improve their standard of living significantly -- they also invest heavily in education (esp. STEM fields) without the D.E.I/woke agenda. You can easily visualize the inverted curves of the two countries if we were to plot them on a chart.
He entirely neglected the sciences which are exceptions to virtually every claim he made. We still win the lion's share of Nobel Prizes and are second to none overall in the contributions to science and technology. And not all of us who taught college fit his description.
While the university presidents answers were technically correct when citing American free speech laws, they have fired teachers, punished, and even expelled students for saying things like there's only 2 genders. Conservative speakers can't even come on campus because the college supports the students who are disrupting the event instead of the event organizers. Students coming out of these colleges have only been taught the leftist viewpoints and think that Conservative thought is less educated, old-fashioned way of thinking so even when they graduate they don't study Conservative thought because of the bias taught in Ivy leagues.
We want our students learning both types of thoughts, debating the flaws and merits of each in open, honest discussion. That's why these presidents need to go and all these leftist professors need to start accepting viewpoints other than their own in their classes without jumping into labeling a student as homophobic,racist, Islamophobic etc just because they disagree with you on a policy.
There are three sexes. Male, female and the odd xx/y or some variation thereof. Outside of that there is nothing. Cutting your dick off and then taking hormones does not make you a women no matter how you protest otherwise. If you are born a biological male with a penis and testicles, then you will always remain a biological male no matter what you do with your body. Cheekbone surgery, breast implants, lipo suction and all the other attempts at making yourself look more female are not goign to make you a female. If this is what people cannot handle and attempt to change by forcing people to use pronouns ect then this debate will not end well for those who cut their dicks off and take hormones.
The issue is, many "Leftist" viewpoints are simply objective reality. Conservatives have concerned themselves so heavily with christianity and the profit of corporations that they have abandoned observable, functional reality and the progress of human knowledge. Things like "Pollution is threatening food sources and needs to be curbed" are considered radical instead of a logical conclusion to looking at the data. Conservative viewpoints tend towards insanity- I've heard everything from "Vaccines are bad" to "We should establish a state religion". They're not banning conservatives for being conservative- they're banning conservatives for *lying*.
You've kind of jumped to conclusions in a way that's got it twisted. It isn't repression of conservative thinking nor is it the knee jerk labeling of thinkers on the left automatically being pro woke. I'm not the only person on the left who is fed up with systematic woke deconstructions of societal constructs.
He is spot on. He nails so many points and does it in a non-partisan and in a non-divisive way. Which is the way colleges should be.
“ … presidents could not make the case clearly that at the center of a university is the free expression of ideas. And that while harassment and intimidation would not be tolerated, offensive speech would and should be protected.”
Agreed, they probably, and not unreasonably, thought there was no need to declare a commitment to the centrality of free speech to university life. Why state the obvious?
Also, they *did* make it abundantly clear that when offensive speech turns into targeted harassment, it becomes actionable conduct. Their only mistake was in underestimating the insane Elise Stefanik’s ability to spin ‘it depends on the context’ as symptomatic of antisemitism. The optics were dismal, but the presidents’ answers were not incorrect.
I'm impressed by Fareed Zakaria's clarity on this issues.
Sensible observations. The statement that there's a lack of 'political diversity' on the campuses. Seems true.
It’s reflective of what’s happening in society… too much extremism on both sides of the aisle. If you were to look at Liberty U, you would see a right wing nationalist curriculum. Geez, just look at the republikkkan House of Reps. 😳 A clown circus.
Plenty of political diversity on campus...as long at it's theirs.
They seems to be completely okay with the lack of 'political diversity' on campuses when all the professors are mouthing off Trump.
As big an issue as it is in the US, any parent who REALLY wants their child to come away from college completely indoctrinated in wokeness should send them to school in Canada.
Dirt cheap, and (with apologies to Dunkin Donuts) "Canada runs on woke!"
Your child will be self-loathing and insecure for life.
I have always admired and respected Fareed Zakaria; even more so after watching this video. He is the calm voice of intelligence and reason in the cacophony of the modern world.
Perfectly and eloquently said.
Outstanding Fareed! I never thought I would hear such a monologue from you 👍
He’s stunning and brave.
Legacy students are the only ones that get into Ivy schools as non-merit based. Those under DEI are absolutely merit based.
DEI discriminates against white straight males. Change my mind
Elite universities stopped admitting elite students.
The fact that a CNN anchor is saying this publicly blows my mind. That network has been a big part of why this has been allowed to happen in the first place. But I’ll gladly take it and hopefully someone’s listening to him.
No, the network has had no such effect on elite universities and his comments need qualification as they are somewhat overstated. See my post above.
The CNN folks still largely agree with the university policies. They are upset because the policies are seeing daylight and polling badly. They want administrators to appear to dial it back 2% until the scrutiny goes away, and then go back to business as usual. It's also CNN's opportunity to say "See how reasonable we are?"
CNN = FOX this will blow your whole self then
@@MrBeen992 Oh BS.
@@incognitotorpedo42 oh, so you are a Fox sheep ? LOL
This message needs to be voiced in every public forum.
Fareed you missed one major thing. Today's universities operate very much like corporations where profit margin is the only thing that matters. Grade inflation exists because of the enormous money parents pay so students feel entitled to buy the degrees. Political decisions are made not to upset wealthy donors. Faculty are promoted based on how much federal dollars they bring, overheads keep increasing year after year, and so do the number of Provost and their salaries.
It's because universities get funding for producing new cutting edge concepts never before created. Unfortunately this means philosophy departments have to publish more and more out there ideas, in the instance of the French Philosophies coming out of academia in the 1970's. Then philosophy affects society and a self-perpetuating cycle is created to create, for lack of a better term, Bizzaro World.
@nicholam7819 I think Fareed Zakaria's commentary is quite excellent given that it lasts for 6 minutes, but you are also right.
In Canada, I am also finding that universities are run like corporations. So we have the interplay of three variables (woke left, universities, and dependence on profit as government investments in university decline) and the result particularly for the humanities is incredibly poor scholarship. I would argue that diversity training itself has also suffered and been dumbed-down as a direct consequence of capitalism coopting diversity training, because when profit gets mixed up with diversity training, bad things usually happen. I was once given a scenario where one co-worker asks another co-worker what his favorite Disney princess is and whether I thought there was anything wrong with that. I knew the answer to the question of course, being well versed in woke left think, but it really shows how academic standards crater when money gets involved.
I don’t think so. Devalue academic standards will eventually destroy the value of the university as industrial society will not recognize the value of the degrees.
Perhaps leading to a new gilded age@@GetstartedYang
I think grade inflation is definitely a problem. I taught at an elite liberal arts college for six years and there was definitely indirect pressure not to give students bad grades. In fact one had to write a written justification if one gave an F grade. I did not feel so much pressure to give A or A- grades. But if I gave a B or B+, I would always have in the back of my mind the fear that the student might retaliate by giving me an anonymous negative review (every professor was reviewed for each course they taught). Since I was not tenure track and held another, permanent position in the college, it did not worry me too much, but if I had been an assistant professor or an instructor it would have been stressful.
Finally, someone has got a courage!!!! Thank you Fareed
Thank you
Same thing is happening in corporate America
Spent my adult life in, and working for, these very institutions. Old news and I’m so glad you finally see it. More innovation in private industry!
Zakaria is the wise man of broadcast journalism. He doesn't get near the credit he deserves. He should be a major news anchor. All others pale by comparison. He's even better than Walter Cronkite.
This the best logic I have ever seen this man have! Maybe he’s tired of CNN and looking elsewhere!
I heard what he said, but I still can’t believe he said it. There’s still hope!
A key factor not addressed here is the vast increase of non-academic staff at universities.
Good point!
Shocked that the CNN producers didn't have an emergency interruption, in the middle of all this truth.
Thank you Fareed
Bro, my mind is getting turned inside out.
You the man!
Absolutely outstanding work.
Legend!!
Don't know what happens to you now, CNN won't approve, but a huge part of the world here for you now. We want to hear your work.
This is real journalism
Thank you
Right! It been decades since I’ve heard such a complete, thorough, logical, supported op Ed piece.
Good for you Fareed!!!!
This dude is one of the best. I always look forward to his commentaries.
Absolutely correct, Fareed.
Ah yes, the road to where…… is paved with good intentions
So well researched and presented! Outstanding journalism.
I have been bashing college ever since I graduated magna cum laude from a college-prep high-school (way back in1975). And started my business, 44 years ago, with NO College degree.
Thank you for your courage to tell the truth ❤