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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Anti-Individualism of Affirmative Action
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo discuss two landmark cases before the Supreme Court of the United States on the legality of using race in college admissions. They explain how collectivist thinking and state involvement in higher education have created policies that are fundamentally at odds with America’s history of individualism.
Among the topics covered:
How the court cases reveal a pernicious reliance on race in college admissions;
Ayn Rand’s opposition to quotas and affirmative action;
How previous rulings left the value of “diversity” unchallenged;
Why the role of diversity in education doesn’t...