White supremacy on campuses: Moral crisis for higher education?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Last weekend's deadly violence at the University of Virginia is a wake-up-call for leaders of higher education. It's another example of how the so-called alt-right is recruiting on campuses—utilizing protections for free speech. We hear about possible responses to a challenging strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | Free speech on campus, racism, and public safety. |
| 0:15.0 | Hello again, I'm Aran Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.8 | It was no accident that last weekend's deadly Unite the Right rally was staged on a university campus by white nationalists trying to grow their movement. |
| 0:26.3 | From the University of Virginia in Charlottesville to UC Berkeley, they're looking for young |
| 0:30.8 | leaders disillusioned and angry about politics and economics. |
| 0:35.1 | Colleges and universities are committed to free speech, whatever the message, |
| 0:38.6 | so it's hard to keep speakers off campus even if there is potential for violence. |
| 0:43.4 | We'll look at the strategy of white supremacists and the muted response from leaders of higher education. |
| 0:49.8 | Later on today's talking point, is America divided enough for a new kind of civil war? First, here's the news. |
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| 1:23.9 | Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:30.7 | Hello again, Warren. I'll be back with To The Point. Last weekend's deadly violence in the University of Virginia is a wake-up call for leaders of higher education. |
| 1:38.6 | It's another example of how so-called alt-right organizers are recruiting on campuses, utilizing protections for free speech. |
| 1:46.8 | We'll hear about possible responses to a challenging strategy. On our talking point later, |
| 1:51.7 | has America ever settled the issues that led to the civil war? Current divisions are so deep that |
| 1:57.0 | some historians are asking what another war might look like. |
| 2:06.7 | First is news update. Police in Barcelona say at least 13 people have died. The Associated press says 80 more were injured today. After a speeding van plowed into crowds on Las |
| 2:13.1 | Ramblas, that's a tourist avenue, reportedly packed with visitors at the height of the season. |
| 2:19.3 | Two men reportedly have been arrested, including a 28-year-old Moroccan immigrant who rented the van. |
| 2:24.7 | Sebastian Rotella is a senior reporter for ProPublica. |
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