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Summary: A neo-racist tries to reopen a Pandora's box
Review: Combining a bad writing style with a penchant for self-righteousness, D'Souza comes across as the sort of guy who might serve as the ideologue for loony would be dictators.
This book is bad enough, but D'Souza would get progressively worse in both writing style and sense of logic.You might wonder how anything written worse than this could even be published. But then bad books are the stock-in-trade of the conservative press.
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Summary: Necessary...
Review: ...literature for ALL college and high-school students!!!I am DEAD serious! This unveils some very disturbing (liberal, not vast right-wing) conspiracies against the modern college student! From affirmative action to sexist rallies, you should at least borrow it from your library and read.
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Summary: Necessary...
Review: ...literature for ALL college and high-school students!!! I am DEAD serious! This unveils some very disturbing (liberal, not vast right-wing) conspiracies against the modern college student! From affirmative action to sexist rallies, you should at least borrow it from your library and read.
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Summary: Should be required reading in all multicultural curricula
Review: As a high school teacher I found these observations also applicable in the secondary sector. D'Sousa's definition of affirmative action in the next to last chapter is right on target. This book should also be required reading for all future high school administrators and supervisors.
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Summary: Factually Complete and Accurate
Review: Countless results, gleaned from years of studies into the ill effects of the multiculturalist/progressive agenda can be brought into context with a simple reading of 'Illiberal Education.' Factually accurate and the target of multitudinous smear campaigns, this book presents the human side of this tragic social experiment. From the first page, Mr. D'Souza paints a vivid picture through his numerous transcripts and verifiable data. A required addition to any honest intellectual's library.
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Summary: Relevant and well argued
Review: D'Souza makes a strong case for the proposition that the modern American university, in the name of diversity and multiculturalism, has stifled debate and intimidated everyone into accepting new canons. These canons are race and gender based propositions that one must accept or risk being ostracized as sexist or racist. D'Souza argues that Western thought is self criticising (ie Marxism is a criticism of Western borgois culture) and that teaching method of the typical liberal curriculae was disputation, not indoctrination. The recent gender and ethnic studies programs, however, are based on indoctgrination. You do not dare to debate the ideas espoused in these courses. D'Souza also points out serious inequities in affirmative action programs such as Asian students being discriminated against at Berkley since their achievement was so high, they had a disproportionately large number of applicants qualified for admission. Therefore, white applicants and certainly minority applicants were favored over the Asians. Some claim the author is a right wing idealogue but, in fact, he makes a sound, well reasoned argument that many political liberals, who favor the traditional liberal education, could well embrace.
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Summary: Disturbingly accurate intro to contemporary campus life
Review: D'Souza's description of factually disingenuous "multiculturalism," the return of in loco parentis and speech codes, and other implications of University life under the tenured radicals assaults the rational mind-- because they are all too true. Its anecdotal approach, far from being flawed, is most appropriate for describing institutions which instead of encouraging open debate, suppress "incorrect" ideas in the name of arbitrarily defined "tolerance" and make the dissenter feel his or her ideas are unwelcome. But while Illiberal Education is an important counter to higher education's glossy brochures, it is not a classic of human observation that inspires the reader to think, as is Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind. D'Souza's political fulminations interfere with his credibility in describing today's campus climate which is, from one who has witnessed firsthand, hostile to free speech, independent thought, Western Civilization, and political conservatism. Although Illiberal Education is a useful introduction to the challenges of scholarship and campus life in the 1990s, its author's claims to the true Academy (which has doubtfully existed) are weakened. Too bad D'Souza's critics fall prey to this same trap, revealing their political motives in attacking his.
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Summary: Wildly inaccurate
Review: Dinesh D'Souza first became known as one of the founding editors of the "Dartmouth Review," an alternative student newspaper at Dartmouth which is subsidized by conservative foundations. Since then he has acquired a sinecure at the right-wing American Enterprise Institute. Although the book does not mention it, his only previous book was a fawning biography of Jerry Falwell. D'Souza sets out to demonstrate that a "revolutionary movement has already widely imposed its program on every facet of university life." However, he fails to present any convincing evidence that this is the case. His proof consists mostly of a handful of anecdotes, many of which are distorted. One example is D'Souza's portrayal of affirmative action--he claims that racial hostility on college campuses is primarily due to affirmative action programs. In fact, most racial incidents have little to do with affirmative action--if they were, there would be no cases of racist attacks on Asian-Americans, which the UC system (of which I am an alumni) has seen plenty of. So wildly does D'Sousa misrepresent the facts in this book that historian C. Vann Woodward, who originally took D'Souza's claims at face value in a positive review, took the unprecedented step of withdrawing his review publicly when he became aware that many of D'Souza's "facts" were false. When reading D'Souza, it is always worth recalling his Dartmouth nickname of "Distort D'Newsa." In this book he shows it is still accurate.
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Summary: What the Campus Charlatans Are Hiding
Review: Dinesh D'Souza's investigation of the university wasteland is blistering precisely because his approach is completely cool-headed. He actually tries to understand the postmodern peacocks as they understand themselves. The Horror! And this drove phonies like Stanley Fish and Cornel West up the wall.
More than a decade after he wrote this, there appears to be a small, but growing number of young college students who are resisting the professorial disciples of the black panthers, hairy-armpitted wing of feminism, and the gay mafia.
It is still difficult. If you can depart college still firmly believing God, honoring your parents, respecting the complementarity and difference between men and women, and being grateful for America that is no small victory.
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Summary: Well worth reading
Review: I was hesitant about purchasing this book because I thought it was outdated, but I bought it anyway because I liked the other books I have read by D'Souza. This book is not outdated at all. The incidents and issues described in this book are still prevalent today. D'Souza has a keen grasp of the issues concerning race in America, and he gets to the core. Race is not an easy subject to discuss. We constantly hear about race in America, but, ironically, it is seldom honestly discussed. Most commentators on TV discuss the subject gingerly, staying well within the bounds of political correctness. Most books dealing with race issues are written by white liberals steeped in white-guilt or they are written by black activists steeped in grievances. D'Souza, however, is steeped in history and clear-minded thought, and his books are refreshing to read. He really gets to the heart of the matter; he tackles the subject with candor. If you are looking for an intellectually honest discussion of race in America, then this book as well "The End of Racism" are excellent choices.
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