THE DIVERSITY MYTH: "Multiculturalism" and the Political Intolerance on Campus

by David Sacks and Peter Thiel

Is "political correctness" wrecking higher education? Sacks and Thiel take you on a powerful, compelling inside tour of a world of speech codes, dumbed-down standards, and anti-Western zealotry masquerading as "multiculturalism." Instead of promoting genuine diversity and tolerance, "multiculturalism" has been used to squelch dissent, stifle intellectual life, and undermine liberal academic traditions. No American university has been more closely identified with this trend than Stanford University, and in this trenchant, hard-hitting book Sacks and Thiel (both Stanford graduates) draw upon hundreds of primary sources---class readings, official publications, course syllabi, the Stanford Daily, etc.---to produce a damning portrait of a university that has recreated the taboos, myths, rites, and social intolerance characteristic of many non-Western societies. Nathan Glazer, professor of education, Harvard University, says "THE DIVERSITY MYTH is the most thorough and detailed account yet available of what 'multiculturalism' has meant at a major American university." Everyone concerned about the future of American education needs to read this eye-opening book.