I was pleased to appear on an episode of the Stephen Gardner Youtube channel that broadcast on February 2, 2025. Stephen has almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube, and the show segment so far has almost 200,000 views.
So this is very much a modern streaming phenomenon that has a viewership larger than many legacy media outlets. I appreciated being able to access an audience that might not normally read Legal Insurrection.
We covered a variety of topics centering around DEI, starting with the history of how Critical Legal Theory led to Critical Race Theory led to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the impact on society and education. Stephen made an analogy to the metaphor of the Boiling Frog (at 06:50):
WAJ (05:44): … And so this is how it all developed. And a lot of people felt [post George Floyd], where did this come from? It came out of nowhere. Well, no, it didn’t come out of nowhere. It was 20 to 30 years in the making, and it captured key institutions in our society.Gardner (06:51): Okay, so like the story of the boiling frog, it’s just so gradual. You don’t realize the water temperature has doubled…..WAJ (08:50): … Yeah, I mean, it was the boiling frog until the frog realizes it’s too late, the frog doesn’t realize it’s boiling…..
We also touched on DEI’s damage, it’s connection (or not) to the DC plane crash and California fires. We ended with a discussion of campus free speech in the context of the post-October 7 protests.
Watch below.
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