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Mac Donald’s book addresses the impact that “Diversity” has on the Universities and American culture. Universities are diverting more and more money and power to useless diversity programs. As with any bureaucracy, once these departments are set up they are almost impossible to discard. Mac Donald points out that Universities such as Yale and UCLA are the safest spot for minority students and women in the world, yet they are often accused of permitting horrible crimes against each group. Mac Donald skewers the left’s arguments for more racial and gender-based diversity on campuses. Her book is also a defense of the western canon and civilization. In an interesting chapter she discusses the success of the Great Courses program. There clearly is a desire for classical liberal arts education in the United States and private companies are filling the void. Nonfiction bestseller lists are full of biographies of great men and accounts of the Revolution, the Civil War, WWI, WWII and other topics that are rarely taught at the University. Mac Donald’s sharp, opinionated, often Menckenesque prose is on target and also a delight to read.