Dennis Prager, the radio host and founder of PragerU, argues in this interview that American colleges have become places where students are taught contempt for their own country. Prager, who also appears in the documentary film No Safe Spaces, made with comedian Adam Carolla, says that many universities no longer aim to teach students how to think, but what to think — and that the lesson, too often, is that America is fundamentally unjust.
The discussion covers the ideas Prager says dominate campus life: that free speech should give way to protection from offence, that American history should be taught mainly as a story of oppression, and that dissenting views should be silenced rather than debated. He links those attitudes to a wider left-wing outlook, arguing that students who learn to despise their country at college carry that contempt into journalism, teaching, and public life.
Whether viewers share Prager’s conclusions or not, this is a clear statement of a central conservative criticism of higher education. It will interest anyone following debates about free speech, safe spaces, and the role of universities in American life.