During his address, Mr. Horowitz never endorsed affirmative action, or suggested that women have a hard time in corporate America. Bates College students and a guest speaker argued Monday night whether America is an oppressive nation. The appeal came after a young woman who was so frustrated at being unable to talk down Horowitz, swore and stormed from the room. As he finished and opened the floor to questions, some students in the back of the room hissed at his remarks.
Institutional racism is a phantom idea.
If America is oppressive, how could a black woman from a poor background such as Oprah Winfrey become such a powerful force in society, he asked. This is a really good country for black people. It's because of those principles which the Left has set out to destroy. Those principles include affirmative action, said the man who took part in civil-rights marches in the '60s. We are not all equal, he said.