Eddie Glaude: Trump Is Going After Harvard Because Rich White People ‘Believe They Possess These Institutions’

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GLAUDE JR.: “I think it's really important for us to understand. He also says something out loud as well -- not too long ago, a couple of days ago -- he said that with all of these foreign students being admitted to places like Harvard, there are no seats left for Americans. And you combine that with the critique of race-based admissions, this is about really these institutions, Chris, trying to build a student body that reflects not only the diversity of the country but the diversity of the world, and Trump stoking a particular kind of grievance, because people like him, their children can't seem to get into Harvard like they used to. They can't get into the Columbias and the Princetons like they used to. They're having difficulty getting into the Lehighs and the Williams like they used to. They believe they possess these institutions. And so by virtue of their particular positions of power, they are trying to in some ways capture them once again.”