Replying to @PeppGraphic
"If you say I'm a racist, I'm not going to have a conversation with you because I think you're an asshole," Shapiro said.
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- Replying to @PeppGraphicShapiro answered, "It is true. Terrible things have happened to people that look like you, particularly your grandfather. Now the question is, what do you want to do about it? ... The best revenge is success."
- Replying to @PeppGraphic"Identity politics is corrupting our politics," Shapiro said.
- We have confirmation that Pepperdine freshman Alaina Housley was killed in the #BorderLineShooting. She was studying English, a Regents scholar and only 18 years old.
- Replying to @PeppGraphicThe audience member's question (and the final question of the evening), "What is your means to an end?" Shapiro said he wants "everybody treating each other as individuals" and that limiting government can enable that.
- Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was honored as Alumnus of the Year at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology's 2019 graduation. "It is the highest professional honor of my lifetime to receive this award." Watch the full graduation & Ford's speech here: bit.ly/2VDu4Cd
- Replying to @PeppGraphic"It's a disparity, not discrimination," Shapiro said on there allegedly being more Black engineers than there are White engineers at Pepperdine.
- Replying to @PeppGraphic"I apologize for calling it a bitch fest if it was not in fact a bitch fest," Shapiro said. The audience laughed when Shapiro asked if the meeting did speak poorly about him, to which Garen answered that they did.
- Replying to @PeppGraphicThe Q&A portion of the evening has ended. "Thank you for having me. This is one of the best one's that we have done, and I've really enjoyed this university," Shapiro said. Some students gave Shapiro a standing ovation.
- #BREAKING: @Peppperdine announced plans for all classes to be in-person for the fall semester, University President Jim Gash announced today in a university-wide email. This announcement includes all five schools including Seaver College and all four graduate schools.
- Replying to @PeppGraphicAn audience member who is representing @PepperdineBSA asked why Shapiro denies institutional racism. Shapiro answered that it has to do with income mobility. "It's not where people started, it's why does that stuff last?"