You have to remember that one of the major activist groups in support of affirmative action is called, in full, the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights, and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary.
By Any Means Necessary.
There really is no way for a bureaucratic institution like a university to win against such a committed, devoted movement. If the university didn't "buckle", the activists would find a target higher up the chain to pressure to punish the university -- grant and endowment sponsors, that sort of thing. Get students to rally on or near the residences of the professors who approved the talk. Send activists to physically blockade the building where the talk is supposed to be given. And on and on. When nothing is off the table -- when there are "no bad tactics, only bad targets" -- there are plenty of fallbacks to employ if your first plan fails.
By Any Means Necessary.
There really is no way for a bureaucratic institution like a university to win against such a committed, devoted movement. If the university didn't "buckle", the activists would find a target higher up the chain to pressure to punish the university -- grant and endowment sponsors, that sort of thing. Get students to rally on or near the residences of the professors who approved the talk. Send activists to physically blockade the building where the talk is supposed to be given. And on and on. When nothing is off the table -- when there are "no bad tactics, only bad targets" -- there are plenty of fallbacks to employ if your first plan fails.