My main take-away from this video is that there's hope. It seems that there are a lot of students that were not previously challenged by Social Justice ideologies prior to these situations and when they were, their own values blocked the indoctrination.
The context of this is supposed to be some kind of awkward "reverse Q&A" where current (and later on in the talk, former) students come up and give their "experiences" on social justice.
At first, it was unfocused and even silly. But I think that's the point: just a non-confrontational, non-agenda driven talk, at least in the beginning.
In fact, I believe the unfocused kick-off was intentional. Perhaps they were hoping to attract the random, casual pro-SJW into the talk, but nobody from that camp showed up, which is too bad.
Anti-SJW vs. Non-SJW
I just want to clarify that nobody in the group seemed starkly against Social Justice. Many of them seemed left-leaning. So for this reason, I use the term "non-SJW" to represent the opposing position.
It's not that they don't believe in justice for social issues, in so many words. Who would be against that kind of social justice? But it's obvious that the loaded term we know as "Social Justice" is different from social justice.
What's interesting is that a few of them come forward and basically say they don't think they're getting a good education because the curriculum is focused on what amounts to intersectionality.
They don't use the term "intersectionality" but they certainly do describe it.
"Race/Gender/Pronoun"
One guy wants to be a math teacher. But he feels like he's wasting time on things like designing gender-neutral bathrooms (11:38). This was a common theme.
"I just want my credentials."
They're just there to get their certification and they keep their head down to accomplish this. Turns out this is a common theme before and after university.
This is the self-censorship strategy. It doesn't matter if the venue is protected by First Amendment or not, when people are willing to self-censor.
"Where is this coming from?"
Some students in the video noticed that it's typically only about three students per class that are actually, vocally pro-SJW. And while the faculty seems to be pro-SJW, behind closed doors, some are not.
While the non-SJW students are worried about getting their degree, these faculty are worried about losing their tenure or Title IX violations.
So where is this coming from? There must be a reason that non-SJW students and faculty feel like they need to sneak around. The consensus in the video is that nobody really knows.
Therefore, it seems like a zeitgeist.
This all reminded me that the mere idea of "Social Justice Is Privilege," also a theme in this very talk. Here in the US, we live in Disneyland, at least from the perspective of most of the world. And in our Disneyland, we have people dressed up as cartoon characters, running around trying to fix the rest of us, on a superficial level.
These cartoon characters are trying to get us to put on the costume. But the free-thinkers see the costume as a distraction.
By the way, there are guests at Disneyland, the real Disneyland, who think a lot about how to go about dressing up. These are adults who take great pleasure in this. They call it "bounding." It's cute. They study the topic in order to figure out exactly how to dress up properly, so they can enjoy themselves, and also avoid being kicked out.
I think there's an interesting parallel to intersectionality. If you're a privileged ally, you put a lot of thought into how to put on the costume without overstepping (e.g.)
Any student that has navigated these curricula of late, and come out the other end of their university experience with useful education and credentials, is a hero in my book. If they had to put up with this nonsense and kept their sanity, they will be all the better for it.
That's why I think there's hope. The ones who instead stay attached to the SJW movement during and after getting their degree will be useless to society and they'll be easy to spot.