Tal Fortgang: The Princeton Honest

In 2014, The Princeton Tory published an article written by, then freshman, Tal Fortgang (Fortgang 1). In the article, Fortgang asserts that opinions on the Princeton campus are often stifled, “Solely on the basis of the person that voiced them” (Fortgang 1). Moreover, he accuses the people who tell him to “‘Check your privilege’” (Fortgang 1) of, “Diminishing everything [he] [has] personally accomplished” (Fortgang 1). Fortgang’s central theme is that his “privilege” was earned by his family, through countless hardships and many years of suffering. In the following month, a dissenting article written by “classmate” (Payton 1) Briana Payton was published by Time magazine. Payton, who subscribes to a political ideology opposite that of Fortgang,