I agree totally with Glenn that the persecution of Amy Wax is outrageous. Wax is correct to insist on merit in the selection process by which we choose who to train and educate for the skills modern society needs. What I think she is less clear about is her view of the relationship of natural intelligence and culture, in particular the c…
I agree totally with Glenn that the persecution of Amy Wax is outrageous. Wax is correct to insist on merit in the selection process by which we choose who to train and educate for the skills modern society needs. What I think she is less clear about is her view of the relationship of natural intelligence and culture, in particular the culture of work and family life. No amount of raw, natural intelligence will do much good for a child growing up without a safe stable economically secure home life, without books, without a rich verbal interaction with loving, caring, rule-setting independent adults, and especially without a responsible father available. Simply dismantling the self-defeating policies of affirmative action and DEI propaganda at the level of high school and college, while absolutely necessary to fully benefit from existing talent, will not address the prior catastrophe of the cultural dysfunctions of the poor and especially poor blacks.
I agree totally with Glenn that the persecution of Amy Wax is outrageous. Wax is correct to insist on merit in the selection process by which we choose who to train and educate for the skills modern society needs. What I think she is less clear about is her view of the relationship of natural intelligence and culture, in particular the culture of work and family life. No amount of raw, natural intelligence will do much good for a child growing up without a safe stable economically secure home life, without books, without a rich verbal interaction with loving, caring, rule-setting independent adults, and especially without a responsible father available. Simply dismantling the self-defeating policies of affirmative action and DEI propaganda at the level of high school and college, while absolutely necessary to fully benefit from existing talent, will not address the prior catastrophe of the cultural dysfunctions of the poor and especially poor blacks.