Let me first say that I admire Sam Harris and subscribe to his podcast. I share his desire to live in a world in which skin color is as incidental as hair color. However, I was surprised by his question about why we should investigate group level academic performance. Glenn’s answer to this was perfect. As long as the wokes allege racism to be the cause of disparities, then we will need to gather facts and data to prove that racism is not the cause of the disparities. Murray’s “Facing Reality” was the inevitable response to false accusations about racism’s role in our society, regardless of how sad it was to read that book. Harris is way too smart and thoughtful to not know this.
Let me first say that I admire Sam Harris and subscribe to his podcast. I share his desire to live in a world in which skin color is as incidental as hair color. However, I was surprised by his question about why we should investigate group level academic performance. Glenn’s answer to this was perfect. As long as the wokes allege racism to be the cause of disparities, then we will need to gather facts and data to prove that racism is not the cause of the disparities. Murray’s “Facing Reality” was the inevitable response to false accusations about racism’s role in our society, regardless of how sad it was to read that book. Harris is way too smart and thoughtful to not know this.