It's a nutty mindset that pretends culture has nothing to do with anything. William Darity says *people* can make different choices from one another but groups cannot. What does he think groups are made of?
A few years ago I was in a big car with a family full of parents, kids, cousins, etc., driving through Rocky Mountain National Park singing along with John Denver songs. You know how white people are. A few days later, in a small town, a van rolled into a parking lot blaring loud rap music, something about putting a cap in someone on a street somewhere. When the van disgorged, I saw that the occupants were white. Whatever. Which vehicle would I want rolling past me late at night if I were alone? One was about filling up senses and the other was about murder.
Gray's about education assertion was funny. I've heard it many times, and it's obviously untrue. The world is full of "known" things that are wrong. Type in a few words about diversity in business and you'll see a raft of articles telling us diversity is good for business. Profits are higher. Click the links (usually two levels deep) and we learn that someone did a survey asking employees if they *thought* diversity was good for business. Surprise! Many said yes—because their executives (who know better) told them so. Google prefers the popular lie over things that are true. Look up anything on women and investing and we learn that women are "better" investors. Yet (if we find real data) we learn they are much less likely to invest. How can they be better if they sit on their cash? Somebody did a study, and got the results they wanted. Google features the lie, multiplies it by ten, and it becomes our truth.
Gray's bashing of capitalism was fun also. Apparently the microphone she spoke into invented itself.
Great job, Glen. Both of you were cordial and respectful, a nice change from how these conversations can go (Kendi, Coates, etc.).
It's a nutty mindset that pretends culture has nothing to do with anything. William Darity says *people* can make different choices from one another but groups cannot. What does he think groups are made of?
A few years ago I was in a big car with a family full of parents, kids, cousins, etc., driving through Rocky Mountain National Park singing along with John Denver songs. You know how white people are. A few days later, in a small town, a van rolled into a parking lot blaring loud rap music, something about putting a cap in someone on a street somewhere. When the van disgorged, I saw that the occupants were white. Whatever. Which vehicle would I want rolling past me late at night if I were alone? One was about filling up senses and the other was about murder.
Gray's about education assertion was funny. I've heard it many times, and it's obviously untrue. The world is full of "known" things that are wrong. Type in a few words about diversity in business and you'll see a raft of articles telling us diversity is good for business. Profits are higher. Click the links (usually two levels deep) and we learn that someone did a survey asking employees if they *thought* diversity was good for business. Surprise! Many said yes—because their executives (who know better) told them so. Google prefers the popular lie over things that are true. Look up anything on women and investing and we learn that women are "better" investors. Yet (if we find real data) we learn they are much less likely to invest. How can they be better if they sit on their cash? Somebody did a study, and got the results they wanted. Google features the lie, multiplies it by ten, and it becomes our truth.
Gray's bashing of capitalism was fun also. Apparently the microphone she spoke into invented itself.
Great job, Glen. Both of you were cordial and respectful, a nice change from how these conversations can go (Kendi, Coates, etc.).