Heather Mac Donald – When Race Trumps Merit

0:00 Heather’s new book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives 8:20 Are racial disparities in medical school the result of racism or skills gaps? 20:03 Do we really know what causes racial disparities? 32:23 Closing racial achievement gaps begins at home 40:39 Will black doctors necessarily provide better care to black patients? 50:26 Canceling Western art 1:00:37 Heather: Colonialism cannot explain the development of art 1:05:21 The stupidity of arguments against “cultural appropriation” 1:18:24 Heather: Lack of policing is a civil rights problem 1:29:43 Is it possible for a cop to get a fair trial? 1:34:40 Race and the future of progressive DAs Recorded April 16, 2023 Links and Readings Heather’s new book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives Stephen Carter’s book, Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby Glenn’s conversation with Charles Murray Charles Murray’s book, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou’s book, The Asian American Achievement Paradox Ronald Ferguson’s learning network, The Basics Pierre Bourdieu’s book, Distinction Heather’s City Journal essay, “Stirring Sounds” Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michael Fortner’s book, Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment Glenn’s conversation with Michael Fortner James Forman Jr.’s book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America Fred Siegal’s City Journal essay, “The Riot Ideology, Reborn”

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