0:00 Peter’s role in the Supreme Court affirmative action case

8:57 Are legacy admissions affirmative action by another name?

19:17 Why Peter got interested in affirmative action

24:20 Glenn was for affirmative action before he was against it

30:33 Peter: Universities are not honest about admissions

34:20 The brilliance of Roland Fryer

51:17 Campus diversity after affirmative action

Recorded July 22, 2023

Links and Readings

Glenn’s 2020 conversation with Peter

Peter’s paper, “What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice”

Mary Sue Coleman on the steps of the Supreme Court

John’s book, Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America

Roland Fryer’s paper, “An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force”

Federico Echenique and Roland Fryer’s paper, “A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions”

David Austen-Smith and Roland Fryer’s paper, “The Economics of ‘Acting White’”

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