John McWhorter – The End of Race-Based Affirmative Action

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=0s" target="_blank">0:00</a> John: Let’s be honest about what “taking race into account” means in affirmative action</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=609s" target="_blank">10:09</a> Glenn: How can anyone argue that race-based affirmative action doesn’t violate the 14th Amendment?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=1169s" target="_blank">19:29</a> Why are we so focused on elite institutions?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=1472s" target="_blank">24:32</a> John: The University of California works just fine without “racial preferences”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=1828s" target="_blank">30:28</a> “You’re pulling the ladder up behind you” is an invalid critique</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=2100s" target="_blank">35:00</a> John: The fact that racism exists does not justify changing standards</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=2644s" target="_blank">44:04</a> Why Roland Fryer thinks we should put our money where our mouth is on race and education</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7EMaTEb3NM&#38;t=3064s" target="_blank">51:04</a> Will the post-Students for Fair Admissions future turn into a “Hardship Olympics”?</p><p>Recorded July 8, 2023</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://zacharybleemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AA_Mismatch_Paper.pdf" target="_blank">Zachary Bleemer’s paper, “Affirmative Action, Mismatch, and Economic Mobility after California’s Proposition 209”</a></p><p><a href="https://zacharybleemer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/URM_Admissions_Paper.pdf" target="_blank">Zachary Bleemer’s paper, “Affirmative Action and Its Race-Neutral Alternatives”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf" target="_blank">The Supreme Court opinions in </a><em>Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Race-Self-Sabotage-Black-America/dp/0060935936" target="_blank">John’s book, </a><em>Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/opinion/race-academia-preferences.html" target="_blank">John’s NYT piece, “On Race and Academia”</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/05/opinion/affirmative-action-college-admissions.html" target="_blank">Roland Fryer’s NYT oped, “How to Fix College Admissions Now”</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>