Lex Fridman Podcast
#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture
Sat, 14 May 2022
Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $10 in free Bitcoin - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off EPISODE LINKS: Glenn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlennLoury Glenn's Substack: https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn's YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GlennLouryShow The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (book): https://amzn.to/3N7jmz0 Race, Incarceration, and American Values (book): https://amzn.to/398ywpk PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:12) - Martin Luther King Jr. (16:00) - History of slavery (30:39) - Equality of outcome (47:02) - Math and economics (1:03:17) - Racial groups (1:16:33) - Black patriotism (1:26:26) - MLK and Malcolm X (1:40:07) - Joe Rogan controversy (1:59:23) - Accusation of racism (2:07:08) - Elon Musk and Twitter (2:12:41) - Universities (2:21:19) - Cognitive inequality (2:33:45) - Politics (2:53:10) - Ketanji Brown Jackson (2:59:14) - Thomas Sowell (3:04:28) - Barack Obama (3:23:06) - Mortality (3:35:20) - Meaning of life
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