Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture | Lex Fridman Podcast #285

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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:
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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

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:10 – Martin Luther King Jr.
9:58 – History of slavery
24:36 – Equality of outcome
40:59 – Math and economics
57:15 – Racial groups
1:10:31 – Black patriotism
1:20:24 – MLK and Malcolm X
1:34:04 – Joe Rogan controversy
1:53:21 – Accusation of racism
2:01:05 – Elon Musk and Twitter
2:06:39 – Universities
2:15:16 – Cognitive inequality
2:27:42 – Politics
2:47:08 – Ketanji Brown Jackson
2:53:11 – Thomas Sowell
2:58:26 – Barack Obama
3:17:03 – Mortality
3:29:17 – Meaning of life