Loury on Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture

Lex Fridman Podcast | Glenn Loury and Lex Fridman

Excellent, in-depth podcast covering MLK and Malcolm X, slavery, equity, math and economics, racial groups, black patriotism, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, universities, cognitive inequalities, Sowell, Obama, mortality and the meaning of life.

On affirmative action:

“I hate affirmative action. I don't just disagree with it. I don't just think it's against the 14th amendment. I hate it. The hatred comes from an understanding that it is a Band-Aid, that it is a substitute for the actual development of the capacities of our people to compete. They want to tell African Americans, pat us on the head [and say] we're going to have a separate program for you, we're going to give you a side door that you can come into. That doesn't make us any smarter, it doesn't make us any more creative, and it doesn't make us any more fit for the actual competition that's unfolding before us.”

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