Amen! Just listening to you, Glenn, it is obvious you have earned your stripes! 😊
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You are the man. In a better world you would be widely regarded as a role model for all young men to follow. I'm a straight, white male and I know I will never achieve 20% of your intellect. I just admire how you have the courage to try to make the world a better place.
1 year ago | 5
Well said Dr. Loury, all too often these days we are forced to view ones achievements with race. Then so flips the coin that if we're talking about race and achievements, then how did one attain that status, it must be due to DEI or affirmative action. Which these are such low hanging fruit to speak on in light of someone's achievements academic or otherwise. What happened to just being human and appreciating the fact that this human did thus and thus. Nobody cares if Plato or Socrates was White or Black, we just talk about there philosophies. Again I totally agree with you and I love your show, praying for your recovery as well.
1 year ago (edited) | 1
I have been following you and John for quite a few years now and always enjoy the conversations and debates you have. It is glaringly obvious you are not an affirmative action product. Your suit is very full.
1 year ago | 1
New age isnt about individualism ,I'm glad I'm old .its all down hill from here and young people love it
1 year ago | 1
Sorry you feel that way, Glenn. Unfortunately these processes have warped society to the point that “nuanced conversations” are impossible, if not pointless.
1 year ago | 0
Glenn, the fact that you hold this position yet acknowledge that you understand the position of the other side whom you disagree is *rare*, and and reminds me to do the same in my disagreements and discussions. It also reminds me to remember that they’re are people like yourself that acknowledge that favoritism exists (at the moment) but that doesn’t mean that they are a product of that favoritism. Both can be true and that leads to… nuance. Shit. There are millions of humans that agree with you across the racial spectrum. I’m lucky to know many personally because my background and hometown lead me to knowing all sorts of people, but isn’t is amazing how much resistance there is to making your point out loud, in public, for all to hear? It shocks me but does not surprise me.
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Juxtapose the following "Did Earn It" and "Didn't Earn It" what strips you of your agency.
1 year ago | 0
I mean by definition you could never know whether or not you truly earned it, that’s the ball and chain that is affirmative action. You can say you did…you probably did…but you can’t really ever know.
1 year ago | 0
Exactly! Remove affirmative action and the nay sayers have nothing to stand on. Even more valuable, those who achieve are never in doubt of their own success.
1 year ago | 0
The discussions should also consider victims of affirmative action,….the patients on the operating table! The builders of the bridges, airplanes, houses that will fall apart. The soldier’s on the battlefield being led by WOKE trained incompetent’s, the fire captain’s shouting wrong orders to firemen at the fires edge, the police WOKE captains giving orders to the policemen running toward criminals (it’s okay to shoot at policemen just don’t fire at the criminals! )The government bureaucrats, run by DEI political activists who have traded academics for political loyalty. This is about the welfare of the nation, not the emotions of a very few political activists. Looking only at color to explain what is happening misses some other important variables, that have pulled our country down. The entire country become victims!
1 year ago | 0
Hallelujah, brother. Any self-respecting person ought to feel insulted and demeaned by the idea that their race is an otherwise insurmountable handicap to their success.
1 year ago | 0
I like you Glenn but it seems that every time someone asks for a "nuanced" conversation they're denying some simple truth
1 year ago | 0
There are hundreds and thousands of people like you. Some will get a chance to blossom. Many will not. It’s always been just a numbers game. Good on you though.
1 year ago | 0
Yes it does diminish the hard work, you get the job and the education even if you're not qualified even if you don't work hard, if you were successful achievers AA and dei wouldn't have been created in the first place and you would have at least one first world country. Calling me a racist for standing up for my people and speaking truth is unfair but it's no longer an insult it is a badge of honor.
1 year ago | 0
Amen, and I listen to you as you are someone with nuance and intellect. However, taking it away from you specifically, can you understand whhy people question such things given the fact that people are possibly put into positions they are not qualified for?
1 year ago | 0
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My extraordinary abilities carried me forward, despite the challenges of racism and discrimination in America.
When someone presumes I didn’t get into MIT without affirmative action, it minimizes my achievements.
The truth is, every Black person benefits from affirmative action whether they ask for it, need it, or not.
But that doesn’t diminish the hard work and talent it takes to succeed.
It’s not about political positions; it’s about defending my own dignity.
To have my accomplishments chalked up to favoritism is deeply frustrating.
I resent it. I don’t like it, need it, or want it.
Calling me a “sellout” for standing up for myself is unfair and insulting.
We need to have nuanced conversations about these issues that respect individual experiences and acknowledge the complex realities we navigate.
I’m proud of what I’ve achieved through my own merits.
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