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

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Released

May 14, 2022

Duration

3h 32m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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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 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/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 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 SOCIAL:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Glenn Loury

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• Lex Fridman

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Glenn Loury and Lex Fridman, Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture | Lex Fridman Podcast #285 explores glenn Loury challenges racial dogma, merit, and modern victimhood culture Glenn Loury, economist and social commentator, uses history, economics, and personal experience to question prevailing narratives about race, equality, and victimhood in America. He distinguishes equality of status and opportunity from equality of outcomes, arguing that cultural patterns and human capital development matter as much as formal anti-discrimination law. Loury is sharply critical of affirmative action, contemporary anti-racism, and identity politics, which he sees as masking deeper problems in family structure, education, crime, and personal responsibility. Throughout, he defends free inquiry, colorblind civic patriotism, and the need for Black Americans to embrace strength, competence, and full American citizenship rather than grievance-based politics.

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