Amy Wax and other scholars who make the kind of argument she makes about the cultural contributions to racial disparities often take some heated criticism. It’s important to recognize however that this same argument is made by some black cultural… Read moreSome discussion topics and questions from Amy Wax’s book
Here is a psychologist at Temple University describing his research on racial and ethnic disparities in educational outcomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGx17P_O2LI. How does this research fit with the arguments made in Amy Wax’s book? What, if anything, could be done to address… Read moreOn racial and ethnic disparities in the US in educational outcomes
Huntington discusses this at length, but with data that are now nearly 20 years old. Here’s some more recent data, which show that the broad trend he describes is still the case. What do you make of this fact?
his seems to me a near-perfect example of the conflict Huntington is talking about in chapter 7. Maher seems to want to be making a point about inequality, but it is clearly clothed in a more or less unconcealed contempt… Read moreHuntington and the conflict between elites and ‘flyover America’
Just reposting these for your convenience. For everyone, be sure to read the guidelines for how to participate in workshops (I’ve cut and pasted the whole thing below just in case you can’t find it). If you’re among those students… Read moreWorkshopping Friday (repost)