#285 – Glenn Loury: Race, Racism, Identity Politics, and Cancel Culture

Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. 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: - Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $10 in free Bitcoin - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off 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/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (00:30) - Martin Luther King Jr. (09:18) - History of slavery (23:57) - Equality of outcome (40:20) - Math and economics (56:36) - Racial groups (1:09:52) - Black patriotism (1:19:44) - MLK and Malcolm X (1:33:25) - Joe Rogan controversy (1:52:41) - Accusation of racism (2:00:26) - Elon Musk and Twitter (2:05:59) - Universities (2:14:37) - Cognitive inequality (2:27:03) - Politics (2:46:28) - Ketanji Brown Jackson (2:52:32) - Thomas Sowell (2:57:46) - Barack Obama (3:16:24) - Mortality (3:28:38) - Meaning of life