Dec 20, 2023·edited Dec 20, 2023Liked by Max Borders
Right you are. The idea that different racial (or gender) representations in different fields must be due to racism or sexism is clearly fallacious. And if it were true, shouldn't we start our corrective actions by forcing the National Basketball Association to hire more whites? Blacks are, after all, heavily "overrepresented" there, and as a hugely lucrative and prestigeous profession, it's imperative that any unfairness be stamped out immediately! Of course, none of the pushers of the notion that the world is awash in endless racism and sexism would take this position, but if they were intellectually consistent, they would.
Hsu and Weinstein are heros, no less so for being (perhaps) reluctantly thrust into the role. Their actions are a reminder to all of us to follow Solzhenitsyn's admonition, "Live not by lies."
Right you are. The idea that different racial (or gender) representations in different fields must be due to racism or sexism is clearly fallacious. And if it were true, shouldn't we start our corrective actions by forcing the National Basketball Association to hire more whites? Blacks are, after all, heavily "overrepresented" there, and as a hugely lucrative and prestigeous profession, it's imperative that any unfairness be stamped out immediately! Of course, none of the pushers of the notion that the world is awash in endless racism and sexism would take this position, but if they were intellectually consistent, they would.
Hsu and Weinstein are heros, no less so for being (perhaps) reluctantly thrust into the role. Their actions are a reminder to all of us to follow Solzhenitsyn's admonition, "Live not by lies."
Props as always to the intellectually courageous like Bret and Hsu.