Police
The conviction of Derek Chauvin presents an opportune time to take a fresh look at the police killing of Black people. Many Americans — including Philonise Floyd, Rev. Al Sharpton, Geraldo Rivera, LeBron James, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Sixers coach Doc Waters — have said in different words — and appear to believe
Racism
Glenn C. Loury is a professor of economics at Brown University and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. This is an edited version of a lecture delivered at Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership on February 1. —- There is a fashionable standoffishness
Racism
To the tune of “Green Eggs and Ham” I am Suess/No excuse/I am Suess Do you like/Yellow Japs and Blacks?/I do not like them I am Suess/I have no excuse Would you like them/Here or there? I would not like/Them anywhere I am
Racism
Let’s agree there’s more than one way to skin a cat, but no one should want to skin a cat. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping used to say he didn’t care what color a cat was, as long at it caught mice. Curiously — because cats are curious — this
Racism
I don’t pretend the know the ins and outs of how Philly Fighting COVID, which seems to have been an after school extracurricular activity, became Philadelphia’s No. 1 supplier of COVID testing, and then vaccine. Some of it was explained in an Inquirer story that had several notable
Racism
The moment of my real race awakening came in 1955 with the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi for supposedly flirting with a white woman. He was a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago. I was a 14-year-old white boy from The Bronx. Maybe I felt some kind of teenage, Big
Systemic Racism
As a journalist, I notice that the phrase “systemic racism” is being presented as fact by most media outlets I am looking at. It is not “reputed,” not “alleged,” not “believed.” Adopting the phrase was not a decision made by a Grand Wazoo. It is the result of Leftist group
Racism
You can’t have a discussion without a common language. To facilitate discussion, here is a glossary of “racial equity” terms, drawn from a variety of sources. The definitions are shaped more by progressive politics than by linguistics. The language is sometimes turgid because it is rooted in academia, not
Racism
“End racism.” We hear the cry daily, but how? Where does racism begin? We are not born with it. Are we? “South Pacific,” a 1949 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, was one of the first to explore racial prejudice. Set during World War II, the plot concerns a U.S.
Mummers Parade
In my most recent post, I broke one of my general principles and embarrassed myself. The general principle is to avoid using the term “racist,” which is thrown about too casually, unless I was sure. I withhold it because I regard it to be a serious, toxic accusation. My reticence
Racism
What had been the annual occasion for most Americans to take pride in the accomplished men and women of our service academies was smeared by apparently racist symbols flashed by a handful of cadets and midshipmen. I am giving them the “apparently” because they could have been playing something called
Police
“There is no such thing as racism.” A ludicrous statement. Here’s another: “Everything is racist.” No one says those words, but it is evident in the way some people reach for the R-word with no actual evidence. I’ll give you a recent example, one that comes from — brace