Saturday, January 25, 2025

How to Fight the Science of Racism

Science podcast:
The science of racism, and how to fight it
Science Weekly
This features a Black man complaining of racism.

His first example is moms get more parental leave that dad. This shows sexism, and hence that structural racism.

His second example is that Blacks buying sunglasses at high-end stores are treated with more suspicion than Whites.

These are ridiculous. Moms get more time for giving birth, because they are the ones who give birth. Blacks are treated with more suspicion because they steal more sunglasses.

It says "50 percent of people believe that racism is no longer an issue today."

I am not sure if it is trying to stop racism, or stop the science of racism.

Interestingly, it does not claim that there is an unconscious bias problem.

1 comment:

CFT said...

I remember the dark ages... when men received NO maternity leave unless you are counting taking the wife to the hospital and subsequent delivery. Guys just saved up their vacation leave like normal people do for personal matters.

Wow. We were such primitive savages back then.