Glenn Loury

Here's what I think, Tucker. I think, and I've written about this in essays and so on. I think that there are basically two dispositions that you can have in thinking about the persistence of racial inequality, what I call the bias narrative. And the bias narrative is that we're behind because they have kept us out.

And that affords your white liberal do-gooders an opportunity to side on the historical imperative of let's stop the bias. Let's fight racism, anti-racism. And there's the development narrative. And the development narrative basically says that

And that affords your white liberal do-gooders an opportunity to side on the historical imperative of let's stop the bias. Let's fight racism, anti-racism. And there's the development narrative. And the development narrative basically says that

And that affords your white liberal do-gooders an opportunity to side on the historical imperative of let's stop the bias. Let's fight racism, anti-racism. And there's the development narrative. And the development narrative basically says that

The long history of enslavement, Jim Crow exclusion and segregation has left African Americans with an imperative to develop our human potential more fully. We were denied the complete opportunity to do so. The doors, however, have opened substantially and the ball is in our court.

The long history of enslavement, Jim Crow exclusion and segregation has left African Americans with an imperative to develop our human potential more fully. We were denied the complete opportunity to do so. The doors, however, have opened substantially and the ball is in our court.

The long history of enslavement, Jim Crow exclusion and segregation has left African Americans with an imperative to develop our human potential more fully. We were denied the complete opportunity to do so. The doors, however, have opened substantially and the ball is in our court.

That is the existential challenge, in my opinion, that African Americans have faced for a half century, since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, to grasp the nettle and to seize the imperative of measuring up, of fulfilling our potential of development.

That is the existential challenge, in my opinion, that African Americans have faced for a half century, since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, to grasp the nettle and to seize the imperative of measuring up, of fulfilling our potential of development.

That is the existential challenge, in my opinion, that African Americans have faced for a half century, since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, to grasp the nettle and to seize the imperative of measuring up, of fulfilling our potential of development.

The white liberals that you were just referring to, who are interested in being on the right side of history by doing the right thing by Black people, embrace the bias narrative and give us an excuse to not take up the challenge of the development narrative. Meanwhile, the country is moving on. The world is moving on. The world gets small. You get globalization.

The white liberals that you were just referring to, who are interested in being on the right side of history by doing the right thing by Black people, embrace the bias narrative and give us an excuse to not take up the challenge of the development narrative. Meanwhile, the country is moving on. The world is moving on. The world gets small. You get globalization.

The white liberals that you were just referring to, who are interested in being on the right side of history by doing the right thing by Black people, embrace the bias narrative and give us an excuse to not take up the challenge of the development narrative. Meanwhile, the country is moving on. The world is moving on. The world gets small. You get globalization.

The world gets shaken by one after another technological revolution, which changes everything. And we're in the midst of one right now with the AI and all that that's going on. The demography changes. You get tens of millions of people coming from non-European ports of call and making their lives in this country. There are more Hispanics by far than there are Blacks in the United States right now.

The world gets shaken by one after another technological revolution, which changes everything. And we're in the midst of one right now with the AI and all that that's going on. The demography changes. You get tens of millions of people coming from non-European ports of call and making their lives in this country. There are more Hispanics by far than there are Blacks in the United States right now.

The world gets shaken by one after another technological revolution, which changes everything. And we're in the midst of one right now with the AI and all that that's going on. The demography changes. You get tens of millions of people coming from non-European ports of call and making their lives in this country. There are more Hispanics by far than there are Blacks in the United States right now.

The Asians... if you can speak in those generic terms, are here to stay. The world is getting small. So not confronting the development challenge, continuing to take the victim stance, continuing to rely on the largesse and the beneficence of supposedly supportive white liberals is a disaster. For black people.

The Asians... if you can speak in those generic terms, are here to stay. The world is getting small. So not confronting the development challenge, continuing to take the victim stance, continuing to rely on the largesse and the beneficence of supposedly supportive white liberals is a disaster. For black people.

The Asians... if you can speak in those generic terms, are here to stay. The world is getting small. So not confronting the development challenge, continuing to take the victim stance, continuing to rely on the largesse and the beneficence of supposedly supportive white liberals is a disaster. For black people.

It's not a disaster for the what I call Negro cognoscenti, the anointed ones, the Michelle Obamas of the world, with respect, as much as I can muster. Not a disaster for those who are the ambassadors to white America on behalf of black America, like your friend Al Sharpton. But a disaster for that kid who can't read.