Cultural Backlash Against Truth, and Pawns in Political Games, with Glenn Loury and Rob Montz | Ep. 325

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Glenn Loury, Brown University economist, and Rob Montz, filmmaker and Good Kid Productions CEO, to talk about the push to find "pawns in a political game" after the horrific Buffalo tragedy, Roland Fryer's history and the story of his rise and alarming and unfair fall, Fryer's research about the true Black experience, cultural backlash against the truth, what Fryer found about how to help improve educational results in Black communities, the truth about police shooting unarmed Black men, the bizarre #MeToo claims against Fryer and when they originated, the extreme punishment against Fryer, the cowardice on college campuses, affirmative action, the cultural push to claim Kanye West is "crazy" instead of engaging with his ideas, the "spiral of silence" when it comes to certain crimes of the wrong narrative, the racial reckoning failing certain minority groups in America, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone on Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:14.6	I'm excited about today's program because we are bringing back one of my very favorite
0:17.8	guests of all time and what a day for him to be here.
0:22.1	These days it seems like the cancel culture of vultures are coming for anyone and everyone.
0:26.8	We have witnessed people being silenced for their politics, alleged misdeeds, even their
0:31.5	stance on issues that just don't fit the narrative that some are trying to sell.
0:36.8	And today we're going to discuss one such person, a brilliant economist who had his life's
0:41.5	work destroyed.
0:44.1	We are also keeping tabs on the follow-up from the horrific shooting in Buffalo.
0:48.0	Even that attack has turned into an effort to silence certain voices, those of course,
0:52.2	all on the right.
0:53.8	And are there critics telling the truth more on that moment?
0:57.3	First though, I want to welcome Brown University economist Glenn Lowry back to the show.
1:02.1	And also joining us today is Rob Mons, Rob's a filmmaker and CEO of Good Kid Productions.
1:08.3	And there's a reason we have them both on together.
1:15.6	Glenn and Rob, thanks so much for being here.
1:17.3	Thanks Megan.
1:18.3	Thank you so much for having me.
1:20.2	It's our pleasure.
1:21.2	All right, so you guys have taken a deep dive into what happened to Roland Fryer.
1:28.1	And I want to get into all of that.
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