Jason Riley on Race in America

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🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Journalist and author Jason Riley talks about race with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Riley argues that the challenges facing Black America go beyond racial discrimination and the threat of police violence. He argues that both the history of Black Americans and the current situation has been distorted by activists who benefit from that distorted picture.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
0:14.0	Go to econtalk.org where you could subscribe, comment on this episode and find links and
0:18.5	other information related to today's conversation.
0:21.5	You'll also find our archives, but every episode we've done going back to 2006.
0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:30.2	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.2	Today is April 15, 2021, and my guest is journalist and author Jason Rylee.
0:42.3	It's a fellow with the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
0:46.4	His latest book coming out soon is Maverick, a biography of Thomas Saul.
0:50.8	I want to thank the Union League Legacy Foundation for partnering with us on this episode.
0:56.0	This was part of a live webinar last month.
0:58.9	Jason, welcome to econtalk.
1:00.8	Thank you.
1:02.8	Our topic for today is race and with some politics and economics.
1:06.8	Let's start with the black experience today, this moment, 2021.
1:10.6	Is the glass half full or half empty?
1:14.0	Well, I'm an optimist, Russ, so I kind of always see it as half full.
1:23.0	The question is always for me whether people are taking advantage of the opportunities that
1:29.6	exist today.
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