Overcoming the Odds with Roland Fryer (S3 Ep.18)

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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My guest today is Roland Fryer. Roland is an economics professor at Harvard University. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and the Bates medal. Roland is probably among the top five most frequent guest requests that I get. So it was really exciting to finally have him on the show. In this episode, we discuss Roland's childhood and the many obstacles he had to overcome in order to become a top-notch economist. We talk about his relationship with his grandmother and his father, our relationships to our own racial identities, the progress that America has made in fighting racism, and whether race consciousness can ever be a good thing. We also talk about why high school is boring for so many people and what can be done about it, stand-up comedy, and the power of humor. We discuss Roland's famous empirical work on the prevalence of racial bias and police shootings and arrests, and the implications of this research for the Black Lives Matter movement. We go on to talk about Roland's meeting with President Obama, what Roland learned by doing ride-alongs with police officers, data-driven ways to improve K through 12 education, the nebulous concept of systemic racism, Roland's alternative Diversity Equity and Inclusion company, and much more. *My apologies for the drop in Roland's audio quality in this episode. Unfortunately, we faced some network issues during the time of recording, thus the drop in quality. Despite the technical inconvenience, I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did. -Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code [20COLEMAN] at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code [20COLEMAN]. -Sign up through wren.co/coleman to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! -Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN to get two, 10 oz New York strip steaks and 8 oz of lobster claw and knuckle meat FREE in your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Roland Fryer.
1:09.4	Roland is an economics professor at Harvard University. He is a
1:13.2	recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant and the Bates Medal. Roland is probably among the top five
1:18.5	most frequent guest requests that I get, so it was really exciting to finally have him on the show.
1:23.3	In this episode, we discussed Roland's childhood and the many obstacles he had to overcome in order to become a top-notch economist.
1:29.8	We discuss his relationship with his grandmother and his father.
1:33.2	We both discuss our relationships to our own racial identities.
1:36.6	We discuss the progress that America has made in fighting racism.
1:40.0	We talk about whether race consciousness can ever be a good thing.
1:42.8	We talk about why high school is boring for so many people and what can be done about it.
1:47.0	We talk about stand-up comedy and the power of humor.
1:50.0	We discuss Roland's famous empirical work on the prevalence of racial bias in police shootings and arrests,
1:55.8	and the implications of this research for the Black Lives Matter movement.
1:59.1	We talk about Roland's meeting with President
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