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The scourge of white supremacy does not even spare public services

  • Posted on October 12, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Justin Wolfers recently published a piece in the New York Times in which he describes the results of a study about discrimination by local public officials in the US. I was going to publish a post about gun control, but…

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Links – 10/03/2017

  • Posted on October 3, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

L. J. Zigerell had an interesting exchange with the authors of a recent meta-analysis of field experiments about discrimination on the labor market. According to him, the data suggests there is a strong publication bias, but they argue that’s not really…

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  • Sociology

The reality of police violence in the US

  • Posted on September 15, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I wrote a post a few months ago that generated a lot of controversy and was heavily criticized. I wrote it after the officer who killed Philando Castile was acquitted, which prompted everyone to lament the so-called epidemic of unarmed…

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A politically incorrect guide to affirmative action

  • Posted on August 30, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

During the controversy about James Damore’s infamous memo, which I briefly discussed here, I read a lot of nonsense from a lot of people, who clearly don’t understand much about this debate. If you have been following the debate about…

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The problem with hiring smart people is that sometimes they see through your bullshit

  • Posted on August 6, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A software engineer at Google recently wrote a document that circulated internally before it was leaked, where he argues that instead of programs that promote gender/racial diversity by discriminating against white men, the company should try to promote ideological diversity…

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