299. Richard Reeves — Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Problem of Race Equity in Black Americans
There is a gendered effect in terms of roll models. And that's where the problem of race equity really with black americans. We do need more rol models of all kinds, across all kinds of occupations. Ive just discovered thater among psychologists under the age of 30, ninet five % are women. So you need, i think, enough representation. The people i've spoken to about this think that 30 % is a kind of roughly the right number. Like, once you get 30 % representation, then it's not too gendered a lot as to be off-putting. But we might not see 50% ideal until some time down the line.
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