The Problem of Race Equity in Black Americans

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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.

Shermer and Reeves discuss: • comparison method: U.S. vs. other WERID countries • education • work/labor market • family • marriage • Divorce/custody/spousal support/child support • intersectionality I: Black boys and men vs. White boys and men • intersectionality II: poor boys and men vs. middle class/upper class boys and men • What is a man? (nature and nurture in the making of a male) • what the political left gets wrong about boys and men • what the political right gets wrong about boys and men • solutions: red shirt boys early; men in STEM and HEAL • fatherhood as an independent institution

Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, where he directs the Boys and Men Project and holds the John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair. He is the author of Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It(2017) and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic.