Is There a Reason Why I Still Want Affirmative Action?

David Bernstein is a Law Professor and Executive Director of the Liberty and Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. He joins the podcast to talk about his new book Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America.

David and Richard discuss the history of racial conflict and classification in America, the political construction of ethnic identities like AAPI and Hispanic, how wealthy immigrants hijacked government set-asides, why medical researchers care so little about actual physiological and anthropological distinctions between ethnic groups, and the political feasibility of colorblindness in a world of racial disparities.

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Links:

* David Bernstein, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America.

* David Bernstein, You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws.

* G. Christina Mora, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American.

* Thomas Sowell, Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study.

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