Roland Fryer Tells the Truth on Race and Policing
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2024
- Roland Fryer is one of the most celebrated economists in the world. He is the author of more than 50 papers-on topics ranging from “the economic consequences of distinctively black names” to “racial differences in police shootings.” At 30, he became the youngest black tenured professor in Harvard's history. At 34, he won a MacArthur Genius Fellowship, followed by a John Bates Clark Medal, which is given to an economist in America under 40 who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.
But before coming to Harvard, Fryer worked at McDonalds-drive-through, not corporate.
Fryer’s life story of rapid ascent to academic celebrity status despite abandonment by his parents at a young age, and growing up in what he calls a “drug family” is incredibly inspiring in its own right. Because based on every statistic and stereotype about race and poverty in America, he should not have become the things he became. And yet he did.
He also continues to beat the odds in a world in which much of academia has become conformist. Time and time again, Fryer refuses to conform. He has one north star, and that is the pursuit of truth, come what may. The pursuit of truth no matter how unpopular the conclusion or inconvenience to his own political biases. He’s also rare in that he isn’t afraid to admit when he’s wrong, or to admit his mistakes and learn from them.
Bari Weiss sat down with Roland at the University of Austin for this inspiring, courageous, and long-overdue conversation.
"When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear." Thomas Sowell
Amazing talk. Roland Fryer is a stellar example of dignity and courage above self--interest, such a honorable man.
Could not have said it better.
I see nothing special about him.
@@TimothyDeSomerville Except his research, which found completely the opposite of what the DEI mob expected, and demanded. He was told to bury it, but he didn’t, and got suspended by Harvard. That’s why he’s special: he’s not one of these toxic racial essentialists.
Yup, nothing special about him. Just another human being reaching for the very frontiers of his better self in the things in which he can. Many humans do that, but many more do not. It's commendable when seen. @@TimothyDeSomerville
@@TimothyDeSomerville, You are #FakeNews.
Excellent interview and timing. Roland Fryer is an important thinker.
Great interview!!! Thomas Sowell Roland Fryer….Bari Weiss. Douglas Murray. All offer hope in this crazy world where truth doesn’t seem to matter. They remind us that it matters very much. You give us hope.
I would add Glen Lowry and Victor Davis Hanson
No way- gouglas murray😂😅
I agree.
Victor Davis Hanson is solid.
@@user-qi6lw3ir4g what does murray say that you think is wrong?
This is so, so good. I love the authentic conversation. I'm so happy to know people like this exist. It gives me hope.
As a black man we need more men like this helping our communities
Glad you think this…You should / can be the next one!
We can't fix problems unless we can talk about them. Instead, we get divisive BS from our politicians looking for easy votes.
Edit: talks like this are what we need.
As a white man-this is the kind of honesty that brings us all together.
We need more men like this period.
@@OklahomaGirl Roland is a leftist liar man.
I’ve been DYING to watch this!!! I love Roland so much and it’s a bloody crime that his name as a public intellectual is not more widely known. He’s absolutely brilliant & totally bloody lovely with it!!! Onwards & upwards Roland 🥂
Well said…I followed T Sowell and he is a genius…sadly most of the race baiters get publicity yet the true intellectual giants like Professor Fryer don’t get the praise they deserve ..
@shelleyscloud3651,
There's one seemingly insignificant but actually very important concept that you probably don't realize.
Roland Fryer has a white wife.
This is relevant because most women do not realize that black males WORLDWIDE practice INTRA-racism and colorism against their race of black women.
This fact is a well guarded dirty little secret concerning the self-hate that plagues the black population, particularly when they reside in non-black nations.
We need to make DAMN SURE this man is more well known by this generation than Thomas Sewell was by his.
Why isn’t this guy President of Harvard? I mean this is pursuit of truth using the tools of the academy, blended with a compelling story about diversity - not just of race, but also thought.
He isn't a woke ideologue who hates white people, that's why.
The victimhood and woke mob there canceled him.
Answer: Incorrect Thoughts.
Damn Harvard, maybe he needs a cabinet position where he can help get the federal government moving in the right direction.
Doesn't seem like he's a narrative deliverer. That is grounds for refusal right there. That bald, diversity hire Claudine that stole the intellectual property of others is more of the "team player" they're looking for.
Such an amazing and pertinent talk.
I was having a conversation with a granddaughter about the difference between trauma and pain.
I'm Latina. I was subject to anti-Mexican jokes/behavior my entire life. Because I'm light skinned, I've been subjected to anti-white behavior. While annoying it was not traumatic. I was raped at gunpoint. That was traumatic.
People throw around words without comprehending the meaning.
Unfortunately it's all relative. If the worst thing that ever happens to someone is daddy refused to pay for the latest shoes or game or whatever, then that becomes their "trauma" moment. We only develop thick skins by being constantly pushed up against abrasive things in life. We don't want our children to have to go through the pain that we experienced... but if they're never under pressure they'll never become strong. It's a fine line to walk.
Your voice and perspective are critical. I am so sorry about what you endured. Thank you for being just as courageous as Dr. Fryer in your own way.
It's refreshing to hear someone give a talk that moves in a straight line. Dr. Fryer has a consistent message that does not bend to the current "popular" idea or mandate. Most people can't tell when they served a line of Bull, Dr. Fryer speaks honestly and admits sometimes he is wrong. Unbelievably valuable today.
Thanks for introducing me to Rolan Fryer. I had no idea who he was until now. I will do more research. I love his message.
There’s a good episode about him on the Freakonomics podcast.
Thanks. Yes, amazing interview.
And Freakanomics I will watch.
There's a good doc on UA-cam about what happened to him at Harvard with Claudine Gay
His research has been available, and lauded, for years now. However, it's counter to prevailing narrative, so he is ignored, and yes, censored. Roxanne Gay had him censured and punished st Harvard years ago.
Thank you again Bari , you are genuine and I love your questions. You have a way of letting your guests be themselves.
Sure, when she's not arbitrarily slandering someone. "She's an "Assad toadie""...
I first heard this interview on podcast and shared it with a friend and said “this interview made me laugh, brought tears to my eyes, but above all made me hopeful.” Fryer is genuinely relatable…this was an excellent interview.
Love this so so much.
What an amazing man. So glad to have heard him speak. Thank you.
Thank you Ms Bari and Dr. Roland having the courage to report the truth .👏👏👏👏👏
scholar.harvard.edu/jfeldman/blog/roland-fryer-wrong-there-racial-bias-shootings-police
CONTEL PRO is the real truth! Oliver North was much more truthful than this ride along Stockholm syndrome afflicted 🤡! The war that was declared against Black Foundational Descendants of americanKKK holocaust SLAVERY.. after the government brought the drugs and guns into the Black community showed no courage nor concern... and here you sit still sucking up the deception of your government and it's corporations!🔥💯
I have never seen a better interview by a person of integrity with a person of integrity. I absolutely LOVE his story and I love the respect Bari Weiss gave to the story and the man. Great Stuff.
What a complete SUPERSTAR Roland Fryer is! Thank you so much for this, Bari!
I love his independence and confidence. It takes strength of character to challenge the establishment.
This is my first exposure to Roland and I absolutely love this guy. Thank you for sharing. What a great dialog between open and honest minds.
I loved every second of this conversation. Professor Fryer! Just wow. And, as a mom of Gen Z kids, I was so impressed with the young people in the audience and their thirst for real conversations and real education. Well done all around. Thank you, Bari!
Bari, bless you for shining light on such great people.
I'm so glad you posted this. I must live under a rock because I've never heard of this man. So grateful to have been introduced to him!
I would like to see Thomas Sowell and Roland Fryer in a discussion.
Wow yes
Only if the audience is packed with Liberals. They need to hear the information more than anyone else.
From Brazil I send you all the best. I admire your dignity and courage.
Thank you Bari Weis for the work you do.
Bari thank you! I always wished I grew up in the time of Thomas Sowell. I'm grateful to see & hear from this guy!
SOWELL LIVES
It’s mind boggling that this video doesn’t have more views. With that being said, we need more people like him. And I’m not saying a black man who likes police, or someone who’s on law enforcement side. I mean we need honest people who aren’t afraid of telling the truth, people who do the right thing no matter how difficult it is. I’d love to see this man run for some type of office. Seems like a great dude!
Information that goes against the narrative is not promoted by the algorithm. Not that it matters. Show this to Liberals and they will still cling to the victimhood narrative.
Five minutes in I thought, "This guy would do great stand up". Great interview. Thanks again, Bari Weiss.
He actually does stand up too!
Thank you for sharing this. So wonderful. I’m a university student and been having a lot of internal conflict about moving forward and these words were very encouraging.
This is probably the most powerful discussion I've listened to in quite some time. Thank you for your bravery to speak truth in these scary times.
I am just astounded at how people could look at his paper on police shootings and say “don’t publish it”. I was always taught in my doctorate that truth is the only thing that mattered in research. I am not naive to bias but to see professors/academically actively trying to suppress the truth is just disturbing.
Roland didn’t fail. He put forth truth, when it went against what was “expected” and it burned him.
That to me is remarkable. He lost, but WON. He won the respect, and favor of many people where when he speaks now or in the Future, we will stop and LISTEN.
I feel so sad Roland went thru all this, but there is testimony in it all. And I hope he never has female researchers again so no accusations will be lobbied.
Great comment
It showed us that Liberals hate facts. Ideology is more important to them than facts.
Only 10 minutes in and I'm loving the conversation so far. Great guest. I am almost from FL and also have some more unsavory family members. Very relatable.
Harvard would have been better served if Roland Fryer had been installed as president, not run out of town.
Love this testimony. It shows that where there is a will, there is a way. He WANTED to learn and grow and contribute and he did.
Think this is a slightly skewed interpretation of his situation. There are structural issues in society which meant that he was exposed to many more barriers than say a typical kid from the suburbs. You heard it directly from him; he was working much harder than his peers during his PhD, and his concerns about not being able to eat baffled others. This speaks to their general ignorance and/or privilege on the matter.
@@HaggardPillockHD I heard it loud and clear: he has obstacles and overcame them through sheer will and the support of mentors.
You can see why The Queen of Woke, Claudine Gay, got him kicked out of Harvard.
Because he was a predator lmaoo the end & OWNED
Thank god she is gone, I say that as an atheist.
Bamboozled by a lying woman. Gay is still there collecting 900k
@@KrazyMexikanYou obviously didn't read any of the details about the case,"Predator" is a gross misrepresentation for a person who's done more in a year than most have done in their life.
@@elishulman8560 Atheism defines you, otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned it. Academia tells us that men can become women. Maybe we need to bring God back into schools and our lives.
“I am not here for faculty meetings” 💪👩🏽🎓
I literally cannot love this man enough. He's the ideal model for all young people today!!
Thank you to introducing me to Mr. Fryer. He is added to the list of the great Dr. Sowell which I am an enormous fan of. Thank you for your message sir.
We should all thank sowell for holding the gate open.
The man has been the greatest critic of academia especially regarding white liberal destructive policies and ethics.
Same with Walter Williams.
Excellent interview. I've heard so much about Roland Fryer but never heard him speak. What an important voice he is, I hope to hear him on other platforms. His reverence for his grandmother was heartwarming, she sounds like a force to be reckoned with. Bari, great job with the interview, you obviously have great respect and admiration for Roland, thank you for bringing us his wisdom and wit!
There is plenty of him on youtube
Bari! It's your interviews that give me back the hope in humanity that has been decreasing over the last few years. Thank you for all that you do, and showing different perspectives than what we normally see in media. ❤
Roland for Dean of Harvard - the school needs his level of integrity!
Never gonna happen if they could pick that Dr Gay lady.
EXCELLENT !! Brilliant , Powerful . Thank You Roland for NOT giving up , caving in , stepping down 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I loved that final comment about the color of the sky. The past 4 years, while I watched my community lose its mind and say that boys can be girls or nonbinary boys are more important than girls in sports, I felt like I had missed the memo that gravity had been reversed. I felt completely alone and ostracized. It was a deeply troubling feeling, and we aren't through it yet. Talks like this give me hope.
😌 Sooo...
Can we bring back truth now?
And NO, not yours...
I mean the important one...
✨️Objective Truth!✨️
Bari Weiss, you are incredible. Love your interviews.
you love genocidal jewesses?
I was really sad recently when I watched an interview of Thomas Sewell. Seeing him in his 90's, the man deserves to enjoy his life. But selfishly I really think we need him now more than ever. A living legend. But yesterday I came across Roland Fryer, it gave me hope. The only person i've come across so far who could potentially carry sanity road forward, just as Thomas Sewell did for decades prior.
ROLAND FRYER !!
Yes , i saw this and its so important to listen to ROLAND FYER .
He has the solution for education of our youth , people should be throwing money at his programs .
I grew up in a rough household/community but required better customer service, to use Roland Fryer's terminology, so to listen to Roland talk about being a part of and different than his community really made my soul leap. I've been deeply moved by this entire conversation as I listened intently to someone who has had an academic lean, genuine curiosity, and authenticity in spades. I've always wanted to be a researcher/writer and contribute to making the world (starting with my community) better but I've had too many interests to narrow it down. Though I'm still not exactly sure what I would study, if ever, I've been uplifted by Roland Fryer and would love to meet him someday. Thank you, The Free Press, for sharing this conversation.
Holy cow...Roland Fryer looks absolutely nothing like I imagined, given his accolades. He has a wonderful mind.
Nice to see Dr. Fryer out among the journalists againn; I have enjoyed his research and writing. My English-teacher Gram used to correct our weekly letters to her (in red ink) and return them to us with her reply letter. Like you, found it a pain at the time, but now and very grateful for her.
That was fantastic to listen to, I'm glad it was recorded so that so many people could hear it.
I laughed. I cried. I cheered. And I'm listening again. You two are both heroes and inspiring and exactly the role models I hope to impact my young adult children and their children...
Roland Fryer (and Bari) is the type of person we ALL should consider as being heroic - Not singers, not athletes, not actors, but brave and honest thinkers!!! PS. Lovely laugh, Bari.
Bold and unapologetic courage, in the pursuit of truth! Bravo!
Wow! Thank God for people like him. It’s refreshing to hear a sound voice in this world, full of noise and chaos.💞
This is what a man looks & sounds like who is *actually* sorry for their actions-even tho I don’t actually think he did anything wrong! Professor Roland Fryer is an exemplary role model for the new generation. What happened to him at Harvard will be remembered as just a bump in the road to an amazing career.
Wonderful! Thank you, Bari and Roland for this beautiful and inspiring talk. In a world divided and discordant, you are shining, radiant lights!
Glad to have listened to this on your Podcast Bari while shoveling snow last week! Great conversation
No matter how much we agree or disagree on life, music, race or whatever this is a man I'd like to meet and have conversations with. Too many people, even myself sometimes, don't want to hear things that don't agree with their world view. It's always good to talk truth. Also, Bari's laugh is ridiculously funny.
Bari seems to be increasing in wisdom and discernment as the years go by. This was a great interview and thank God that Thomas Sowell has a man like Roland Fryer following in his data-driven footsteps.
Excellent interview/conversation! Professor Fryer is now on my list of favorite humans! I knew about his 2016 study and subsequent events surrounding & involving him at Harvard but had never before heard him interviewed. He is someone to truly admire. What a thinker! Love love love it!
Wow, amazing conversation. Thank you so much for sharing. I'll have to look both of them up!
Thank you for being there when I stumbled onto this talk, and had the pleasure o0f hearing such an incredible person recount his work and life. Kudos!
Wow, what a story, what an opportunity to listen to Prof Fryer.Thanks for keeping our dream alive. Thanks Berry. ❤
Just started. Looking forward to this. He's very engaging and funny
We rejected nepotism and there is a very similar form of it today.
Fryer should have been Harvard's president based on his merits.
No we didn’t propose getting into these universities because of legacy and nepotism. But Affirmative Action was the problem
@@Harlem1mentalityAnd there are not enough people pointing out the diversity of thought that Affirmative Action helped to promote. This man actively acknowledged that he didn't have amazing SAT scores, which the merit arbiters propose as being the fundamental analysis for entry, but he said he had talent. It's also telling that most of these conservative darlings have very similar life experience growing up, yet they ONLY ever want to acknowledge how the person "overcame." Usually, that story of overcoming is place squarely at the foot of hard work and respectability, but never at the fact that through political organization, government was forced to pry open opportunities that were long WITHHELD from certain groups in favor of others. Bari even opened the discussion with how Roland lived an outlier life, but projects that he could be a status quo figure but not for DEI. No, DEI is exactly WHY this man is in the position he's in so that he could be ogled over.
@@robertreed9818
Pre Ivy League: (9:43) "I worked so hard", " I would go to his office and we would debate everything", " I graduated in 2 and a half years"
> Roland Fryer's story only testifies to merit instead of racism placement.
@@dragonhold4 Hard work does not guarantee success. Roland spoke of how hard his cousins worked drug sellers, but that resulted in prison time instead of a billion-dollar medicinal drug company. He also spoke about how he didn't care about anything but football, which sounds like many Black males who see athletics as a poverty escape hatch. At about 18 minutes in, he literally posits "why am I here...my friends had better grades."
While he doesn't come right out and say it, and maybe he is naive to it, as he admitted to being naive to a lot of things, his race along with his inquisitiveness opened doors for him. Want to know how I know, look at this comment section. Bari Weiss platformed him because of his being a Black man, that comes from a particular background, yet he appears to lean more conservative in his beliefs. It's a cherry on top that she was able to use him to throw a not-so-subtle dig at Claudine Gay, whom she has disfavor towards, seeing as Claudine did not "condemn antisemitism" like she thinks Claudine should have.
@@robertreed9818
*Merit, or the earnest pursuit of merit* {vs} *Racism Placement*
> Don't understand the struggle knowing which is better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
even on the practical/outcomes dimension there is a clear winner
This was EXCELLENT. Really enjoyed it.
One of the top interviews I've listened to on TFP. Will be listening again at some point. It was that good. Roland is brilliant and funny
One of the best interviews I have ever listened to. Thank you.
Thank you Bari for amazing, thorough, in-depth interviews of brilliant people.Truly enlightening. Deep gratitude
Brilliant. We need more Roland and Bari thinkers. Keeping the "smart" kids that may be shadowed in mind. Hopefully Harvard knows what a treasure they have in Roland.
This guy is a hoot! Thank you for introducing me to Roland Fryer!
I need a full transcript of this interview. Dr. Fryer said some extremely important things that need to be spread.
Love Mr. Roland Fryer. He's an amazing guy. Thank you for this interview.
Such a fantastic interview! Thank you both for your commitment to truth! ❤️👏 Also, I ADORE how Bari’s face is so lit up with absolute joy during this interview!
Don't forget. Claudine Gay didn't accomplish much in her short tenure as Harvard's president, but she managed to get Roland Fryer cancelled.
Truly god given treasures.. Sowell, Murray and Fryer …I could listen to them all day …
Another great guy is Prof Wilfred Reilly on a podcast called Cut the Bull with Charles Love.
This may be the best speech I've ever seen. Had me in tears a couple times. The students questions were so thoughtful and everyone spoke with conviction. That is the world I want to live in so I'm happy to see we may be moving in that direction. Roland has that quality Chappelle has where he pulls you in with his cadence and righteousness, sprinkling in jokes here and there but saying something so profound.
Power of a great teacher 🙏
One of the most amazing and important interviews I've ever seen. Couldn't give it more thumbs up!
Truly interesting and wonderful conversation.
So glad I stumbled across this video! Inspiring, informative and riveting interview. I was hooked after 15 minutes. Roland Fryer is one of the greats.
Absolutely inspiring. What a gift. Thank you.
Roland is an American Treasure. He’s another light for truth.
Appreciate this wonderful interview!!!! Brilliant thought provoking truth . Refreshing ‼️
This interview should have a million views.
That “last question” at 68:20 is exactly what I wanted to ask - different people need different things - some people need the strife and it destroys others. Regardless, there’s a lot of luck in the right person being in the right place at the right time. Also, although I see great value in (financial) need based support, finances aren’t the only thing that creates dis/advantages for people - what about people who were raised in wealthy families but had other major struggles that could’ve affected them as much or more? How do we account for those issues, especially when they’re not correlated with finances. In addition, it seems that there should be some value in providing parents an incentive to invest more in their children in whatever ways they can, whether financially, emotionally, personal time, etc. with the idea that it’s going to help them achieve more and be happier, and not be penalized for working hard to give them those things. Overall, I think we do as well as most any society at balancing these things to create a relatively well balanced playing field that I think will be turned on its head by todays DEI.
Yeah his answer was perfect. He basically made a spiritual argument without mentioning spirituality. The point being that some people are born with that spark and will to push harder. It doesn't have to come from strife. It's sort of a mystery and I like that he left it on that note.
This was great!! I started watching this at 1am and couldn’t shut it off. I didn’t know what to expect and I am a fan of both Roland and Bari. What a great, educational interview. Thank you both.
“I am here to make this journey worth it”
Woof, there’s so much in those few words that is ineffable. Thank you Dr. Roland Fryer.
Wow, what a great story. thank you for sharing.
Hard work pays off!
So many important tenants of life he tells us, would love to meet this guy in person, have a great discussion with him.
Wow, wow, wow. So good Roland Fryer. This is an interview that all young adults should watch - and their parents, too. God bless.
This is such an important message. Your message will save so many lives. I am amazed by your honesty and bravery in getting your message out, specially to young men and women in these troubled times.
Thank you for sharing your message
I so appreciated his words on why he always felt like an outsider “I don’t covet what you do” that is exactly why I’ve always been an outsider, with my family the people around me, in school.
same
I really appreciate his honesty and commitment to the truth above all else. If a man like this had told me that he HAD found evidence of racial disparity in police shooting, I'd hear him out.
So happy to see this interview! Thank you BOTH
I’m quoting Jordan Peterson here, on what he said about being a better person, “hard times creates better men, and good times creates weak men.”
That's sort of the opposite point that Roland made. He said he saw that spark in people from all backgrounds all over the world. He said you don't need to have strife to overcome to be a good person who is passionate and works hard.
Wow, this is one of the very best interviews I’ve ever seen. Prof. Fryer is an amazing person and intellect with the highest integrity, and Ms. Weis asks great questions and just lets him speak his brilliant mind. I’m liking, subscribing, and will seek out more from both of these people.
This is one of the best things I’ve ever heard
Great interview, this gentleman story is amazing and he carries himself very well. He reminds me a lot of Thomas Sowell
Wow, what a brilliant man. The honesty and academic integrity. I heard ablut this man for the wrong reasons, glad I watched this and got to see him for who he is.
What an amazing interview! Thank you, and Thank you Roland Fryer!