30:33 Essentially, her response to the first part of his question is “ I haven’t seen the evidence on that yet so I don’t really have an opinion.” That is such a important thing to hear from someone who is honest and not an ideologue. An ideologue would just give the answer that fits with their ideology. A data driven scientist like Dr MacDonald would never do that.
any wax gives a good speech about what heather is referring to with the "injured person" analogy. it is called "how to think about blaming the victim" and is on YT
RE: merit in medical school: a 2nd yr student passed his yr 1-2 courses, then passed USMLE Step 1, but was kicked out (not permitted to repeat). Why? He barely passed the USMLE & had "C" average coursework, so the school felt he was not a good candidate for a future MD. A merit-based decision. He didn't work hard, skipped class, smoked pot. Bottom line: his lack of merit was poor effort/ambition, not intelligence. (This was in 1999 & the student happened to be a white guy.)
Chattle slavery has brutal traits unique and unprecedented in human history. Heather McDonald is lying thru omission by not mentioning legacy admissions which is the real admission not thru merit.
@Imperious-Aspect-of-Valor the Arab slave trade was bad but chattle slavery in America had its own unique traits. And the concept of race did not exist until the late 17th century.
@@BallinNQnz You are lying. Or you're ignorant. The trans-Saharan slave trade started in the 7thC and is ongoing. There are more slaves in the world right now than there were in 1865. If Africans were so opposed to slavery, why did they enslave each other and why did they sell the losers of tribal wars to the European slave traders? No European went into the interior of Africa until the 19thC. Slaves were brought to the Atlantic coast by other Africans.
Thank you~ Incredibly helpful for navigating the Kafka traps
30:33 Essentially, her response to the first part of his question is “ I haven’t seen the evidence on that yet so I don’t really have an opinion.” That is such a important thing to hear from someone who is honest and not an ideologue. An ideologue would just give the answer that fits with their ideology. A data driven scientist like Dr MacDonald would never do that.
any wax gives a good speech about what heather is referring to with the "injured person" analogy. it is called "how to think about blaming the victim" and is on YT
Seems like you are another upper class white woman who feels that she in her wisdom (though never being under any adversity) can save all people
RE: merit in medical school: a 2nd yr student passed his yr 1-2 courses, then passed USMLE Step 1, but was kicked out (not permitted to repeat). Why? He barely passed the USMLE & had "C" average coursework, so the school felt he was not a good candidate for a future MD. A merit-based decision. He didn't work hard, skipped class, smoked pot. Bottom line: his lack of merit was poor effort/ambition, not intelligence. (This was in 1999 & the student happened to be a white guy.)
And was this student you?
Africans HAVE experienced racism. The practice of slavery was ubiquitous in Africa as it was in the rest of the world.
Chattle slavery has brutal traits unique and unprecedented in human history. Heather McDonald is lying thru omission by not mentioning legacy admissions which is the real admission not thru merit.
@BallinNQnz so the Arab slave trade wasn't worse?
@Imperious-Aspect-of-Valor the Arab slave trade was bad but chattle slavery in America had its own unique traits. And the concept of race did not exist until the late 17th century.
@@BallinNQnz You are lying. Or you're ignorant. The trans-Saharan slave trade started in the 7thC and is ongoing. There are more slaves in the world right now than there were in 1865. If Africans were so opposed to slavery, why did they enslave each other and why did they sell the losers of tribal wars to the European slave traders? No European went into the interior of Africa until the 19thC. Slaves were brought to the Atlantic coast by other Africans.
@@BallinNQnzit’s funny how she skips that.