Broadcasting live from Fargo (the movie is still better than the TV series), Jonah can’t help but spend most of today’s Ruminant gloating about how he’s been correct on recent issues ranging from the silliness of “Latinx” to the craziness of Tucker Carlson. Political demographics, the Omicron variant, and the future of conservatism are also discussed, but at the end of it all, one question remains: Is “I informed you thusly” a more satisfying phrase than “I told you so?”
Show Notes:
- Are Hispanics evenly split between the parties?
- The Commentary podcast on Democrats and Hispanics
- Sean Trende on what motivates Hispanic voters
Pretty much agree with a lot here Jonah.
I thought it was interesting when you brought up your daughter saying blacks were half the country. A lot of discussion among us minorities actually deals with the over emphasis of our numbers.
For example, when Hollywood says we need more black people in it or it to be equal, there is a problem that A. Not as many black people try to get into Hollywood as opposed to white (via schooling or just moving to California) and B. The numbers to draw from are so overwhelmingly different.
If out of 330 million people in the US, 13% is black but 72% is white, by nature the amount of blacks going into any field is going to be way smaller.
Take the STEM fields that are desperate for minorities and blacks, that is an even more niche field that would by design of the demographic numbers alone exclude more black people, not because of racism, but because there are not many blacks that want to do calculus or quantum mechanics just like there are not many whites who want to.
But if 2% of the white population wants to do quantum mechanics (I am just guessing here) out of that 72% (out of 330 million), that 2% is far more than if 2% of blacks that may want to do math out of the total 13% (out of 330million) by looooong shot.
So when we say we need the same amount of minorities to be on par with majorities (whites), it’s almost impossible by numbers. Or, by so lowering the standards to let minorities in (looking at you colleges), we misrepresent those who actually are suppose to be there, substituting the less qualified over the more qualified (rejecting high scoring Asians from college).
Thus,, inequality is created from silly standards like equity. Meritocracy is still the best method for all these things.
Ok I will show myself out the door now.
1. How many times do the immigration restrictionists need to be proven wrong before they acknowledge their wrongness? They argued immigrants would take jobs from Americans, yet we find ourselves with a severe worker shortage which sabotages our economy. We sure could use some immigrant labor right about now. They argued the immigrants would not assimilate but as Jonah described in the first part of the Ruminant, like past generations of immigrants, the more recent wave of immigrants are assimilating too. So, what is left of the restorationist argument?
2. Of course, Tucker Carlson is a tool. A dangerous tool but a tool nonetheless. The opinion side of Fox News continues to damage the country. What a failed experiment Fox as turned out to be which is too bad.