Oct 6
Race, Privilege and Inequality Visiting Speaker Series : "The Minnesota Paradox: Racial Inequality and Progressive Public Policy" by Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
Thu, October 6, 2022
• 7:00pm
- 8:30pm (1h 30m) • virtual
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Dr. Myers, the Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota is the second speaker in the Economics department's Race, Privilege and Inequality Visiting Speaker Series.
Lecture Description:
Minnesota is one of the best places in the country to live. But, yet, it has some of the widest racial disparities in economic outcomes in the nation. How can that be? This talk explores the evidence for and against competing explanations for the paradox. It provides a historical perspective demonstrating that white advantages, and not non-white deficits, play essential roles in interpreting the evidence. The talk also explains why the Minnesota Paradox is relevant for understanding racial inequality elsewhere.
from Economics Department