Why White Parents Won't Choose Black Schools
Last year when I attempted to pick my daughter up from school, the volunteers in the carpool line tried to put a fourth grader in my car, not the four ye...
Hasnain says:
"My neighbors and I don’t have to build a charter school for our children to experience diversity. But we do have to build a charter school in order for our kids to experience diversity on our terms. Really, if we are experiencing diversity on white terms, what good is that diversity anyway?"
Posted on 2017-04-04T15:20:48+0000
For 18 years, I thought she was stealing my identity. Until I found her
A woman apparently using my name meant a nightmare of unpaid traffic fines and a criminal record. But when I tracked her down, a different story emerged
Hasnain says:
Great read and heart warming.
Also kind of makes me feel frustrated that almost all records go by name and date of birth and not some other identifier so this will always happen for them.
"I felt there was only one thing to do. I had to find the Lisa Davises, to untangle myself from them, to talk to them about being Lisa Davises, and to see if they agreed with my supposition: that the real “crime” they had committed was being non-white."
Posted on 2017-04-04T04:20:37+0000
Evidence that WSJ used FAKE screenshots
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Hasnain says:
This seems juicy. If true, I wonder how fast the lawsuit from Google will come, especially since they should have logs of ad impressions on any given video.
Posted on 2017-04-02T23:21:53+0000
Men Without Work
I have been promising a review of Nicholas Eberstadt’s very important book, Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis. The book is relatively…
Hasnain says:
Interesting data, not sure I fully agree with the assumption that people "need" work, but it's a common one.
"As we shall see, a single variable – having a criminal record – is a key missing piece in explaining why work rates and LFPRs have collapsed much more dramatically in America than other affluent Western societies over the past two generations. This single variable also helps explain why the collapse has been so much greater for American men than women and why it has been so much more dramatic for African American men and men with low educational attainment than for other prime-age men in the United States."
Posted on 2017-04-02T17:00:59+0000
Why Japan's Rail Workers Can't Stop Pointing at Things
A seemingly silly gesture is done for the sake of safety.
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Posted on 2017-04-01T17:51:43+0000
Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’
Everyday Canadians spent a year embracing Syrians in the world’s most personal resettlement program. Letting them go might be the biggest test yet.
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Posted on 2017-04-01T05:09:08+0000
U.S. College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession
Petroleum engineers and philosophy majors are bucking the trend
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Posted on 2017-04-01T04:26:20+0000
Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax Filing Process
A tax law professor tries to change the way we pay our taxes, so it is easy and painless. His system has been tested and it works. But when he tried to convince California to adopt it, he had to square off with well-funded lobbyists and political power brokers.
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Posted on 2017-04-01T04:21:31+0000
Robinhood stock trading app valued at $1.3 billion with big raise from DST
Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood has added to its coffers, raising another big round of funding. According to sources, the round was led by Yuri Milner..
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Posted on 2017-04-01T04:18:59+0000
Fuchsia: a new operating system [LWN.net]
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Posted on 2017-04-01T04:13:56+0000