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Rahsaan in Le Monde
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Sharon Bowman
Sharon Bowman
And a very eloquent interview.
Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts
My parents live a couple of miles away from Greg Lemond. Is this about something else? My French is mauvais.
Cheers,
Kevin
Cheers,
Kevin
Jonathan Loesberg
Jonathan Loesberg
Way cool, Rahsaan. Flicitations.
lars makie
lars makie
Pretty awesome! Your eloquence even came through via Google translate.
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Merci. I was happy to add my thoughts to this often-tedious debate. But, there really do seem to be positive changes in France and I'm pretty optimistic about the future (easy for me to say from a distance, I know)...
Speaking of the debate on race-related stats in France: have there been controlled two-celled experiments in France on issues like lending or employment? For example, testing bankers' reception of 100 similar loan applications, with one group of banks receiving some indication of racial identity of the applicants and another matched group of banks receiving no indication.
originally posted by Christian Miller (CMM):
Speaking of the debate on race-related stats in France: have there been controlled two-celled experiments in France on issues like lending or employment? For example, testing bankers' reception of 100 similar loan applications, with one group of banks receiving some indication of racial identity of the applicants and another matched group of banks receiving no indication.
There have been LOTS of experiments with CVs of similar qualifications but different names.
There have also been a bunch with access to housing, nightclubs, and other areas of discrimination.
I don't need to tell you what they discovered (ok: discrimination is endemic).
The tactic has its own new word dervied from English: le testing.
originally posted by Thor: I'll send them the video I took of our recent dinner..
There are laws against that!
Jeff Grossman
Jeff Grossman
Congraulations, Rahsaan!
Speaking of the debate on race-related stats in France: have there been controlled two-celled experiments in France on issues like lending or employment? For example, testing bankers' reception of 100 similar loan applications, with one group of banks receiving some indication of racial identity of the applicants and another matched group of banks receiving no indication.
And a testing approach can only capture one of the ways that lenders or employers split the pool of borrowers or job seekers along racial or ethnic lines. Bank of America, for instance, could conceivably "ace" a paired test but still choose to serve most of its minority clients through a high-cost subsidiary like Countrywide.
Nice interview, and I appreciated the link to En Temps Reel - some interesting work there.
Christian Miller (CMM)
Christian Miller
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by Thor: I'll send them the video I took of our recent dinner..
There are laws against that!
Against which - sending the video, or the content?
Zachary Ross
Zachary Ross
Congrats!
If I might ask, how did they find you for this interview? Perhaps it's just my navet but a first year Poli Sci prof at UMass wouldn't seem an obvious choice for lengthy commentary in France's premier newspaper.
Mark Lipton
Oh, but surely you're not suggesting that the only good work is done by senior profs at big name schools! ;)
More seriously, it was a combination of good work and good connections. I am still a 'young prof' but I've been doing research for several years and know a few people at Le Monde via conferences, interviews, events, etc.
I am also one of the few people who has analyzed a dataset that allows you to study political and economic outcomes among second generation immigrants in France. (I.E. people who would normally be difficult to identify in the official data that do not classify people according to ethnic/racial origins).
In an effort to take that research beyond the academic journals, I wrote a report about it for a French think tank. My report was designed as a (small) counterpoint to the government-sponsored Hran report that came out on Friday. And my report has gotten a decent amount of press, although Le Monde is the best thus far.
originally posted by Rahsaan:
Oh, but surely you're not suggesting that the only good work is done by senior profs at big name schools! ;)
Perish the thought! Actually, the reverse is more often true, especially if one looks at a significant publication per $ of funding as the metric.
More seriously, it was a combination of good work and good connections. I am still a 'young prof' but I've been doing research for several years and know a few people at Le Monde via conferences, interviews, events, etc.
I am also one of the few people who has analyzed a dataset that allows you to study political and economic outcomes among second generation immigrants in France. (I.E. people who would normally be difficult to identify in the official data that do not classify people according to ethnic/racial origins).
In an effort to take that research beyond the academic journals, I wrote a report about it for a French think tank. My report was designed as a (small) counterpoint to the government-sponsored Hran report that came out on Friday. And my report has gotten a decent amount of press, although Le Monde is the best thus far.
Way cool! It sounds like your nascent independent career is off to a very good start. And I can say that I knew him when *sniff*
Mark Lipton
Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
Only saw this now, trs chic!