CS 037: The Arrogance of Dismissal (10/18/2017) (Patreon)

This is a solo episode where I discuss something called The Arrogance of Dismissal. I got the term from an interview DJ Vlad did with Pras, formerly of the Fugees. It's a concept that describes why white people often fall prey to cultural phenomenons that are utterly predictable and avoidable, but keep making the same mistakes due to a blind spot in their analysis that comes from a cognitive bias created by white supremacy that keep them from learning from examples that involve nonwhite people

Discussed in this episode:

• "How the Founder of the Fugees Became a Big-Time Political Donor Without Anyone Knowing" http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/03/pras_michel_funded_super_pac_black_men_vote_limited_liability_companies.html 
• Youtube interview: "Pras on Hillary Clinton Almost Interviewing with VladTV" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfIiC9S9eA
• "White Families Are In Trouble Too" by Nicholas Eberstadt "http://www.aei.org/publication/white-families-are-in-trouble-too/"
• "Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt: The Democrats lost the white working class. The Republicans exploited it. Can Clinton win it back?" by George Packer https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/hillary-clinton-and-the-populist-revolt
• "From Charlottesville To Athens, People Around The World Mourn Heather Heyer" by Tasbeeh Herwees https://www.good.is/slideshows/tributes-to-heather-heyer-from-charlottesville-to-athens