October 2020

I Watched “The Social Dilemma” (with sources)

October 19th, 2020|

I watched "The Social Dilemma", and I had some thoughts about it.     Sources   -https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankenstein.1831.inside-cover_crop.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frankenstein_wiki.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.o [...]

93% of STEM majors are NOT Black (with sources)

October 3rd, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

For any problem, you fix the problem at the root, the source. For anything you want to create, you start at the root, the source, because everything flows from there. Here, I present some cold, hard, statistics on whether or not there is a talent shortage for black Americans in top companies and whe [...]

September 2020

#Cuties, Innocence, and the Fall of Society (with sources)

September 16th, 2020|

Do you understand the moral outrage behind Netflix's controversial "Cuties" film? There is a reason why protecting the innocence of children, in action rather than in words, is a moral imperative for halting the spread of wrongdoing in the world. It's not that easy to tease apart, but here is an exp [...]

August 2020

July 2020

The Gulag Archipelago Sources

July 21st, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

These are the source links for referenced articles, images, and so on, used in all parts of the Just Thinking Out Loud series on The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn:

Notes on The Gulag Archipelago (Part 2)

July 20th, 2020|Tags: , |

Hi! These are my notes from reading The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1, Part 1, Chapters 7 to 12, as well as Part 2, Chapters 1 to 4.  It is formatted but not meticulously following any style guide. I hope it's an enlightening and appreciated resource for you. The video will also be posted soon, and perhaps this could be a follow along. Thank you for your support! - Desi-Rae

October 2019

Double Standards and the Lens of Identity – Extended Version

October 17th, 2019|

Here is the full video of my speech “Double Standards and the Lens of Identity”, presented at the International Conference on Men’s Issues at the end of August 2019: I should also be able to make a copy of my written speech or the pre-written magazine content from ICMI available soon. If you would l [...]

Inequality: What Can Be Done?

October 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Inequality: What Can Be Done? Inequality Part 3 This is a direct continuation of my past two posts on wealth inequality (in America). I discussed why it’s important to be skeptical of the data out there on wealth inequality, mainly due to the omission of data or the lack of detail when it’s presente [...]

“What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?”

October 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

"What Can Compare to Slavery, Right?" Inequality Part 2 I have argued that inequality is the natural state of human affairs and that people may want to combat it. I have also argued that combating inequality should be done in ways that do not infringe on the freedom and agency of others. I specifica [...]

“So You Want Poor People to Starve?”

October 5th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In the world there is inequality between nations and within nations, between states, between different age cohorts, between individuals in a classroom, individuals within a family...