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1 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity
“I think I would know more about Ireland. It would be different. I don’t think I would consciously be biased, but I don’t think I could quite do it neutrally either.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 1 May 2024
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…No, I don’t think you should feel bad about thinking that way. And I think that I know much more about Puerto Rico than I would if I weren’t one-half Puerto Rican. I know much more about it than I know about the Dominican Republic, say. However, I would ask you a question. I would turn it around. I would ask you if you were to write an MR post about some issue in Irish or Scottish politics, do you think you would analyze them differently, or do you think you would put that little feeling to the side? I think I would know more about Ireland. It would be different. I don’t think I would consciously be biased, but I don’t think I could quite do it neutrally either. And I’m pretty distant from Ireland: No relatives there. I’ve only been a few times. I’m not an Irish American, sending money to the IRA and drinking in a stereotypical Irish American pub. There’s not really much in my life that would — You’re not drinking, period.…
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