White Women and Affirmative Action

When white people voice opposition to affirmative action, it is sometimes claimed that this is hypocritical or problematic because white women have benefited more than any other group from affirmative action. Generally, this claim is made in popular press on the basis of no serious evidence. For instance, Moore (2022), writing in "Teen Vogue" claimed …

Discrimination and Gay Suicide Rates

In this article I will argue that discrimination is at best a very partial explanation of why it is that gay people have higher rates of suicide than do straight people. To begin with, it's worth noting that most acts which constitute discrimination, ostracizing someone, insulting someone, emotionally or physically hurting someone, etc., are essentially …