{"id":111970,"date":"2016-02-29T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/29\/youmakemyheartsinggg-raggedick-merindab-skip\/"},"modified":"2018-09-03T07:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T07:00:52","slug":"youmakemyheartsinggg-raggedick-merindab-skip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/02\/29\/youmakemyheartsinggg-raggedick-merindab-skip\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

youmakemyheartsinggg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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raggedick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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merindab<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Skip ahead to 1:01 it\u2019s not letting me embed it at that point<\/p>\n

Very Important. The last five minutes of this panel, it\u2019s asked if genetic differences might explain why there are fewer women in science. Watch Neil Degrasse Tyson explain very quickly and succinctly that it\u2019s about society and expectations and the people in power.<\/p>\n

Also the old white dude asking the question? Former president of Harvard and Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers<\/p>\n

(via upworthy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

yooooo so worth checking out!<\/p>\n

\u00a0thanks for sharing!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cSo, my- my life experience tells me, that when you don\u2019t find blacks in the sciences, don\u2019t find women in the sciences, I know these [social] forces are real, and I had to survive them in order to get where I am today. So before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there\u2019s equal opportunity, then we can have that conversation.\u201d – Neil Degrasse Tyson answering that question about genetic differences, starting at 1:01:30 in the video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Source:<\/span> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

youmakemyheartsinggg: raggedick: merindab: Skip ahead to 1:01 it\u2019s not letting me embed it at that point Very Important. The last five minutes of this panel, it\u2019s asked if genetic differences might explain why there are fewer women in science. Watch Neil Degrasse Tyson explain very quickly and succinctly that it\u2019s about society and expectations and … <\/p>\n

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