In "Raj Chetty: The Fading of the American Dream | Amanpour and Company" (https://youtu.be/_rffAhR4mSs https://youtu.be/_rffAhR4mSs) (summary below), Chetty mak

In "Raj Chetty: The Fading of the American Dream | Amanpour and Company" (https://youtu.be/_rffAhR4mSs https://youtu.be/_rffAhR4mSs) (summary below), Chetty makes the case that doing what works is essential. The discussion ) ultimately turns to race and black boys in particular. Turns out that black boys (versus white boys or black girls) need their father present. What spoke to me the most was Chetty's statement that race always mattered no matter income, education, family, neighborhood. Go to 18:15 to learn more. Basically, while system and program improvements could result in lifting black boys/men up the ladder, the system was pushing against them. This is a profoundly difficult thing to labor against even in a systematic, data-informed, policy- and practice-driven way. But the failure to take a piecemeal approach may result in so few black people in STEM. --- Summary: Raj Chetty believes he may have found a way to reignite the American Dream. Using “Big Data,” Chetty says we can offer equality of opportunity to kids of disadvantaged backgrounds. The renowned Harvard Professor has received plaudits for his work in harnessing data to propose solutions to economic inequality. He sits down with Hari to explain his work.