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Roland G. Fryer Jr.
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right|thumb|Roland G. Fryer Jr. in April 2006
Roland G. Fryer Jr. (born June 4, 1977) is an American economist and professor at Harvard University. He has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011 and the John Bates Clark Medal in 2015.
Quotes
[Why he is willing to suffer consequences from detractors for his research:] I don't covet what they covet.
"Economist Roland Fryer on Adversity, Race, and Refusing to Conform" (at 36m34s), Honestly with Bari Weiss, 13 February 2024.
One of my secret obsessions [...] is to force people to have civil discourse. I spend hours doing it.
"Economist Roland Fryer on Adversity, Race, and Refusing to Conform" (at 42m7s), Honestly with Bari Weiss, 13 February 2024.
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