Talk:Roland G. Fryer Jr.

message: Does anyone else feel this is way too informal to speak of an acadenic?
By 2005, Fryer was regarded as one of Black America's and Harvard's rising academic stars, in the aftermath of publishing numerous economics-related papers in prominent academic journals.[6]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.90.107.179 (talk) 04:58, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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message: This article needs much more discussion about the scholarship he has done that has led to his winning so many prizes. Bellagio99 (talk) 17:12, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Economic achievements 

message: I went through this article; career section and added "controversial events" section. One or two sections of the article were written and contextualized in 2007, so I updated that part to the current context. Also the Academic Career section had no relationship as to chronology, so I took all the points and reordered them into a chronology according to date of occurrence. Added section on Professor Fryer's appointment to the NYC Department of Education in 2007 by Michael Bloomberg, which already was referenced by the article but had been overlooked. Added election to the executive committee of the American Economic Association, and subsequent abdication of that seat. Updated seat in the office of the WEB DuBois Institute, which is part of Harvard, and due to the two-year suspension, was eliminated. Added a few side notes on the accusations, taken directly from the New York Times article, in the "controversial events" section. Changed the wording of a few sentences, for clarification.  
There are currently two topics in the "controversial events" section; 1) research publication on police brutality; 2) accusations and suspension by Harvard faculty.
Thanks for all your help on this. Keep up the good work. Please review, revise, and revert as seen fit. This is Wikipedia. בס״ד   172.250.237.36 (talk) 19:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Here is an article from the Boston Globe that goes into more detail on the condition of Professor Fryer's suspension. It is to last four years, the first two years is a total suspension from both teaching and academics, the second two years consists of supervised teaching and limited academic work:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/07/10/harvard-suspends-star-economist-roland-fryer-following-sexual-harassment-complaints/4v3vYV1Dgn9XzVTQqi2UiP/story.html Discuss. Thanks in advance. בס״ד   172.250.237.36 (talk) 20:45, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

text: Here is a link to the 2007 newsletter of the NYC Commission on Human Rights which featured Professor Fryer as a keynote speaker in which he outlined his goals as the Cheif Equality Officer: http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/pdf/govpub/6639newsletter_2007.pdf  בס״ד   172.250.237.36 (talk) 21:09, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Two more links that aren't in the main article yet: A new study confirms that black men and women are treated differently in the hands of law enforcement. They are more likely to be touched, handcuffed, pushed to the ground or pepper-sprayed by a police officer, even after accounting for how, where and when they encounter the police.But when it comes to the most lethal form of force — police shootings — the study finds no racial bias.“It is the most surprising result of my career,” said Roland G. Fryer Jr., the author of the study and a professor of economics at Harvard. The study examined more than 1,000 shootings in 10 major police departments, in Texas, Florida and California. Link: nytimes-surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings,(archive.org link: surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings).Here is the entire research paper online: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN POLICE USE OF FORCE - Roland G. Fryer, Jr   בס״ד  172.250.237.36 (talk) 21:32, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  UPDATED - Academic career section; ADDED Controversial Events section