{"id":6065,"date":"2025-07-12T19:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/bay-area\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2025-08-04T23:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T03:40:09","slug":"you-are-invited-to-attend-the-next-meeting-of-fair-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/bay-area\/you-are-invited-to-attend-the-next-meeting-of-fair-in-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"You are invited to attend the next meeting of FAIR in Conversation on August 20th at 4:00 pm PST"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6065\" class=\"elementor elementor-6065\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a3f0a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a3f0a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb7a355\" data-id=\"fb7a355\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bff95 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35bff95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"91\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/bay-area\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2025\/07\/FAIR-in-Conversation-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6106\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0945a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e0945a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Renowned economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell challenges the foundational assumptions of the modern \u201csocial justice\u201d movement. With clarity and empirical rigor, Sowell critiques the idea that disparities in outcomes are evidence of systemic bias, injustice, and oppression. Instead, he explores how assumptions, rather than hard evidence, are the drivers of public policy, activism, and academia. Through historical examples, economic analysis, and logical argumentation, Sowell dismantles the notion that equality of outcome should be achieved by social engineering.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad603d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ad603d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>We lay out an author\u2019s perspective as a spring board for you to engage in a conversation with other FAIR members. Ask questions, present your thoughts, and listen to the opinions of others in an exploratory and respectful discussion. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d766c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d766c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: center; background: white;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; color: #4d424c;\">Sign up and Register: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/idKtfm7tTzePO5npCqrtHA#\/registration\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #00b0f0;\">https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/fair-in-conversation\/#<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: center; background: white;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell challenges the foundational assumptions of the modern \u201csocial justice\u201d movement. 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