# Interesting podcast conversation between Sam Harris and Charles Murray (of "Bell Curve" fame)

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**Created:** [April 23, 2017, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-podcast-conversation-between-sam-harris-and-charles-murray-of-bell-curve-fame/785052 "2017-04-23T09:21:23Z")\
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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> Evil, I worded my claim carefully, but you obviosly did not read it carefully. I’ll add bolding for emphasis:

So your claim is that regular black schoolchildren receive less funding than regular white schoolchildren, and special education black schoolchildren receive less funding than special education white schoolchildren, but that there are enough special education black schoolchildren to make overall spend higher for black schoolchildren, even though they’re being discriminated against on a like-to-like basis?

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