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We have with us today, Charles Murray.

He is, of course, one of the most important social scientists of our time.

The books well-known books include include losing ground, the bell curve,

and coming apart. People know those in the audience here well enough. I don't even need to say

the subtitles of those books. There is a new book just out entitled Facing Reality, Two Truths

About Race in America. Thank you for joining us, Dr. Murray.

It's my pleasure. First question, the general content of the book, In Coming Apart,

you actually held off on racial comparisons. You focused upon on whites, different class

groupings of whites, but you're returning to that issue. Why

return to it now?

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