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“BEST OF TDR” | Are Masks the New Scarlet Letter? 

Given the hot topic of national conversation around mask mandates, masks in school, and assorted mask-related topics, this week we’re revisiting an earlier conversation where we touched on this broad-ranging topic and explored the various voices in the debate.    

And in Courage or Cringe: Athletes sue the NFL over race-based algorithms, The Golden Globes and cancel culture and Marjorie Taylor Green names AOC as her bully.   

• Is accounting for social & economic disparity to determine compensation a healthy measure that drives equity or is it a selective tool used in economically advantageous cases but decried in others? 
• Is the push to cancel the golden globes a righteous reckoning for a history of disparity, or a dismal display of piling on the virtue bandwagon? 
• And finally… should Marjorie Taylor Green the firebrand congresswomen be heard and believed about being bullied by powerful members of congress, or are her recent run-ins with other lawmakers simply proof of reaping what she’s sown? 

Ad Fontes – To the Sources! 

Deep Dive: 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/14/covid-dr-scott-gottlieb-agrees-with-new-cdc-mask-guidance.html 

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-mask-tweet-riles-republican-lawmakers-1591480 

Courage or Cringe: 

Black NFL players call for end of algorithm that assumes Black men have lower cognitive abilities. 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/retired-black-nfl-players-and-their-families-call-for-race-norming-practice-to-end-01621018741?siteid=yhoof2 

Golden Globes 2022 Canceled On NBC As HFPA Struggles To Reform To Hollywood’s Stipulations 

https://deadline.com/2021/05/golden-globes-canceled-nbc-2022-hfpa-1234753314/ 

Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she's the victim of Democrat bullying when questioned about her hounding of AOC 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-said-shes-144045546.html 

https://www.businessinsider.com/ruben-gallego-mocks-marjorie-taylor-greene-coward-qanon-democrats-gop-2021-5