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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
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Tom Jennings
Year
2021
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documentary, biography
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He found out that people in the government - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
He found out that people in the government
And that's what shocked him and caused him - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
And that's what shocked him and caused him
So it wasn't academia that caused him - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
So it wasn't academia that caused him
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He actually taught in the years leading up to that at Cornell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
He actually taught in the years leading up to that at Cornel...
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Like many other colleges, it became a focal point - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Like many other colleges, it became a focal point
When armed black students took over a building on campus, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
When armed black students took over a building on campus,
Blacks had been recruited to Cornell under lower standards - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Blacks had been recruited to Cornell under lower standards
For Sowell, it was an example of the unintended consequences - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
For Sowell, it was an example of the unintended consequences
Tom's tenure at Cornell - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
Tom's tenure at Cornell
I think it left a very, very bitter taste in his mouth. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I think it left a very, very bitter taste in his mouth.
He discovered that many black students at Cornell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
He discovered that many black students at Cornell,
And that's when he first came up with the idea - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And that's when he first came up with the idea
That is, black students who would do very well - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
That is, black students who would do very well
The average black student at MIT - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
The average black student at MIT
But he is in the top 90% of all American students in math. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
But he is in the top 90% of all American students in math.
Something like 1/4 of all the black students going to MIT - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Something like 1/4 of all the black students going to MIT
You're talking about a pool of people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
You're talking about a pool of people
Tom had moved to UCLA - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
Tom had moved to UCLA
I was sitting in my office at UCLA one day - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
I was sitting in my office at UCLA one day
I heard all of this. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I heard all of this.
And one of them said, "Well, how you doing, brother?" - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And one of them said, "Well, how you doing, brother?&qu...
I am Mr. Sowell, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
I am Mr. Sowell,
Here was their natural ally laying down the law. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
Here was their natural ally laying down the law.
"You're going to treat me - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
"You're going to treat me
I just walked in his office one day - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
I just walked in his office one day
You and Sowell used to joke about how few - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
You and Sowell used to joke about how few
Has much changed since then, and what was it like back then? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
Has much changed since then, and what was it like back then?
There were relatively few blacks that we knew of - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
There were relatively few blacks that we knew of
It was Bill Buckley who made the suggestion - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
It was Bill Buckley who made the suggestion
Tom's done something in his career - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Tom's done something in his career
The true test of whether someone understands - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
The true test of whether someone understands
And Tom has the gift of being able to do that, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And Tom has the gift of being able to do that,
I haven't been able to find a single country in the world - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I haven't been able to find a single country in the wor...
I've seen many examples around the world of people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I've seen many examples around the world of people
Not one of them has followed any pattern at all - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Not one of them has followed any pattern at all
Many groups have remained in poverty - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Many groups have remained in poverty
At one time, black Americans did not have - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
At one time, black Americans did not have
Now we do, but because the civil rights struggle - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Now we do, but because the civil rights struggle
I'm fairly sure that Tom would say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
I'm fairly sure that Tom would say
The crime that -- I believe Tom would say as well -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
The crime that -- I believe Tom would say as well --
"If you have always believed that everyone should play - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:26
"If you have always believed that everyone should play
I've never heard, never damaged - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I've never heard, never damaged
In a small recording studio - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
In a small recording studio
It feels good to be back in his booth - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
It feels good to be back in his booth
[ Continues rapping ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
[ Continues rapping ]
Eric is out to make great music - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Eric is out to make great music
And I'm something like a great howl - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And I'm something like a great howl
[ Rap metal music playing ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
[ Rap metal music playing ]
I see you standing with your hand out - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I see you standing with your hand out
Eric fronts the rap metal band BackWordz, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Eric fronts the rap metal band BackWordz,
He has emerged as an influential young voice - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
He has emerged as an influential young voice
[ Rapping indistinctly ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:19
[ Rapping indistinctly ]
It just goes to show from a generational standpoint - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
It just goes to show from a generational standpoint
People are probably tired of hearing me talk about it - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
People are probably tired of hearing me talk about it
What happened?" - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
What happened?"
Most people have not recognized the fact - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Most people have not recognized the fact
...you find that married couple families - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
...you find that married couple families
As late as 1930, blacks had lower - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
As late as 1930, blacks had lower
So all these things that we complain about - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
So all these things that we complain about
And I think if you want to look for a turning point, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And I think if you want to look for a turning point,
[ Indistinct conversations ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
[ Indistinct conversations ]
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Those types are welfarism and how they have affected - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
Those types are welfarism and how they have affected
It's a hard pill to swallow. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
It's a hard pill to swallow.
Just how welfarism does incentivize people to fail. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Just how welfarism does incentivize people to fail.
It's the state saying that, so as long as you fail, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
It's the state saying that, so as long as you fail,
You'll get this money, we'll take care of you, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
You'll get this money, we'll take care of you,
But the minute you get above this line, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
But the minute you get above this line,
[ Children shouting playfully ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:23
[ Children shouting playfully ]
Upon accepting the offer, his teaching days were over. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
Upon accepting the offer, his teaching days were over.
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I don't think I ever like standing in front of people - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I don't think I ever like standing in front of people
When Hoover offered him the opportunity - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
When Hoover offered him the opportunity
How would you describe Tom to someone - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
How would you describe Tom to someone
And by that, I mean Tom looks at evidence - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And by that, I mean Tom looks at evidence
And then he offers a prognosis, and he's not interested as much, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
And then he offers a prognosis, and he's not interested...
You point out that depending on - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
You point out that depending on
Yes, that if you look at the Chinese - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Yes, that if you look at the Chinese
The people who have come in since World War II - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The people who have come in since World War II
They've come in with a different set of experiences - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
They've come in with a different set of experiences
Many of them are the poverty-stricken Chinese - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
Many of them are the poverty-stricken Chinese
The American employer is probably totally unaware - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The American employer is probably totally unaware
It's only the people who work with the data - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
It's only the people who work with the data
"It takes considerable knowledge - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:17
"It takes considerable knowledge
To gather material for his extensive writings - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
To gather material for his extensive writings
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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.

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Director: Tom Jennings
Writer: Tom Jennings
Production: Free To Choose Enterprise
Genre: documentary, biography
Year: 2021
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ImdbRating: 8.1
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Released: 23 Jan 2021
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