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40 years ago, I received a far better education in Harlem
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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

40 years ago, I receiveda far better education in Harlem than the people who are livingin...

40 years ago, I received
a far better education in Harlem than the people who are living
in Harlem today have available to them

Full Transcript

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40 years ago, I received a far better education in Harlem
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than the people who are living in Harlem today
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have available to them.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:26
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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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.
[ music ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
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This is a charter school, an example of educational choice - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
This is a charter school, an example of educational choice
For Tom, this is education done right. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
For Tom, this is education done right.
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting
I think we particularly need that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I think we particularly need that
Back in 1978, when there was a push - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Back in 1978, when there was a push
In their words, "The least educated, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
In their words, "The least educated,
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there
And so you have generations of kids - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And so you have generations of kids
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They are given the autonomy - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
They are given the autonomy
But they must also meet academic standards - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But they must also meet academic standards
Unlike traditional public schools, however, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Unlike traditional public schools, however,
With respect to education, Tom would say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:17
With respect to education, Tom would say
And if those things are not done, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
And if those things are not done,
And that is precisely what we see. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And that is precisely what we see.
For decades, Sowell has been a strong supporter of charters - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
For decades, Sowell has been a strong supporter of charters
There are, as you've said, many blacks today - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
There are, as you've said, many blacks today
I would allow their parents - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:18
I would allow their parents
It is hard for me to understand what harm is going to be done - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
It is hard for me to understand what harm is going to be don...