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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

For Sowell, it was an exampleof the unintended consequences of affirmative action

For Sowell, it was an example
of the unintended consequences of affirmative action

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For Sowell, it was an example of the unintended consequences
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of affirmative action.
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00:26:59
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May 10, 2025
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documentary, biography
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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.
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