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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

He discovered that manyblack students at Cornell, their SAT scoreswere above the average...

He discovered that many
black students at Cornell, their SAT scores
were above the average but they are having
problems at Cornell

Full Transcript

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He discovered that many black students at Cornell,
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their SAT scores were above the average
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but they are having problems at Cornell.
Duration
10 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:20
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.
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