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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

I was sitting in my officeat UCLA one day when the Black StudentAssociation Delegation...

I was sitting in my office
at UCLA one day when the Black Student
Association Delegation marched into his office

Full Transcript

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I was sitting in my office at UCLA one day
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when the Black Student Association Delegation
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marched into his office.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:19
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.
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