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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

"My great fear is thata black child growing up in Harlem todaywill not have as good a...

Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World • 2021

"My great fear is that
a black child growing up in Harlem today
will not have as good a chance to rise as people
of my generation did, simply because
they will not receive as solid an education,
in an era when such an education
is even more important." [ music ] [ music ] When Thomas Sowell
was 8 years old, his family moved
from North Carolina to New York City,
and settled here, at 720 St. Nicholas Avenue in the neighborhood of Harlem

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"My great fear is that a black child

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growing up in Harlem today will not have as good a chance

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to rise as people of my generation did,

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simply because they will not receive

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as solid an education, in an era

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when such an education is even more important."

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[ music ]

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[ music ]

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When Thomas Sowell was 8 years old,

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his family moved from North Carolina

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to New York City, and settled here,

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at 720 St. Nicholas Avenue

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in the neighborhood of Harlem.

Duration

39 seconds

Views

37

Timestamp in Movie

00:07:59

Uploaded

May 10, 2025

Genres

documentary, biography

Production

Free To Choose Enterprise

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Movie Summary

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.