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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Something like 1/4 of allthe black students going to MIT do not graduate

Something like 1/4 of all
the black students going to MIT do not graduate

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Something like 1/4 of all the black students going to MIT
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do not graduate.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:27:56
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
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documentary, biography
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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.
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
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