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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

The average black studentat MIT is in the bottom 10%of MIT students in math

The average black student
at MIT is in the bottom 10%
of MIT students in math

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The average black student at MIT
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is in the bottom 10% of MIT students in math.
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7 seconds
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00:27:46
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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.
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
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