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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

You and Sowell used to jokeabout how few black conservatives there werein the country back...

You and Sowell used to joke
about how few black conservatives there were
in the country back in the '70s and '80s

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You and Sowell used to joke about how few
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black conservatives there were in the country
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back in the '70s and '80s.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:28
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.
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
The crime that -- I believe Tom would say as well -- - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
The crime that -- I believe Tom would say as well --
"If you have always believed that everyone should play - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:26
"If you have always believed that everyone should play
I've never heard, never damaged - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
I've never heard, never damaged
In a small recording studio - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
In a small recording studio
It feels good to be back in his booth - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
It feels good to be back in his booth
[ Continues rapping ] - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
[ Continues rapping ]
Eric is out to make great music - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Eric is out to make great music