@@johnseaverton1820 not what I said. Just as many ignorant white men as well. My point was Mr. Sowell is one of the very few prominent black men who truly understands and grasps history from a completely objective standpoint, not allowing certain biases direct his thoughts and research. Sorry if I offended. Not my intention.
The only way you could learn this stuff when I was in school (Before the internet or even PCs) was to skip school and go to the county library. And yes, I once received a 5-day suspension for doing just that. The fact that public school had terribly little to teach me in high school, meant nothing to the administrative automatons in charge.
This was taught at my school in Australia. I suppose in the US you arent taught very well. I found at uni a lot of Americans were very good in some areas but below grade 1 level in other areas (history, geography, economics) my only guess is american students dont take economics or say history classes at school. Kids doing a masters in finance didnt know how inflation worked for example which even my friends who didnt go to uni understood.
The special issue with European and American slavery is the double standards. Most European nations were already centuries past slavery and servitude and started to consider everyone born free (Scottish miners and a few other groups will disagree). So their standards at home didn't apply in their colonies and to the slaves for sale at the African coast and fit for dealing with European and American diseases., which were blacks. So they developped racism as an excuse for the double standards, the hypocrisy. So it does deserve special attention in the history of slavery. Also because the Europeans ended the worldwide slavetrade by force, led by the British Empire. So one might say that the Europeans spread their values over the world but to their own societies and people first. Sometimes their own class first, then all citizens and only centuries later to the rest of the world. Which is not an entirely unreasonable thing to do. The issue now has a Westerner I feel part of the progress made throughout history. Things were really bad in the past, from the Romans to the Dark Ages, and now it's much better and still getting better, and that's 'our' progress, we made it happen. I believe we've got to understand that many Africans or people from African descent don't feel like they have ownership of that progress, because their ancestors were passive in it, subject of it and subjected to it. So they don't see it as a development through time but as a development between Europeans and Africans. For me the colonizers are people from a different age, to them they are people from a different continent just like the current Europeans. And that's not unreasonable either.
Well I'm so glad that I went to a private school, in our school we had access to a lot of different books on the subject and if we didn't there was always the library; often times I wonder if the knowledge is so readily available than why don't they take the time to seek it out? It's almost as if they really don't want to know so they can keep claiming ignorance and victim hood, when in reality they are victims of their own ignorance.
@@icmull There is an online copy of an 8th grade graduation test from 1895. The vast majority of American University graduates can't pass it, and that's with the local history questions removed and conversion formula orovided to convert 1895 units to metric. It's really a rather sad commentary on U.S. education.
@@stevebuss69 You mean like Systemic Racism ,BLM ,Taxation , Slavery , Gun Control , Minimum Wage . But if you watched Sowell's video's you would know that ? But i guess you don't !
Listening to Sowell reveals just what a watered down and oversimplified version of history is generally taught in American high school classrooms. I realize it is partly due to time constraints, but I feel a bit cheated that there is so much that I was never taught. But I suppose it makes me that much more grateful to receive the information now.
@@ISATŌP1 I meant that the curriculum can only hold so much material, so history has to be focused on certain elements for it to be teachable. The lack of coverage is partly due to that. I didn't say that they couldn't prioritize better or do a more thorough job. Rudeness serves no one.
@@larrydugan1441 I do think they could do better when it comes to prioritizing about what is taught. The history curriculum has been minimized down into specific timelines, and those are taught in bite sized chunks following specific textbook guidelines. There is a difference in showing kids a film, which many will barely pay attention to, and actually teaching the material as part of required curriculum for retention.
You are a Sage in a world washed in untruths and deceptions. The Beacon of true learned knowledge not corrupted by political correctness, or socialist propaganda. Thank you Sir!
Please share with me what you got from this video that makes American slavery not as horrendous as is commonly presumed … Seriously… Please share with me… Because I must’ve missed it…Thank you
@@stevebuss69 slavery has been practiced for thousands of years all over the world. The concept of slaves extends even farther back into the past than biblical. Slavery is horrible and continues to this day, but I think the problem with American progressives is they want to keep the memory of slavery alive and in the forefront in a negative way to further their own agenda rather than let blacks carve their own niche within the US. I have been alive for 60 years and never seen this kind of division and hate between races. And instead of helping matters in the black community it is hurting us all.
@@stevebuss69 Of course it was horrendous, and I do not know how I would cope with the knowledge that my ancestors had suffered so desperately if I were a black American. Forgiving the oppressors is the only way I am guessing (and often so hard to do), and loving and honouring ancestors who survived so today one exists, has life, able to take advantage of all the opportunities available, and so justify their sacrifice.
I apologise in advance for the somewhat lengthy reply. CRT, like other Marxist, communist and fascist theories, teach *myths* that serve to proliferate their own agendas, not to provide children with the solid framework of scepticism and pragmatism needed to make their own independent deductions and decisions. To be clear; a myth is a *story* constructed to explain and transfer concepts and the reasoning behind customs and values through the actions of- or the interactions between- characters, everything from the origin of existence and the meaning of life to why one should or shouldn't do something, mostly through metaphor, but sometimes more explicitly. Teachings like CRT do nothing but plant an intolerance for dissent and lay the foundation for itself and similar ideologies to add more things as needed for the advancement of the revolution. Specifically; CRT is a race centered adaptation of Critical Theory (...that was basically custom made for the US, where the large middle class had resulted in things like race having supplanted class as the main divider, even though it wasn't nearly as universal as they would like everyone to believe), a school of thought created by members of the Frankfurt School, designed for use in slowly eroding the coherence of nations that resisted communism, by infiltrating and picking them apart from the inside, one value at a time, until it has been corrupted enough to accept it with open arms.
Here is just one definition of CRT for you. It is pretty clear from your comment that you and many other people don’t understand what it is. “A framework that can be used to theorize, examine and challenge the ways race and racism implicitly and explicitly impact on social structures, practices and discourses” Tara Yosso. How the history of colonization could possibly be perceived as “literally the opposite” of that I do not know.
@@andrewberghorn5598 the problem is that critical race “theory” (it’s a theory, not grounded in fact and truth historically) is being implemented into our society as a social experiment- and it isn’t working.
Again, stellar content and context - something missing in so many discussions (what discussions exist) today. These videos (or books) should be required learning for all people as part of a standard education.
Please share with me what context is in this video that would change the common view of the European rape and inhumane treatment of African slaves… Or Africans in general… I am sincere In this request… As I watch the whole video as I watch the whole video and see nothing of the sort.
@@stevebuss69 You didn't want to see it. Rape and inhumane treatment are ubiquitous aspects of human history, of all peoples of all lands, religions, and backgrounds. Literally all people on Earth have done so, for centuries. When Europeans started sailing to Africa, it was to trade with Africans, who they themselves raped, killed, and otherwise inhumanely treated each other as bad or worse than any European or Westerner ever did. This was not new, and was not invented by anyone outside Africa. It was Christians from Europe who were the first in history to develop a distaste for this treatment, and eventually led to its downfall. No one else in the entirety of global human history was ever in power and fought so hard to stamp it out, and their efforts have nearly been completed worldwide. Judging Whites, Europeans, and/or Christians for not "starting off perfect" among the imperfections of others is in itself racist (differential standards).
@@stevebuss69 Number of European population and European slavers,number of African slaves in Africa the same year ( africans handed over to Europeans + the other slaves). Certainly you can search. If Europeans get the blame for their slavers then Africans have earned hell.Nothing wrong... just your logic.
Public school world history should have the curriculum from Thomas SowellTV. Well done sir for making these videos that bring unbiased truths for people to objectively learn about history. Maybe this channel can help stem the tide of artificial stupidity. Thanks for sharing.
Sowell is an American treasure, i have learned so very much from his books, speeches and videos, they all MUST BE REQUIRED READING IN ALL HIGH SCHOOL;S AND COLLEGES and not just information for those able to go to a Big East college like Stanton.
Thomas Sowell through his honest and dedicated work and research never fails to surprise me! How is it that he is such a rare scholar that so often dispels so many myths about the black peoples experience and history?
Please share with me what you got from this video that makes American slavery not as horrendous as is commonly presumed … Seriously… Please share with me… Because I must’ve missed it…Thank you
@@stevebuss69 The point is, I think, that there was nothing uniquely horrendous about American slavery that was not common to slavery around the world... and some of the biggest slave traders were Africans themselves.
@@stevenfenley9359well, the Americans did it at a bigger scale and kept at it for longer than most others..and who do you want to compare yourself to? The Romans and the arabs of the barbary coast? Not shining beacons of humanism really.
I'm so glad that whomever holds the rights to Dr Sowell's audio books allowed that to post his work on RUclips. His work is very important but has been systematically ignored for my entire life.
Colonization benefitted Africans far more than black Americans want to admit. Weighed out honestly, it was a positive thing and I’m tired of the demonization of it.
It did but Not entirely, he is not mentioning restrictions imposed on africans by their rulers, many were mistreated, apartheid for example was another level of evil.
@@erin6083 when you say benefited? Did you mean no harm was done to any African by colonisers? They all benefited? Stop generalizing. Rather say the benefits of colonisation in Africa outweighed the misery imposed upon them, because many did suffer intially We are on the same page.
@@waylunnakar lmao that is the one of the dumbest things i've ever read. the homicide rate went up like 10,000% after it ended. quality of life went down; the country(SA) started to go to shht.
I have immense respect for Dr. Sowell. His discussions, presentations, lectures and essays are compelling and extraordinarily insightful. This places a tremendously clear perspective on the authentic advantages and disadvantages of colonialism in Africa. The abuses and atrocities perpetrated against Africans by their European overlords are unforgivable. Such behaviours highlight the profound dichotomies that existed between those Europeans promoting progress, tasked with and committed to improvements to lifestyle, economy and overall infrastructure that has had long term benefits and much of which is still in use today. The issues appeared to be with the lawmen particularly those less tolerant military based overseers. It is hardly surprising local tribes became frustrated and occasionally rebelled. How much is one expected to tolerate being involuntarily push about by aggressive arrogant white men previously welcomed in friendship. While all European nations involved with colonialism historically have blood on their hands, there are certainly some stand out offenders. The Belgian's vicious abuses cruelly meted out on Congolese workers is deplorable such as the amputation of hands for inconsequential claims and severe beatings for workers deemed not productive enough or for making honest errors. That mongrel German General's unparalleled retaliation against the Herero tribe is diabolically monstrous. If that genocidal maniac had not been recalled, the Herero would likely be an extinct tribe lost to the pages of history, something his later perpetually angry toothbrush moustached compatriot obsessively desired for my tribe!
Professor, this is so informative; I learned so much. I am white and live in a building with mostly black people. I go out and play with the children and meet and love the parents as well. I have one mother that I know would welcome this information May I download this and put it to disc so she may have the information? Thank you my friend and may you be blessed for all you have done.
I love history.. I want to be educated and talk about what I know. I don't want to be lied to and most definitely don't want to be laughed at for not knowing the truth of History. Sometimes I'm confused our history
A very interesting overview of the history of Africa from the time of written records. This is the information that should be taught during black history month instead of making up stories that some feel will elevate the social position of those of African ancestry in Western lands.
@@victorvalandybernard7944 I do know of the Mali empire, I never said Africans didn't have their own societies or their own inventions because they did.
I started listening and reading Mr Sowell's works when I was a teen. , Mr Sowell's words opened my eyes and I changed my mind about some of the things I was being taughtl. I found out quickly that I was going against the grain at school when I related what Mr Sowell said. Although I kept quiet, his words were deep in my heart. It is my hope that more and more people will find out about Mr Sowell, subscribe and learn about this great man whom people in power have tried to cancel for years
The kind of colonialism conventionally portrayed exists in Africa just not in the past but current and instead of being committed by "the evil west" it is the chinese to be specific the ones under the flag of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" ( which I believe should be named as what it is : national socialism same as the Nazis just not in Germany)
A truly excellent video- concise and right to the point a very difficult thing to do given the immense complexity of the subject - precolonial Africa the Scramble and decolonisation all in one video an to get it right nearlly impossible but Thomas Sowell managed it. A great starting point for further research into this fascinating and some would say "lost" subject of African History.
Have started to read Dr Sowell's books. It's discouraging to have missed out on his extensive body of research and work. Plan to fix my ignorance by drawing upon his work. Thank you Dr Sowell. And thanks for the Internet for bringing something constructive to my attention. Instead of the mindless drivel that floods the Web. 🤔🤔😁
No school will teach you the full history, It will always favour the ones in control. Nothing stops you from learning what you want to know now. I just will do it in alternative search engines, away from cabal control like wiki, from a lot of sources and the truth will be in the middle .
Wow. Your research is impressive, and your presentation style is both informative and impressive. I could listen for hours. You need your own TV channel so these amazing facts can be shared further. A lot of what's wrong with the world at the moment is that opinions have in many cases replaced facts, particularly on social media.
Every nation and culture in the world adopts and adapts influences of other cultures. Music, food, fashion, technology, and many other things are universal. Let us also not forget that the white Arabs and Berbers of North Africa had a heavy influence in sub-Saharan Africa too.
My take on Sowell's version of history will stand the test of time, especially compared to the version taught by many white, Western and often liberal historians or intellectuals. Sowell is a traditionalist who believes in conveying information as accurately and holistically as possible. Meaning, he doesn't neglect a portion of information that contradicts his own theories - because he's not pushing a theory. The problem with the liberal intellectual or historian is they begin from a place of ideology and then force information to fit into their dogma, or worse, they simply neglect inconvenient facts that show the weaknesses of their theory. Unfortunately, the weaker model has prevailed in Western culture in the past 6 or so decades, with an increasing competition for newer and more innovative dogmas based on White guilt and shame. It's kind of preposterous actually. Sowell doesn't play that game. He gives the info in as complete and thorough fashion as possible. RESPECT.
One thing that has been consistent throughout the centuries is the sacrifice of many human lives (regardless of origin) for the financial advancement of a few.
There is a documentary by a RUclipsr named Jabzy on the Scramble for Africa. It is the most in-depth history on the Scramble that I've ever seen. I highly recommend it.
I don't know if anyone knows about the campaign against child slavery in Haiti. It is conservatively estimated that there are 300,000 child slaves in Haiti, poverty makes parents sell their children because their master will at least feed them, there are gangs of child kidnappers who later sell them to farmers in the interior of the country. And let's remember that Haiti is the only successful slave rebellion.
These days we are constantly sold an activists preferred version of history . This video and others like it need to be known. This is all of our history. We deserve as full a picture as we can get otherwise we fall prey to those wishing to divide us.
Of course this kind of information wouldn't be told in schools...it doesn't present Africans as lacking agency, which makes historical interactions with other civilizations a much less one-sided affair.
By the 1950s-1960s, a majority of Muslims had accepted the abolition of slavery as religiously legitimate. By the end of the 20th century, all Muslim countries had made slavery illegal. In 1926, the Muslim World Conference meeting in Mecca condemned slavery.
Let us not gloss over the fact that the Indians and Lebanese expelled from East Africa did not treat indigenous African people worse than Animals. Europeans benefited vastly from their first contact with the continent, so they kept coming back and wouldn't leave. if the return on investment is so little as Sowell proposed why do they still have a vested interest in the economy and politics of most African nations?
Indigenous African people treated Indigenous African people worse than animals, regarding the actual facts Sowell at least gives sourced references to verify his statements whereas many here rely on a little they heard here or there, you know what I mean don’t you?
May also take a.look at Barbados in 1649, Cromeell's extermination, as Irish slaves revolted .and the.horror that followed after the uprising of these slaves as a warning.
I have always loved history. It's not boring dates to memorize. It's learning about culture, like music, religion, clothing, customs, laws, government, and even the mathmatical system and science of by gone civilizations. I feel sad for those who don't get it that it's all a tapestry and an interconnected web that eventually arrives at the present. People who do not know the past make judgements and mistakes in the present often with dire consequences.
Colonialism was essential to ending slavery, If the Normans had not colonized Britain it is quite possible that legal chattel slavery could still be a reality today. It was William the Conqueror that put the nail in the coffin of slavery in Britain (possibly by accident). this grew into a general anti slavery mentality that only Britain of the time had the international power to force other countries across the world to give up slavery.
the boers traded for vast pieces of their land. the most famous was when piet retief traded with dingane. after conditions were met and payments were made, dingane invited the boers to a celebration of the concluded deal, ordered them to leave their weapons outside the 'kraal', the ordered his soldiers to kill all the boers. thereafter he sent his soldiers to go and kill the rest of the boer people. 532 people were brutally butchered that night. i am disappointed that the truth of the boers trading for their land in occupied regions are twisted. seems there is some bias against those boers. seems sowell can not be entirely trusted to present the truth. shame.
Unfortunately I think there is a fear of offending Africans with the truth of what the positives that colonisation brought to the continent, because prior to the industrialisation that we brought they were very primitive. This is , I think a bit of an embarrassment, so it is easier to paint a picture of the Europeans taking rather than giving, exploiting rather than educating, destroying rather than constructing.
The Europeans brought very little industrialisation as such. What they did bring was education, infrastructure, medicine, and peace - preventing the internecine wars between rival kingdoms that had been going on for centuries.
Agreed, Germany will be paying reperations to Namibia for the genocide of the Herero people for another 30 years. They have not returned all the skulls yet, taken in the pursuit of proving white supremacy, while the British were fighting against the slave trade.
@@jamiewarne9066 The British fought against the Slave-Trade? What Skulls are you talking about? And why should Germany "pay"? The Money doesnt even go there and as im a German, "pay" more respect for people who "pay" for things in our days that they have not committed. - So i see you people try to make "Germany" THE Colonial Empire and white-wash Britains entire history. We only hear you people talk bad about Germans and even defend the British. Thats very strange. :-D
I feel it imperative to not let this fact undermined the racism that has, and still does happen in the west. But also note that the idea of reoperation is a ridicules one.
I think the Arabs were a lot more racist than the whites and I think Spanish are a lot more racist than the whites and I think the Asians are a lot more racist than the whites
Wow. The idea of what “freelance work” is has really changed! From brutal gold chasing adventurer/slaver in a jungle to over-caffeinated anime watching programmer in a dark bed room 😂
When you can gain more truth & knowledge of history online rather than through the education system, then what does that say of the American education system? 🤔
Progressive (those left of the political center) historical accounts as well as progressive textbooks say very little about the debate over the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The reason becomes obvious when we break down the partisan vote on those amendments. One might have thought that after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment would be a fait accompli. One might expect that every Democrat-at least every Northern Democrat represented in Congress-would now vote for it. In fact, only sixteen of eighty Democrats did. Let’s pause to digest that for a minute. Even in the aftermath of the Civil War, so strong was their attachment to the plantation that an overwhelming majority of Northern Democrats refused to vote to permanently end slavery. Again, we are speaking of Northern Democrats; Southern Democrats who may have been expected to vote against the amendment were not permitted to vote at all. And when the Thirteenth Amendment went to the states for ratification, only Republican states carried by Lincoln voted for it; Democratic states that went for McClellan all voted no. On the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Democratic Party’s performance was even more disgraceful. Not a single Democrat, either in the House or the Senate, voted for either amendment. To repeat, these were not Southern Democrats who were excluded from voting; these were Northern Democrats so averse to extending equal rights under law or voting rights to blacks that not a single one of them could bring himself to vote for either measure. So the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments can be considered exclusively Republican achievements, since no Democrats contributed to making them part of the Constitution.” Denise D'Souza
This video has been out for over a year. It’s had 99K views. It has a whole bunch of complimentary comments but for some reason, it only has 4 likes and one of them is mine. What’s up with that?
If we had more Educators like Dr. Thomas Sowell? Parents wouldn’t have to worry about someone Transgenderlysing and Indoctrinating our Children. All day long Yahoo
There is a difference between Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. Agriculture, cloth manufacturing, etc., existed in Northern Africa before people from Europe arrived. Sub Saharan Africa didn’t have any of that.
He stated that in the Intro. The 1) written records of the Europeans, 2) written records of the Arabs, 3) archeological research and 4) anthropological research. Using those 4 as sources, an Historical record of Africa before European or Arab contacts with African peoples below the Sahara can be determined.
In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue. In 1492 Spain shed the power of Islamic Rule. I'm curious to know how much Islamic rule of Spain might have played into Spain's exploitation of slavery, upon discovering the New World.
America was not a New world, black people were here for 1000's of years before any other people pretended that they founded it!!! They never wanted people to know about this FACT!!!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Thomas Sowell is a national treasure.
One of a handful of black men that understand history and speak the truth. It’s unfortunate really but thank God for Mr. Sowell.
Don't make this a gender issue.
@@sayeeed1303 Why not?
Amen
Huh black men don’t understand history? White men do?
@@johnseaverton1820 not what I said. Just as many ignorant white men as well. My point was Mr. Sowell is one of the very few prominent black men who truly understands and grasps history from a completely objective standpoint, not allowing certain biases direct his thoughts and research. Sorry if I offended. Not my intention.
Things like this should be taught in schools this way they can understand that slavery wasn't always one sided and in some cases regular business
The only way you could learn this stuff when I was in school (Before the internet or even PCs) was to skip school and go to the county library. And yes, I once received a 5-day suspension for doing just that. The fact that public school had terribly little to teach me in high school, meant nothing to the administrative automatons in charge.
This was taught at my school in Australia. I suppose in the US you arent taught very well. I found at uni a lot of Americans were very good in some areas but below grade 1 level in other areas (history, geography, economics) my only guess is american students dont take economics or say history classes at school. Kids doing a masters in finance didnt know how inflation worked for example which even my friends who didnt go to uni understood.
The special issue with European and American slavery is the double standards. Most European nations were already centuries past slavery and servitude and started to consider everyone born free (Scottish miners and a few other groups will disagree). So their standards at home didn't apply in their colonies and to the slaves for sale at the African coast and fit for dealing with European and American diseases., which were blacks. So they developped racism as an excuse for the double standards, the hypocrisy. So it does deserve special attention in the history of slavery.
Also because the Europeans ended the worldwide slavetrade by force, led by the British Empire. So one might say that the Europeans spread their values over the world but to their own societies and people first. Sometimes their own class first, then all citizens and only centuries later to the rest of the world. Which is not an entirely unreasonable thing to do.
The issue now has a Westerner I feel part of the progress made throughout history. Things were really bad in the past, from the Romans to the Dark Ages, and now it's much better and still getting better, and that's 'our' progress, we made it happen. I believe we've got to understand that many Africans or people from African descent don't feel like they have ownership of that progress, because their ancestors were passive in it, subject of it and subjected to it. So they don't see it as a development through time but as a development between Europeans and Africans. For me the colonizers are people from a different age, to them they are people from a different continent just like the current Europeans. And that's not unreasonable either.
Well I'm so glad that I went to a private school, in our school we had access to a lot of different books on the subject and if we didn't there was always the library; often times I wonder if the knowledge is so readily available than why don't they take the time to seek it out? It's almost as if they really don't want to know so they can keep claiming ignorance and victim hood, when in reality they are victims of their own ignorance.
@@icmull There is an online copy of an 8th grade graduation test from 1895. The vast majority of American University graduates can't pass it, and that's with the local history questions removed and conversion formula orovided to convert 1895 units to metric. It's really a rather sad commentary on U.S. education.
I could listen to him all day. He's the definition of AUTHENTICITY.
The one in a million Thomas Sowell.
A truly remarkable man who cuts thru the Bull and tells the truth with the facts to back it up .
Rare breed now a days
Can lease share with me what bull your referring to ?
…Thank you
@@stevebuss69 You mean like Systemic Racism ,BLM ,Taxation , Slavery , Gun Control , Minimum Wage . But if you watched Sowell's video's you would know that ? But i guess you don't !
@@stevebuss69 the bull of the current day left.
Listening to Sowell reveals just what a watered down and oversimplified version of history is generally taught in American high school classrooms. I realize it is partly due to time constraints, but I feel a bit cheated that there is so much that I was never taught. But I suppose it makes me that much more grateful to receive the information now.
Shows the potential of online education.
The video is just over 18 minutes. There is not a lack of time in school. There is a huge waste of time.
Time constraints?????
Hahahaha, Don't Be Naive!!!!
@@ISATŌP1 I meant that the curriculum can only hold so much material, so history has to be focused on certain elements for it to be teachable. The lack of coverage is partly due to that. I didn't say that they couldn't prioritize better or do a more thorough job. Rudeness serves no one.
@@larrydugan1441 I do think they could do better when it comes to prioritizing about what is taught. The history curriculum has been minimized down into specific timelines, and those are taught in bite sized chunks following specific textbook guidelines. There is a difference in showing kids a film, which many will barely pay attention to, and actually teaching the material as part of required curriculum for retention.
He's polite and articulate but still speaks his mind.
You are a Sage in a world washed in untruths and deceptions. The Beacon of true learned knowledge not corrupted by political correctness, or socialist propaganda. Thank you Sir!
Please share with me what you got from this video that makes American slavery not as horrendous as is commonly presumed …
Seriously… Please share with me… Because I must’ve missed it…Thank you
@@stevebuss69 what about the horrendous modern day slavery that exist on the African continent. Is the "man" responsible for that as well
@@stevebuss69 slavery has been practiced for thousands of years all over the world. The concept of slaves extends even farther back into the past than biblical. Slavery is horrible and continues to this day, but I think the problem with American progressives is they want to keep the memory of slavery alive and in the forefront in a negative way to further their own agenda rather than let blacks carve their own niche within the US.
I have been alive for 60 years and never seen this kind of division and hate between races. And instead of helping matters in the black community it is hurting us all.
He is a delight to listen to because he speaks the truth and always gives a broad, understandable overview,
@@stevebuss69 Of course it was horrendous, and I do not know how I would cope with the knowledge that my ancestors had suffered so desperately if I were a black American. Forgiving the oppressors is the only way I am guessing (and often so hard to do), and loving and honouring ancestors who survived so today one exists, has life, able to take advantage of all the opportunities available, and so justify their sacrifice.
Respect to you sir with love from South Africa,from your white African brother. ❤❤❤
CRT is literally the opposite of what this man teaches. This is true history that should be taught in schools.
I apologise in advance for the somewhat lengthy reply.
CRT, like other Marxist, communist and fascist theories, teach *myths* that serve to proliferate their own agendas, not to provide children with the solid framework of scepticism and pragmatism needed to make their own independent deductions and decisions.
To be clear; a myth is a *story* constructed to explain and transfer concepts and the reasoning behind customs and values through the actions of- or the interactions between- characters, everything from the origin of existence and the meaning of life to why one should or shouldn't do something, mostly through metaphor, but sometimes more explicitly.
Teachings like CRT do nothing but plant an intolerance for dissent and lay the foundation for itself and similar ideologies to add more things as needed for the advancement of the revolution.
Specifically; CRT is a race centered adaptation of Critical Theory (...that was basically custom made for the US, where the large middle class had resulted in things like race having supplanted class as the main divider, even though it wasn't nearly as universal as they would like everyone to believe), a school of thought created by members of the Frankfurt School, designed for use in slowly eroding the coherence of nations that resisted communism, by infiltrating and picking them apart from the inside, one value at a time, until it has been corrupted enough to accept it with open arms.
Here is just one definition of CRT for you. It is pretty clear from your comment that you and many other people don’t understand what it is.
“A framework that can be used to theorize, examine and challenge the ways race and racism implicitly and explicitly impact on social structures, practices and discourses” Tara Yosso.
How the history of colonization could possibly be perceived as “literally the opposite” of that I do not know.
How tf does this disprove CRT? It sounds like you don’t know what CRT is.
@@andrewberghorn5598 the problem is that critical race “theory” (it’s a theory, not grounded in fact and truth historically) is being implemented into our society as a social experiment- and it isn’t working.
The truth about what Europeans did to blacks should be taught in schools.
Again, stellar content and context - something missing in so many discussions (what discussions exist) today.
These videos (or books) should be required learning for all people as part of a standard education.
Please share with me what context is in this video that would change the common view of the European rape and inhumane treatment of African slaves… Or Africans in general… I am sincere In this request… As I watch the whole video as I watch the whole video and see nothing of the sort.
@@stevebuss69
You didn't want to see it. Rape and inhumane treatment are ubiquitous aspects of human history, of all peoples of all lands, religions, and backgrounds. Literally all people on Earth have done so, for centuries.
When Europeans started sailing to Africa, it was to trade with Africans, who they themselves raped, killed, and otherwise inhumanely treated each other as bad or worse than any European or Westerner ever did. This was not new, and was not invented by anyone outside Africa.
It was Christians from Europe who were the first in history to develop a distaste for this treatment, and eventually led to its downfall. No one else in the entirety of global human history was ever in power and fought so hard to stamp it out, and their efforts have nearly been completed worldwide.
Judging Whites, Europeans, and/or Christians for not "starting off perfect" among the imperfections of others is in itself racist (differential standards).
@@stevebuss69 You mean the African slaves in America who were already slaves in Africa?
@@stevebuss69 - how about researching the original Hunter gather Africans who were displaced by the Africans coming down from the North
Pp
@@stevebuss69 Number of European population and European slavers,number of African slaves in Africa the same year ( africans handed over to Europeans + the other slaves). Certainly you can search.
If Europeans get the blame for their slavers then Africans have earned hell.Nothing wrong... just your logic.
Public school world history should have the curriculum from Thomas SowellTV. Well done sir for making these videos that bring unbiased truths for people to objectively learn about history. Maybe this channel can help stem the tide of artificial stupidity. Thanks for sharing.
Sowell is an American treasure, i have learned so very much from his books, speeches and videos, they all MUST BE REQUIRED READING IN ALL HIGH SCHOOL;S AND COLLEGES and not just information for those able to go to a Big East college like Stanton.
Thomas Sowell through his honest and dedicated work and research never fails to surprise me! How is it that he is such a rare scholar that so often dispels so many myths about the black peoples experience and history?
It’s cause of White Supremacy. Most history taught that whites were dominant. But that’s part of the white supremacist narrative
Please share with me what you got from this video that makes American slavery not as horrendous as is commonly presumed …
Seriously… Please share with me… Because I must’ve missed it…Thank you
@@stevebuss69 The point is, I think, that there was nothing uniquely horrendous about American slavery that was not common to slavery around the world... and some of the biggest slave traders were Africans themselves.
I wonder if you ever had the pleasure of meeting Joseph Campbell? He is one of my favorite people and you remind me a lot of him.
@@stevenfenley9359well, the Americans did it at a bigger scale and kept at it for longer than most others..and who do you want to compare yourself to? The Romans and the arabs of the barbary coast? Not shining beacons of humanism really.
Guns, Germs, and Steel
I'm so glad that whomever holds the rights to Dr Sowell's audio books allowed that to post his work on RUclips. His work is very important but has been systematically ignored for my entire life.
Colonization benefitted Africans far more than black Americans want to admit. Weighed out honestly, it was a positive thing and I’m tired of the demonization of it.
nonsense
colonization destroyed 3/4th of the world and it's a historical fact too
It did but Not entirely, he is not mentioning restrictions imposed on africans by their rulers, many were mistreated, apartheid for example was another level of evil.
@@erin6083 when you say benefited? Did you mean no harm was done to any African by colonisers? They all benefited? Stop generalizing. Rather say the benefits of colonisation in Africa outweighed the misery imposed upon them, because many did suffer intially We are on the same page.
@@waylunnakar lmao that is the one of the dumbest things i've ever read. the homicide rate went up like 10,000% after it ended. quality of life went down; the country(SA) started to go to shht.
Every time I see one of your videos I learn something new. Thank you.
I have immense respect for Dr. Sowell. His discussions, presentations, lectures and essays are compelling and extraordinarily insightful.
This places a tremendously clear perspective on the authentic advantages and disadvantages of colonialism in Africa.
The abuses and atrocities perpetrated against Africans by their European overlords are unforgivable. Such behaviours highlight the profound dichotomies that existed between those Europeans promoting progress, tasked with and committed to improvements to lifestyle, economy and overall infrastructure that has had long term benefits and much of which is still in use today.
The issues appeared to be with the lawmen particularly those less tolerant military based overseers.
It is hardly surprising local tribes became frustrated and occasionally rebelled. How much is one expected to tolerate being involuntarily push about by aggressive arrogant white men previously welcomed in friendship.
While all European nations involved with colonialism historically have blood on their hands, there are certainly some stand out offenders.
The Belgian's vicious abuses cruelly meted out on Congolese workers is deplorable such as the amputation of hands for inconsequential claims and severe beatings for workers deemed not productive enough or for making honest errors.
That mongrel German General's unparalleled retaliation against the Herero tribe is diabolically monstrous. If that genocidal maniac had not been recalled, the Herero would likely be an extinct tribe lost to the pages of history, something his later perpetually angry toothbrush moustached compatriot obsessively desired for my tribe!
Great informative video !!!
Public schools taught me nothing about everything.
Professor, this is so informative; I learned so much. I am white and live in a building with mostly black people. I go out and play with the children and meet and love the parents as well. I have one mother that I know would welcome this information
May I download this and put it to disc so she may have the information?
Thank you my friend and may you be blessed for all you have done.
Just play it for her or get her the book.
As always another very informative video from Mr.Sowell. Thank you for your hard work.
I love history..
I want to be educated and talk about what I know.
I don't want to be lied to and most definitely don't want to be laughed at for not knowing the truth of History.
Sometimes I'm confused our history
then wright your own history 🙂
Thanks!
A very interesting overview of the history of Africa from the time of written records. This is the information that should be taught during black history month instead of making up stories that some feel will elevate the social position of those of African ancestry in Western lands.
What do u mean
@@victorvalandybernard7944 some black people stretch the truth about their history to empower themselves sometimes
@@big4330 what do u know about africa history before colonisation, dont know about Tombouctou or the Mali empire.
@@victorvalandybernard7944 I do know of the Mali empire, I never said Africans didn't have their own societies or their own inventions because they did.
Elevate what tho? African ancestry they’re too lazy to find out they belong to?😂
I started listening and reading Mr Sowell's works when I was a teen. , Mr Sowell's words opened my eyes and I changed my mind about some of the things I was being taughtl. I found out quickly that I was going against the grain at school when I related what Mr Sowell said. Although I kept quiet, his words were deep in my heart. It is my hope that more and more people will find out about Mr Sowell, subscribe and learn about this great man whom people in power have tried to cancel for years
I wish Thomas Sowell was my history teacher in High School.
Thank you for an honest account of the past
Enjoyed the content as all of your audio portions of your books! It really puts you into the time frame of the events! Thank you MR Thomas Sowell!
The kind of colonialism conventionally portrayed exists in Africa just not in the past but current and instead of being committed by "the evil west" it is the chinese to be specific the ones under the flag of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" ( which I believe should be named as what it is : national socialism same as the Nazis just not in Germany)
And, that my friend is why I focus on the breadwinners of my ancestry first and work my way down😎
Africa be blessed and protected in the name of Jesus Christ! 🙏
That sounds like white supremacy talk. How about the world is blessed quit being ignorant
7 mins into the vid and I've learned more significant content than hours blindly scrolling through YT. What is this sorcery?
It's us absorbing intelligence based on historical facts.
Fascinating analysis. Great research. Facts and data are always welcome. Great presentation.
A truly excellent video- concise and right to the point a very difficult thing to do given the immense complexity of the subject - precolonial Africa the Scramble and decolonisation all in one video an to get it right nearlly impossible but Thomas Sowell managed it. A great starting point for further research into this fascinating and some would say "lost" subject of African History.
T. Sowell is the 🧠
Much appreciation for your presentation.
Have started to read Dr Sowell's books. It's discouraging to have missed out on his extensive body of research and work. Plan to fix my ignorance by drawing upon his work. Thank you Dr Sowell. And thanks for the Internet for bringing something constructive to my attention. Instead of the mindless drivel that floods the Web. 🤔🤔😁
Mindless drivel? You're being kind.
Brilliant 👏 Thank you!
This is from my all time favorite Thomas Sowell book. Read it if you haven’t.
What's the name of the book?
Which book?
Amazing knowledge as always
thanks for putting things back context-GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER.
Logic and truth, what a concept. 🤔
Great work Dr. Sowell! Scooby snacks for you.
My allegiance is to Liberty, the Repubic and Democracy.
I wish this had been the curriculum when I was in school.
No school will teach you the full history, It will always favour the ones in control. Nothing stops you from learning what you want to know now. I just will do it in alternative search engines, away from cabal control like wiki, from a lot of sources and the truth will be in the middle .
thank you sir
We need to see this
What? God being Black or a women? That sounds like rules are supposed to be followed if they wanna act like they seen something🙋🏽♂️
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Wow. Your research is impressive, and your presentation style is both informative and impressive. I could listen for hours. You need your own TV channel so these amazing facts can be shared further. A lot of what's wrong with the world at the moment is that opinions have in many cases replaced facts, particularly on social media.
Every nation and culture in the world adopts and adapts influences of other cultures. Music, food, fashion, technology, and many other things are universal. Let us also not forget that the white Arabs and Berbers of North Africa had a heavy influence in sub-Saharan Africa too.
Real History.
My take on Sowell's version of history will stand the test of time, especially compared to the version taught by many white, Western and often liberal historians or intellectuals. Sowell is a traditionalist who believes in conveying information as accurately and holistically as possible. Meaning, he doesn't neglect a portion of information that contradicts his own theories - because he's not pushing a theory. The problem with the liberal intellectual or historian is they begin from a place of ideology and then force information to fit into their dogma, or worse, they simply neglect inconvenient facts that show the weaknesses of their theory. Unfortunately, the weaker model has prevailed in Western culture in the past 6 or so decades, with an increasing competition for newer and more innovative dogmas based on White guilt and shame. It's kind of preposterous actually. Sowell doesn't play that game. He gives the info in as complete and thorough fashion as possible. RESPECT.
One thing that has been consistent throughout the centuries is the sacrifice of many human lives (regardless of origin) for the financial advancement of a few.
Nice
There is a documentary by a RUclipsr named Jabzy on the Scramble for Africa. It is the most in-depth history on the Scramble that I've ever seen. I highly recommend it.
Did not mention Berlin Conference, after effects slavery left Africa vulnerable
I don't know if anyone knows about the campaign against child slavery in Haiti. It is conservatively estimated that there are 300,000 child slaves in Haiti, poverty makes parents sell their children because their master will at least feed them, there are gangs of child kidnappers who later sell them to farmers in the interior of the country. And let's remember that Haiti is the only successful slave rebellion.
Seriously? No one heard this in school? I was a product of a private Catholic school and we did indeed learn about this.
These days we are constantly sold an activists preferred version of history . This video and others like it need to be known. This is all of our history. We deserve as full a picture as we can get otherwise we fall prey to those wishing to divide us.
Of course this kind of information wouldn't be told in schools...it doesn't present Africans as lacking agency, which makes historical interactions with other civilizations a much less one-sided affair.
By the 1950s-1960s, a majority of Muslims had accepted the abolition of slavery as religiously legitimate. By the end of the 20th century, all Muslim countries had made slavery illegal. In 1926, the Muslim World Conference meeting in Mecca condemned slavery.
Why he not mentioned normalizing slavery by Islam.
Thankyou , I am white american and you show me how ignorant i am
Realy appreciate your teachings .
Lord Krishna bless Africa and African people love from INDIA 💕💕💕💕
Always fascinating, and unfortunately a spotlight on how awful we humans really are. I could listen to your voice all day.
Let us not gloss over the fact that the Indians and Lebanese expelled from East Africa did not treat indigenous African people worse than Animals. Europeans benefited vastly from their first contact with the continent, so they kept coming back and wouldn't leave. if the return on investment is so little as Sowell proposed why do they still have a vested interest in the economy and politics of most African nations?
It's laughable. This is how Sowell gets paid.
Indigenous African people treated Indigenous African people worse than animals, regarding the actual facts Sowell at least gives sourced references to verify his statements whereas many here rely on a little they heard here or there, you know what I mean don’t you?
May also take a.look at Barbados in 1649, Cromeell's extermination, as Irish slaves revolted .and the.horror that followed after the uprising of these slaves as a warning.
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I have always loved history. It's not boring dates to memorize. It's learning about culture, like music, religion, clothing, customs, laws, government, and even the mathmatical system and science of by gone civilizations. I feel sad for those who don't get it that it's all a tapestry and an interconnected web that eventually arrives at the present. People who do not know the past make judgements and mistakes in the present often with dire consequences.
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Humans are no different than animals. They will take what they want no matter what.
Some cultures are worse than others
A frequent criticism of colonial era railroads is that they only served import and export purposes.
In future addendum to this video perhaps Thomas Sowell should explore the relationship of East Africa, Oman, and India. This piece is too Eurocentric.
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Colonialism was essential to ending slavery, If the Normans had not colonized Britain it is quite possible that legal chattel slavery could still be a reality today. It was William the Conqueror that put the nail in the coffin of slavery in Britain (possibly by accident). this grew into a general anti slavery mentality that only Britain of the time had the international power to force other countries across the world to give up slavery.
NOT a "national treasure" - he is an INTERnational treasure: can be appreciated globally - unless you really want to shut your mind.
This is legit history. Not the CRT/1619 project rubbish that kids now learn. Good work Sowell!
CRT is about racism in America
How is Prof. Sowell doing these days? Is he still teaching by any chance?
Absolutely not, his last interview he was in a wheelchair so I highly doubt that.
@@mauriceschaeffer5070 I am sorry to hear that. He has already contributed a lot during his active life. Much more than 99.999% of people.
Good
Also add There were literate societies in West Africa for a millenia. See timbuktu.
Should be required reading.
poor me poor me doesn't work anymore
Them: But, I’m not a Christian😏
Me: So, wtf do you want from me then?🤷🏽♂️
the boers traded for vast pieces of their land. the most famous was when piet retief traded with dingane. after conditions were met and payments were made, dingane invited the boers to a celebration of the concluded deal, ordered them to leave their weapons outside the 'kraal', the ordered his soldiers to kill all the boers. thereafter he sent his soldiers to go and kill the rest of the boer people. 532 people were brutally butchered that night. i am disappointed that the truth of the boers trading for their land in occupied regions are twisted. seems there is some bias against those boers. seems sowell can not be entirely trusted to present the truth. shame.
Mane already started with the bull shit, so we are not going to talk about the burning of the library’s of Alexandrea and Timbuktu 😂
Unfortunately I think there is a fear of offending Africans with the truth of what the positives that colonisation brought to the continent, because prior to the industrialisation that we brought they were very primitive. This is , I think a bit of an embarrassment, so it is easier to paint a picture of the Europeans taking rather than giving, exploiting rather than educating, destroying rather than constructing.
Absolutely. U hit the nail on its head!
The Europeans brought very little industrialisation as such. What they did bring was education, infrastructure, medicine, and peace - preventing the internecine wars between rival kingdoms that had been going on for centuries.
Pax Britanica 🇬🇧
Try to compare a German colony with a British colony. The difference is amazing.
Agreed, Germany will be paying reperations to Namibia for the genocide of the Herero people for another 30 years. They have not returned all the skulls yet, taken in the pursuit of proving white supremacy, while the British were fighting against the slave trade.
@@jamiewarne9066 The British fought against the Slave-Trade?
What Skulls are you talking about? And why should Germany "pay"? The Money doesnt even go there and as im a German, "pay" more respect for people who "pay" for things in our days that they have not committed.
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So i see you people try to make "Germany" THE Colonial Empire and white-wash Britains entire history. We only hear you people talk bad about Germans and even defend the British.
Thats very strange. :-D
I don't know any German colonies.
Nah
@@basskick666 Namibia
Some small parts of this video content can also be found in "Race and Culture" by Prof. Sowell.
I feel it imperative to not let this fact undermined the racism that has, and still does happen in the west. But also note that the idea of reoperation is a ridicules one.
No such thing as racism
I think the Arabs were a lot more racist than the whites and I think Spanish are a lot more racist than the whites and I think the Asians are a lot more racist than the whites
Wow. The idea of what “freelance work” is has really changed! From brutal gold chasing adventurer/slaver in a jungle to over-caffeinated anime watching programmer in a dark bed room 😂
When you can gain more truth & knowledge of history online rather than through the education system, then what does that say of the American education system? 🤔
It's terrible and particularly bad in the inner cities where black children are lifetime victims of democrat controlled school bureaucracy.
What?😂
@@the2ndcoming135 that cannot be a confusing statement.
@@larrydugan1441 them Christmas presents hit different when daddy is the one bringing home most of the bacon. I’d stfu too when he says so😆
@@the2ndcoming135 Daddy being home is a choice.
When it's all said and done...Africa benefitted more from colonization than the colonizers did.
Yeah, look how prosperous it is, and we all know France hasn't done anything to hurt its little African baby. /s.
No they were fine before. don’t just try justify the awful things those demons did
@@lifeline.6144 These are the people Thomas wants to pander too, so he could spread his ideology.
@@thinkbetter5286 right it’s crazy. I like some of his videos but it does come across and pandering and excuse making.
@@isiahsanders7466 I just heard historical facts. In what way does it seem like “pandering” to you?
Progressive (those left of the political center) historical accounts as well as progressive textbooks say very little about the debate over the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The reason becomes obvious when we break down the partisan vote on those amendments. One might have thought that after the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment would be a fait accompli. One might expect that every Democrat-at least every Northern Democrat represented in Congress-would now vote for it. In fact, only sixteen of eighty Democrats did.
Let’s pause to digest that for a minute. Even in the aftermath of the Civil War, so strong was their attachment to the plantation that an overwhelming majority of Northern Democrats refused to vote to permanently end slavery. Again, we are speaking of Northern Democrats; Southern Democrats who may have been expected to vote against the amendment were not permitted to vote at all. And when the Thirteenth Amendment went to the states for ratification, only Republican states carried by Lincoln voted for it; Democratic states that went for McClellan all voted no. On the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, the Democratic Party’s performance was even more disgraceful. Not a single Democrat, either in the House or the Senate, voted for either amendment. To repeat, these were not Southern Democrats who were excluded from voting; these were Northern Democrats so averse to extending equal rights under law or voting rights to blacks that not a single one of them could bring himself to vote for either measure. So the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments can be considered exclusively Republican achievements, since no Democrats contributed to making them part of the Constitution.”
Denise D'Souza
This video has been out for over a year. It’s had 99K views. It has a whole bunch of complimentary comments but for some reason, it only has 4 likes and one of them is mine.
What’s up with that?
If we had more Educators like Dr. Thomas Sowell? Parents wouldn’t have to worry about someone Transgenderlysing and Indoctrinating our Children. All day long Yahoo
There is a difference between Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. Agriculture, cloth manufacturing, etc., existed in Northern Africa before people from Europe arrived. Sub Saharan Africa didn’t have any of that.
You sound ignorant and misinformed lmao
The RUclips channel Jabzy is doing a great series on Africa and colonialism. Definitely worth a look
It seems that transportation cost is the biggest hurdle that affects the economy in Africa nations.
This is a surface story
Would you rather be colonized by the British or by the mosslomz?
Where does he get all this information
He stated that in the Intro. The 1) written records of the Europeans, 2) written records of the Arabs, 3) archeological research and 4) anthropological research. Using those 4 as sources, an Historical record of Africa before European or Arab contacts with African peoples below the Sahara can be determined.
In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue.
In 1492 Spain shed the power of Islamic Rule.
I'm curious to know how much Islamic rule of Spain might have played into Spain's exploitation of slavery, upon discovering the New World.
That's an interesting thought. Slavery is regarded as an Islamic institution, so that's a really good question.
America was not a New world, black people were here for 1000's of years before any other people pretended that they founded it!!! They never wanted people to know about this FACT!!!