he a notorious fraud and grifter. pure propagandist for conservatism. "Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative. He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history. Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics. On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective. Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible."
Hey brother from Australia here… I’ve been following Thomas Sowell for the last 5 years - his audiobook “basic economics” is in my ear and enlightening. He was a trained Marxist until he found truth- as he says. Dr Sowell is the REAL king and his message needs to be through teachings need to be shared everywhere. Bro - love hearing your reactions to this and him. Take care homie. 🇦🇺 Brother Oz.
This man is extremely intelligent. He does vast amounts of research. He does not put anything out there that he has not thoroughly and very carefully looked into himself. This is a truly wise individual. You can trust what he says
@@jeffkunkler9299 No. I just know research when I see it. Instead of jumping to conclusions as so many do. If you did any of your own you may not be prone to such statements.
Thomas Sowell still has a Sharecropper mentally. He still gives massa credit for all of his accomplishments. Per this interview, the only Black leader he respects is MLK.
@@bereatha1 Because the only black leader who had it right was MLK because he didn't lie and cause violence because he cared about the future of all people
@@bereatha1 I guess it all depends on the qualities that you look for in a leader. Someone who leads by example and actually does positive things for those they say they represent would be a good place to start for me. Your "massa" comment is just ignorant of how share cropping works and sounds racist.....hmmm.... Could you possibly be baiting, we wonder. It's a shame you don't spend a little more time studying facts and less time being nasty.
Jamel... Man, I'd be proud to call you Brother.. I'm a 67 yr old white guy that loved watching your reactions to Classic Rock and Bill Burr et.. When I saw your honesty and objectively searching for truth..I subscribed and liked. Dude..your the real deal. Thanks for being true to yourself! Side note*** (Just moved my daughter, her husband, and my grandkids from Whittier, Ca.) Daughter taught in South Central.. Keep rocking it Bro. I'm pullin for you to get big. Stay honest and sincere, you'll be a Big Time mover and shaker.
All I saw of toe comment was “I’d be pros to call you brother” and I instantly replied. THEN i read the rest of your comment and I see you say the exact same thing further down in the comment. That’s not coincidence.
Thomas Sowell is a treasure, he was a professor at Cornell university I believe. One of the greatest economists in the last 30-40 years. He knows his discipline extremely well.
Nah, even in the extremely narrow field of mainstream economics, which is dominated by Sowell's ideological allies, he has never produced any original research or scholarship in his entire career. He is basically a think tank celebrity; he has an appointment at the Hoover Institute, which is affiliated with Stanford University, but is not an academic organization. It uses the veneer of its affiliation to promote extreme conservative policy positions. Unlike real academics, think tank celebrities like Sowell don't have to submit their publications to refereeing by their peers. This is especially egregious for Sowell as in economics the referees mostly agree with the dogma Sowell promotes and would almost certainly sign off on his work anyway.
@@carlos_herrera How many researchers can claim to be as effective in improving the human condition with all their published research as he is with nothing but his words? Publish or perish has never been a good thing in and of itself.
@@petepal55 I'm sorry, are you claiming that Thomas Sowell, the arch-conservative think tank celebrity whose main role in society is to be the favorite black man of well-off white folks, has done something to improve the human condition? That is a total non-sequitur in response to my true claim that Sowell is not actually an academic, but do go on.
@@nomo9344 a real academic is a person who publishes academic papers that are subject to peer review. all sowell does is publish books and do interviews with the national review and other right wing propaganda outlets who never challenge his idiocy.
Thomas Sowell is one of the top economists of our time. He is an intellectual giant that has been educated at Ivy League universities by greats such as Milton Friedman. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he writes books to spread his vast amounts of knowledge. If it wasn’t for him, I think it is safe to say I wouldn’t have become an economist myself. I praise the way he incorporates history into his research to drive home his findings. Something I wish I saw more of from my field.
But when it come to truly deeply understanding the Black Human Experience and Condition in the history of the US, from 1609 to the present, Thomas is an absolute abomination of a mental midget! And he plays that so as not to bite the White Supremacist Republican Conservative sponsors hands that had fed and groomed him to so their bidding and "buck dancing".
Thomas Sowell is a true American treasure that every high school and college student should have the opportunity to hear speak. He is in his early nineties, grew up poor, dropped out of high school, went into military service, followed by attending Howard and Harvard. He also grew up during the real time of turmoil during early desegregation. He is a super intelligent researcher that also is a straight forward no BS speaker. He does not care if you have a narrative, he cares about reality and facts. I wish I had heard about him when I was in school instead of accidentally finding him on youtube 30 years later. Nice work sharing this interview with your fans.
"Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative. He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history. Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics. On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective. Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible."
@@colddirtybastard posted by morons pretending to be smart. or have convinced themselves they're smart. quite erroneously. sowell is a liar and a fraud.
What is sad is having to applaud him for looking at the facts, when this is knowing others might give him crap or call him names, Great channel I'm a sub
You ARE bridging the gap, Jamal. Just keep on doing what you are doing. You are honest, compassionate, and one of the most reasonable people on youtube. And you're funny, to boot! Keep it up, my friend.
I've learned a lot from Thomas Sowell in recent years.. Loved watching this with you Jamal... Enjoy hearing you relate this stuff back to your own experience.
you've actually learned nothing, then. seriously... have you ever bothered to read a critique of sowell's work or do you just stop after his confirmation bias confirms your own bias? he's a liar and a fraud.
Sowell has been researching what's he talking about for over 50 years. The difference between him and others is that Thomas Sowell doesn't tell you what to believe, he just gives you the facts so you can do your own research and make up your own mind. He is a big proponent of teaching people to think for themselves, rather than indoctrinating them into believing what you want them to think without question.
One of the things I appreciate most about him. So many today telling us this is how you should feel. But this man lays out a number of facts. Just to inform people that Hey there's a whole other side to these stories were being fed, and we should all look into it with a critical mind stop taking things at face value just because that narrative suits our own beliefs.
Dudes over 90, marine, ex Marxist, I'm only a 3rd of the way through his library, but he opened me up to Walter Williams, Milton Friedman and atleast a dozen others
@@ThePsychodad69 Exactly, he's over 90. The man has lived through stuff, and witnessed how policies and movements have affected communities of all races. While there has always been racism and not just the US every country has had its share. He has witnessed and studied the fact that social class and poverty is the driving factor in inequality, both the impoverished black and white communities seem to fair quite evenly when it comes to inequalities. The wealthier classes have better education systems and therefore better job opportunities after. While I'm sure there's still a level of racism I don't think it's as systematic as we're being told. I think classism is more the driving factor
@@markcarrell8053 lol, no one but white conservatives consider him a national treasure. Of course he doesn't sway to the political winds, his bread is buttered by repeating the maxims of conservative capitalist ideology in a black voice.
His books are very in depth and give scores of examples and clearly based on decades of research and experience in his fields. He was once a Marxist, but a short time working for the government he realized they don't want solutions, only to create problems to keep more government jobs.
I was just thinking this. Like we see so many of the same clips and statements on here (not to diminish their value whatsoever) but his books have to provide so much additional in-depth and sourced discussion and information on the same topics but no one is actively going out to read/research further. lol reaction channels could start doing live book readings and book club type discussions on here as livestreams.
he's a liar and a fraud. there's a reason he only publishes books and not academic papers. academic papers are subject to peer review, and his peers constantly discredit his work as what it is... pure right wing propaganda.
Once more, Google "Right Wing entryism", Jamal. It all starts with Sowell. Just keep your eyes open, homey. And that talk about today's rappers reminds me of the "do the dirt" bar from Real MFin' G's.
Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative. He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history. Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics. On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective. Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible.
As a girl, I slept on the fire escape in NYC on hot nights. Trying to get a breeze and get cool. There was no danger of being shot, but, oh were we poor. Love your honesty and kindness, brother.
That's a very idealistic idea. If a kid is in a bad area and drifts into crime and a different kid in the same area does not means automatically that the first kid was lazy? not all humans are also the same
Thomas Sowell speaks his truth and it feels like truth to my heart. Letting go of anything that might be holding a person back for their own highest good.
"feelings" are not the same as the actual truth. Multi-generational race discrimination against Black Americans is still the basic core problem even today! The secondary social pathology issues such as single mothers, high school dropouts, street gangs, etc are SECONDARY!
@@willharriman1881Always a dude who's in his feelings talking about another's feelings LMAO. You think Thomas Sowell is speaking from feelings? LMAO. He's speaking from his experience as a black man in America. He's been alive and SEEN THE FALL. You're what sone 20 something year old white boy, who probably still lives with his parents, and doesn't know a single black person personally enough to have one over for dinner... Not to mention Thomas Sowell has Dedicated His Life to researching and trying to get this information out there. But since he's conservative he's ignored... Start opening some books and maybe you can one day aspire to be 1/10th of the man Thomas Sowell is...
Jamel, I can't believe anyone would unsubscribe from you. You have a good heart, good conscience, and you use your brain to think about things. Politics ruin everything but information in pursuit of knowledge is the key to life.
I unsubscribed, with a broken heart. The times we live in are so perilous, i can't support anyone who is helping Thomas Sowell drive a wedge into the main Democratic voting blocs.
Broken heart my ass, your ideology is what is driving a wedge as you put it between people in general, anyone that is ideologically possessed on either end of the spectrum is the cause of what we are seeing right now in this country and around the world, driven by race hustlers and politicians for their own gane, wake up and re-evaluate your thought process, think for yourself and don't let anyone else think for you would be a good place to start, just because someone else thinks differently or speaks about something in a manner that you might find offensive does not mean they are your mortal enemy, diverse ideas are what this country was built on
No one unsubscribed from Jamel. NO ONE. They unsubscribed from YOU. Petty tribalism is republican sport, not Liberals. It's trumpian/republican LIES. That's it. Fair play, open minded, blah, blah, blah. Not since 2016. In what world do we respectfully interact with LIES. It is not pettyness. It's morals. One can't compromise with LIES. Or debate LIES. How do you meet with LIES halfway? Sowell has his purpose and he should be ashamed of himself. Love away. He's all yours.
you have obviously failed at understanding academic standards, of which sowell ignores. his work is pure propaganda with little to no actual merit, and any real economist and/or sociologist will tell you so.
@@TheRedStateBlue you have failed to use any logic! How many books about Economics have you wrote? How many Universities have you attended and got a degree? Do you have a Masters degree? Have you worked as an intern in the US Department of Labor? Have you worked in any governmental office? Im sticking with Thomas Sowell’s books and his experiences 😉
Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative. He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history. Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics. On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective. Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible.
I am an Aussie (Australian). I wish there were more people like you Jamel in this world. You present the truth and I have learnt so much from you. Cheers mate
jamel, I have recently become a huge fan of thomas Sowell, because he is for all people, not just blacks. he's not looking for excuses, he didnt when he grew up. He just happened to have the knack for learning, he educated himself to a large degree. In the current 'woke climate' which is false, its nice to see some reasonable common sense thinkers around.
It's honestly a crime that this highly educated Man has been hidden from society, and His teachings. My whole life as a thirty three year old why is he not being taught in schools?
in my opinion, there is an agenda behind the concept of public schools. part of it is that they want to BE education. Thomas Sowell's existence defies their basic premises. To wit, this platform, think of it in terms of what it is worth in dollars for a moment, cannot debug their spell checker the get the name Sowell included in the words it recognizes.
I'm in my twenties and until late last year I was a teacher. I dealt with a lot of push back from admin for teaching Thomas Sowell in the classroom and using his books as part of my required reading. I was inspired by my HS english teacher who also dealt with the same treatment from admin then for using Thomas Sowell in his classroom. It's an unfortunate reality but institutions that require unquestioning compliance to exist do not want those in it to think freely or question those in charge. School systems, both public and private, want racial divisions and to push other insidious propaganda to continue their funding. A perfect example is CRT.
The feminist movement of the 1970s infiltrated Blk women. Blk women are controlling the Blk Community today. They enjoy the race hustling. The victim hood. The "woe is me" mentality. They don't want the Thomas Sowell's of the world to re-educate young and older minds. Because they're profiting from _"The Hustle."_
I'm a white straight guy from the UK and I would like nothing more than to give jamel a great big hug, we're humans and nothing else matters, you are truly a good human being and I applaud you, thank you
Jamel, like many people I was drawn to your channel because you're obviously a good human and you have great taste in music (an added bonus)😉. Now I can see you're also a seeker of truth. I respect that deeply. I love that you're delving into Thomas Sowell. Thanks for taking us along on the journey. God bless you sir! ♥
Yes he's one of the greatest historians ever. But the mainstream media does not want him out there. Because it's not the narrative they want to push. It's sad it's real history.
He’s written over a dozen books. Our country doesn’t read. You act like he’s been banned. We’re on RUclips making comments about him. He also never ran for public office, which has diminished his notoriety.
Well, he was on PBS's Firing Line and Free To Choose talk shows for a while in the early 80s, but the opposition learned that lesson the hard way and won't be making the mistake of open debate ever again. But I agree, one can never have too much Sowell.
I remember my dad working all the time in Chicago. I was mad he wasn’t around. When he moved us out I was so mad to not see my friends. I thank him now. All of those friends are dead. He moved us to some suburbs and it felt nuts. People started caring about me. I’d fall on my bike and strangers would check on me and walk me home. It was weird. It was kindness. I got so used to being ignored, it took a minute to realize people cared about me.
Bless you man for listening to any voices generally censored or scorned by the mainstream. I'm like you - hungry for the truth. As I've gotten older, I've become less concerned with being right, and more interested in just having an understanding of what's going on.
I watched the pretty popular react guy, Van from LFRFamily, go down the same route as you, and he came out with an entirely new perspective on life, and realized all the lies he's been told his whole life that he believed, without any proof. There's so much out there that has been hidden in plain sight, they rely on us to not seek that information out and stay ignorant, all while being able to feign innocence by saying "Well that info is right there for free if you like", all while being in control of our education, and refusing to teach us the most basics of human history. "Sure you can learn about what really happened with slavery, but don't expect us to tell you the truth in our public government school system"
Yes, he’s turned into a gun toting jerk who makes fun of marginalized people. What a glow up from the kindness he used to show before he went down the misinformation rabbit hole.
It's also about where you grew up. I'm from a small Midwestern town and many of these very "surprising" things were elementary and middle school level in the 2000's The teacher never heard of Thomas but compared inner cities to trailer parks, how the slave trade really worked was taught in world history
In Sowell's book "Race and Culture", which is a 258 page book, Sowell lists 882 citations. They're all there, anyone can check what he's claiming. All his books are like that. A lot of people watch the videos but they're just the tip of the iceberg.
I find most of the people who disagree with him can't be bothered to investigate. As Chuck Missler has said of a E. Spencer's thought - There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation.
@@WNYXeb777 except he's been thoroughly disproven by real economists and sociologists who public peer reviewed critiques of dr. sowell's work. the fact that you haven't bothered to look for it tells me you're guilty of that which you accuse others of... academic laziness.
Dr Sowell speaks the truth. For some, it takes longer to grasp what he's saying, and in some cases, even longer to change their attitude and behavior. Unfortunately, there are many that can't handle the truth and will hate on it. For any of us, all of us, growth and learning start at our willingness to keep things real. Great channel Jamel!
What sets men like Dr Sowell and Dr King apart is they are sincere truth seekers and bring a net worth of good to society that's above and beyond themselves. Society has become so extreme in all aspects that there are people drunk on the Kool aid and people wondering why the world has gone crazy. Great video, subscribed.
@@geraldh3932, turn off your television and touch some grass, The "agenda" is , think for yourself, make your own choices, be a person that you will look back on later in life and be proud of. I sat thru 2 semesters of Sowell 30 years ago when people accused him of being a leftist radical. Times change, opinions change. But, the plea to personal responsibility is universal and yet, always met with vitriol...
I think you nailed the culture problem at the beginning of the video. When you start being successful, some people in your culture start hating on you. One work buddy called it the crab bucket. When one crab starts successfully climbing out of the bucket one of the other crabs will grab him and pull him back down. Now my buddy refused to submit to that pressure. He was bright, articulate, successful and had published two books of poetry. Kind of like you--except for the poetry thing.
Sowell loves the Black community so much he's willing to do hard love with the truth. Applaud you for being conscious of context considering age of the vid, the "time" in which is was recorded. You're a Good Human, & smart person to boot. I grew up in north Jersey (nearly NYC) and amazed general country doesn't know what Harlem really was "back in the day." Was an amazing place. Truly impressive culture and economy.
@@willharriman1881 And let me guess you're a white dude calling a black man crap like that. Kudos to you for showing everyone your racism. I'm sure you clapped when Joe Biden said " if you don't vote for me, You Ain't Black". You probably said "Tell um Joe they're Nothing Without Us"..
Great video and love hearing you embrace it. I'm a white guy with mixed heritage. Black people have more allies than many realise. Focusing on the positives is the way forward. Peace 🙏
Thank you for helping so many people. And helping me be a better person. Your honest take on these videos and the old school music videos are inspiring and bring back great memories. You’ve reminded me to add to my music library by the choices of several you have played!
Thomas Sowell has more wisdom in his head than just about all of our elected officials. When he talks, I listen. Jamal, you are fantastic. I have a ton of respect for you.
I learned so much from Thomas Sowell , he goes deep into topics but can transmit it in a simple way, and you just grow with him. One of the great man of our times.
Thank you for showcasing this video of Tom Sowell! You are one of the best reactors on RUclips. I first became aware of Mr. Sowell on the Cartier Family reactions. They are also a great group of young black men exposing themselves to more social contents that challenge the mainstream norms. I would love to see you and the Cartier Family, Fred and Tim (Twinsthenewtrend) get together for some discussions on social issues like this. I think men like Sowell and Dr. Claud Anderson (Powernomics author) are little known especially in the black community. They expose the things that are hurting our communities, which many are self-inflicted. Wishing you the best Jamal!
Always knew you're a smart guy. I also knew you'd react to these topics one day. Many (black former music reactors) do. You are smart and a free thinker. With experience and reason. I like that. We need that. Greetings from Germany
I’m 100% the exact same way. The old phrase in media “If it bleeds it leads” comes to mind. Also the phrase “Follow the money”. What brings in the MOST eyeballs? ⭐️Chaos⭐️. What creates the most chaos? ⭐️ Division. Eyeballs equal ⭐️Ratings. Ratings equals ⭐️Money. And it’s the EXACT same thing in politics. Convincing one side that the other side is evil and you’re there to help defeat that evil? Honestly it’s like this. If you can convince them that rope you’re selling them is to pull them up? They’ll never see it wrap around their necks.
Hey Jamal I applaud you for standing on your convivtions, for using your brain to find objective truth and being brave enough to educate all of us by sharing. Bravo 👏 👏 👏
Where you grew up and you still turned into a productive member of society proves you're a good guy ! And the sooner we start calling each other american and quit looking at skin color, the sooner this division goes away.
I watch this all the way to the end like I try to do with all my RUclips watches and I have to say that to me this is just a new journey I used to follow you and was a big time early subscriber with your musical journeys but then I actually stopped all music reactions and now I've come back cuz I'm really interested in you taking this journey I've watched a number of other channels with folks like yourself going through this journey and I think it's awesome keep up the great work I hope you do at least some more from some of these icons like Thomas
Like I tell my kids; " Do what you're supposed to do, and treat others how you would want to be treated." That's it. No agenda, no ulterior motives, nothing. My kids didn't do anything wrong, and neither did yours. Live life to the best of your ability, but don't spit on anyone doing the same for themselves. Not a hard concept, but man the world is trying hard.
He's an author, I'll give him that, and a chicago school economist, which has the same relatiion to reality as phrenology. (That is, internally consistent within the logic of its field, but relying on assumptions that fly in the face of empirical reality.) Even in that field, he is not really a scholar but merely compiles and reiterates the work of others He is definitively not a black history scholar. His position as a black man in a conservative media organization has given the opportunity to make pronouncements on social issues, but these are typically devoid of references to scholarship in the field. Sowell's defenders like to point to his use of citations and sources, but like most conservative polemicists, Sowell suffers from the malady of excessively citing his ideological allies rather than attempting to refute the positions of his opponents
@@DrMackSplackem Yes, I have a weakness for trash literature, and I religiously comb the giveaway section at a couple of local libraries, so I have acquired copies of Marxism: Philosophy and Economics, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, The Vision of the Anointed, and Basic Economics. The above characterization is mostly based on Basic Economics, though even in his book on Marx in which he cites Marx extensively, his attempts at refutation rely on fellow travelers in the nonsense discipline of neoclassical econ (plus scurrilous gossip about Marx' personal life.) Google 'Dawson vosburg Thomas Sowell' for an excellent medium article by an evangelical who is critical of Sowell's approach and conclusions.
When you address a gentleman like Dr Sowell "Brother" that's where the real problem lies. The sheer lack of respect to your elders and to society in general is the reason why America is where it is today. 'No moral values,no education,no ideals, no culture,fatherless children ' - Truly describes 'Land of the free and home of the brave'.
Thomas Sowell is a hidden treasure that only got his due when the internet allowed him to go viral. It's incredible to watch him drop truth bombs, even back in the 70s. You gotta look up old videos of his debates.
The people that are surprised Dr Sowell is so unheard of really are not thinking that logically. A well educated black man is exactly who those in power want to only be seen, not heard. It’s great propaganda until the man starts telling the truth. I’m glad you covered this. 🤘🏼
Thomas Sowell books should be required reading in high school and in college and universities..Walter E. Williams is another great American thinker that you need to look into. His book, Race and Economics, is a must read, along with everything else he's written...
Dr. Thomas Sowell has a brilliant and impressive CV and a prolific author. If young people would read his books, starting with "Black Rednecks and White Liberals," they would be surprised what they learn and ponder. He is a fellow at Hoover Institute at Stanford (not sure if he retired) but he will be 93 next month.
Dr. Sowell 92 years old now. Undergraduate degree from Harvard Masters from Columbia and his PhD from University of Chicago. I've been reading his commentaries etc ever since I saw his first column in the New York Post decades ago. More people should search him here on RUclips and get educated
Nah, he is a kept man of the wealthy elites whose ideology he promotes. (Hence why you read him in the New York Post.) I'd say 'no one should read him,' but he's actually a good case study in shallow sophistry and propaganda.
@@alanbaum6690 you follow the ideology of bourgeois capitalism, that's why you think Sowell is on to something. He is a well spoken black man who reinforces the world view that white boomers have been spoon fed their entire lives.
I will tell you Sowell ALWAYS has the receipts. His research is exhaustive and he provides ample citations for people to crosscheck and verify. I highly encourage you to read his books there's dozens of them, several are available as audiobooks on RUclips. "There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs." once said a remarkably intelligent man. Keep yourself well and maintain your open mind and good heart! Thank you for spreading facts.
I grew up in the city of Alton, Illinois and my sister and I were friends with black twins, Karen and Sharon Osborne. We used to play jump rope on the playground all the time. They lived in a black neighborhood called mexico, which was all black. We went to their house after school and never felt any fear and their Mom was one of the sweetest, nicest women I ever met. However, that was a place white people were afraid to be in after dark. In my opinion, the division between black and white is politically motivated and perpetuated by the media.
Tom Sowell is a legendary researcher and pursuer of the truth. If he states a fact, there are a thousand facts behind it.
he a notorious fraud and grifter. pure propagandist for conservatism.
"Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative.
He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history.
Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics.
On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective.
Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible."
True!
more like half truths
@@Jacobbgross sure bud.
@@lockman776 Make sure you don't scrutinize what he's saying, you might realize you're a sheep
He speaks from a place of education. Love Thomas Sowell ❤
Thomas Sowell is an Uncle Tom ass pig! He is absolutely worthless to a Black Community, wherever they may be found in the US.
An educated FOOL!
This man is, and has been a national treasure. Dr. Sowell has been around for many years and he is a huge brain trust. He is the real deal.
(1) Lower level black culture is a problem (2) middle class blacks are fine (3) Don't define black people by #1
Thomas Sowell is a national idiot who talks in circles about a whole lot of NOTHING.
I think he's a gop agent of change.
Read Stuart Hall
@@DJWESG1 Dumbass
@@DJWESG1 (1) Lower level black culture is a problem (2) middle class blacks are fine (3) Don't define black people by #1
Thomas Sowell is one of the few who truly understand the real problems of these issues. I'm so glad he's finally getting more attention.
Thomasn Sowell doesn't address actual LEGITIMATE race grievances in current times! He's a bootlick pandering for white approval!
Hey brother from Australia here…
I’ve been following Thomas Sowell for the last 5 years - his audiobook “basic economics” is in my ear and enlightening.
He was a trained Marxist until he found truth- as he says.
Dr Sowell is the REAL king and his message needs to be through teachings need to be shared everywhere.
Bro - love hearing your reactions to this and him. Take care homie. 🇦🇺 Brother Oz.
This man is extremely intelligent. He does vast amounts of research. He does not put anything out there that he has not thoroughly and very carefully looked into himself. This is a truly wise individual. You can trust what he says
oops, your confirmation bias is showing...
@@jeffkunkler9299 No. I just know research when I see it. Instead of jumping to conclusions as so many do. If you did any of your own you may not be prone to such statements.
Thomas Sowell still has a Sharecropper mentally. He still gives massa credit for all of his accomplishments. Per this interview, the only Black leader he respects is MLK.
@@bereatha1
Because the only black leader who had it right was MLK because he didn't lie and cause violence because he cared about the future of all people
@@bereatha1 I guess it all depends on the qualities that you look for in a leader. Someone who leads by example and actually does positive things for those they say they represent would be a good place to start for me.
Your "massa" comment is just ignorant of how share cropping works and sounds racist.....hmmm....
Could you possibly be baiting, we wonder.
It's a shame you don't spend a little more time studying facts and less time being nasty.
Jamel...
Man, I'd be proud to call you Brother..
I'm a 67 yr old white guy that loved watching your reactions to Classic Rock and Bill Burr et..
When I saw your honesty and objectively searching for truth..I subscribed and liked.
Dude..your the real deal. Thanks for being true to yourself!
Side note***
(Just moved my daughter, her husband, and my grandkids from Whittier, Ca.)
Daughter taught in South Central..
Keep rocking it Bro.
I'm pullin for you to get big.
Stay honest and sincere, you'll be a Big Time mover and shaker.
He’s the real deal isn’t he
All I saw of toe comment was “I’d be pros to call you brother” and I instantly replied. THEN i read the rest of your comment and I see you say the exact same thing further down in the comment. That’s not coincidence.
Thomas Sowell is a treasure, he was a professor at Cornell university I believe. One of the greatest economists in the last 30-40 years. He knows his discipline extremely well.
Nah, even in the extremely narrow field of mainstream economics, which is dominated by Sowell's ideological allies, he has never produced any original research or scholarship in his entire career.
He is basically a think tank celebrity; he has an appointment at the Hoover Institute, which is affiliated with Stanford University, but is not an academic organization. It uses the veneer of its affiliation to promote extreme conservative policy positions.
Unlike real academics, think tank celebrities like Sowell don't have to submit their publications to refereeing by their peers.
This is especially egregious for Sowell as in economics the referees mostly agree with the dogma Sowell promotes and would almost certainly sign off on his work anyway.
@@carlos_herrera How many researchers can claim to be as effective in improving the human condition with all their published research as he is with nothing but his words? Publish or perish has never been a good thing in and of itself.
@@petepal55 I'm sorry, are you claiming that Thomas Sowell, the arch-conservative think tank celebrity whose main role in society is to be the favorite black man of well-off white folks, has done something to improve the human condition?
That is a total non-sequitur in response to my true claim that Sowell is not actually an academic, but do go on.
What extreme conservative policy positions is Sowell trying to promote? Also, who would you consider a "real academic?"
@@nomo9344 a real academic is a person who publishes academic papers that are subject to peer review. all sowell does is publish books and do interviews with the national review and other right wing propaganda outlets who never challenge his idiocy.
Thomas Sowell is one of the top economists of our time. He is an intellectual giant that has been educated at Ivy League universities by greats such as Milton Friedman. Currently, he is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he writes books to spread his vast amounts of knowledge. If it wasn’t for him, I think it is safe to say I wouldn’t have become an economist myself. I praise the way he incorporates history into his research to drive home his findings. Something I wish I saw more of from my field.
But when it come to truly deeply understanding the Black Human Experience and Condition in the history of the US, from 1609 to the present, Thomas is an absolute abomination of a mental midget! And he plays that so as not to bite the White Supremacist Republican Conservative sponsors hands that had fed and groomed him to so their bidding and "buck dancing".
Thomas Sowell is a true American treasure that every high school and college student should have the opportunity to hear speak. He is in his early nineties, grew up poor, dropped out of high school, went into military service, followed by attending Howard and Harvard. He also grew up during the real time of turmoil during early desegregation.
He is a super intelligent researcher that also is a straight forward no BS speaker. He does not care if you have a narrative, he cares about reality and facts.
I wish I had heard about him when I was in school instead of accidentally finding him on youtube 30 years later.
Nice work sharing this interview with your fans.
“If You Always Do What You've Always Done, You'll Always Get What You've Always Got.”
I applaud Jamel for having the courage to put Dr. Sowell on his channel.
"Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative.
He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history.
Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics.
On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective.
Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible."
The courage? Lol his clips are all around RUclips and more get posted each day.
@@colddirtybastard posted by morons pretending to be smart. or have convinced themselves they're smart. quite erroneously. sowell is a liar and a fraud.
What is sad is having to applaud him for looking at the facts, when this is knowing others might give him crap or call him names, Great channel I'm a sub
@@TomJonesGearGuy you won't find very much factual information coming from Sowell. The man is a notorious liar and fraud.
You ARE bridging the gap, Jamal. Just keep on doing what you are doing. You are honest, compassionate, and one of the most reasonable people on youtube. And you're funny, to boot! Keep it up, my friend.
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure and brings so much wisdom and knowledge to the conversation. Cheers to you for showing the content.
Thomas Sowell is a very educated and truthful man. I love Thomas Sowell.
I've learned a lot from Thomas Sowell in recent years.. Loved watching this with you Jamal... Enjoy hearing you relate this stuff back to your own experience.
you've actually learned nothing, then. seriously... have you ever bothered to read a critique of sowell's work or do you just stop after his confirmation bias confirms your own bias? he's a liar and a fraud.
Sowell has been researching what's he talking about for over 50 years. The difference between him and others is that Thomas Sowell doesn't tell you what to believe, he just gives you the facts so you can do your own research and make up your own mind. He is a big proponent of teaching people to think for themselves, rather than indoctrinating them into believing what you want them to think without question.
One of the things I appreciate most about him. So many today telling us this is how you should feel. But this man lays out a number of facts. Just to inform people that Hey there's a whole other side to these stories were being fed, and we should all look into it with a critical mind stop taking things at face value just because that narrative suits our own beliefs.
Dudes over 90, marine, ex Marxist, I'm only a 3rd of the way through his library, but he opened me up to Walter Williams, Milton Friedman and atleast a dozen others
@@ThePsychodad69 Exactly, he's over 90. The man has lived through stuff, and witnessed how policies and movements have affected communities of all races. While there has always been racism and not just the US every country has had its share. He has witnessed and studied the fact that social class and poverty is the driving factor in inequality, both the impoverished black and white communities seem to fair quite evenly when it comes to inequalities. The wealthier classes have better education systems and therefore better job opportunities after. While I'm sure there's still a level of racism I don't think it's as systematic as we're being told. I think classism is more the driving factor
@@markcarrell8053 lol, no one but white conservatives consider him a national treasure.
Of course he doesn't sway to the political winds, his bread is buttered by repeating the maxims of conservative capitalist ideology in a black voice.
More like 70+ years of research, isn't it?
His books are very in depth and give scores of examples and clearly based on decades of research and experience in his fields. He was once a Marxist, but a short time working for the government he realized they don't want solutions, only to create problems to keep more government jobs.
I was just thinking this. Like we see so many of the same clips and statements on here (not to diminish their value whatsoever) but his books have to provide so much additional in-depth and sourced discussion and information on the same topics but no one is actively going out to read/research further. lol reaction channels could start doing live book readings and book club type discussions on here as livestreams.
he's a liar and a fraud. there's a reason he only publishes books and not academic papers. academic papers are subject to peer review, and his peers constantly discredit his work as what it is... pure right wing propaganda.
Once more, Google "Right Wing entryism", Jamal. It all starts with Sowell. Just keep your eyes open, homey.
And that talk about today's rappers reminds me of the "do the dirt" bar from Real MFin' G's.
Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative.
He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history.
Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics.
On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective.
Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible.
@@TheRedStateBlue Yet Blue districts are always trash, even after decades of sole blue leadership. please defend that.
As a girl, I slept on the fire escape in NYC on hot nights. Trying to get a breeze and get cool.
There was no danger of being shot, but, oh were we poor.
Love your honesty and kindness, brother.
You are proof that a person can’t blame their “bad life” on their surroundings. Choice is a thing
Choice is the great equalizer.
So the Concentration Camps wasn't a bad surrounding the Jews just had to make better choices.
See how dumb your shit sounds now.
Up to a point.
people are subject to different environmental pressures.
That's a very idealistic idea.
If a kid is in a bad area and drifts into crime and a different kid in the same area does not means automatically that the first kid was lazy?
not all humans are also the same
Thomas Sowell speaks his truth and it feels like truth to my heart. Letting go of anything that might be holding a person back for their own highest good.
"feelings" are not the same as the actual truth. Multi-generational race discrimination against Black Americans is still the basic core problem even today! The secondary social pathology issues such as single mothers, high school dropouts, street gangs, etc are SECONDARY!
@@willharriman1881--aka "Evil Creepy" THIS WAS NOT SAID..."feelings" are not the same as the actual truth. But that's what you do.
@@VWState You're not making any sense! People have "feelings". That's not the same thing as the actual objective truth.
@@willharriman1881Always a dude who's in his feelings talking about another's feelings LMAO. You think Thomas Sowell is speaking from feelings? LMAO. He's speaking from his experience as a black man in America. He's been alive and SEEN THE FALL. You're what sone 20 something year old white boy, who probably still lives with his parents, and doesn't know a single black person personally enough to have one over for dinner... Not to mention Thomas Sowell has Dedicated His Life to researching and trying to get this information out there. But since he's conservative he's ignored... Start opening some books and maybe you can one day aspire to be 1/10th of the man Thomas Sowell is...
Please stop using destructive propoganda terms that the establishment came up with 10 minutes ago.
Jamel, I can't believe anyone would unsubscribe from you. You have a good heart, good conscience, and you use your brain to think about things. Politics ruin everything but information in pursuit of knowledge is the key to life.
I unsubscribed, with a broken heart. The times we live in are so perilous, i can't support anyone who is helping Thomas Sowell drive a wedge into the main Democratic voting blocs.
@Ammel You don't even realize brainwashed people like you are the problem.
Broken heart my ass, your ideology is what is driving a wedge as you put it between people in general, anyone that is ideologically possessed on either end of the spectrum is the cause of what we are seeing right now in this country and around the world, driven by race hustlers and politicians for their own gane, wake up and re-evaluate your thought process, think for yourself and don't let anyone else think for you would be a good place to start, just because someone else thinks differently or speaks about something in a manner that you might find offensive does not mean they are your mortal enemy, diverse ideas are what this country was built on
@@ammaleslie509 oh so you’re dumb and would rather believe lies? You definitely vote democrat.
No one unsubscribed from Jamel. NO ONE.
They unsubscribed from YOU.
Petty tribalism is republican
sport, not Liberals.
It's trumpian/republican
LIES. That's it.
Fair play, open minded,
blah, blah, blah.
Not since 2016.
In what world do we respectfully interact with LIES. It is not pettyness.
It's morals.
One can't compromise with LIES. Or debate LIES. How do you meet with LIES halfway?
Sowell has his purpose and he should be ashamed of himself.
Love away. He's all yours.
Thomas Sowell’s books should be taught in high schools! He is a national treasure! He really knows his stuff and does intensive research.
you have obviously failed at understanding academic standards, of which sowell ignores. his work is pure propaganda with little to no actual merit, and any real economist and/or sociologist will tell you so.
@@TheRedStateBlue you have failed to use any logic!
How many books about Economics have you wrote? How many Universities have you attended and got a degree? Do you have a Masters degree? Have you worked as an intern in the US Department of Labor? Have you worked in any governmental office?
Im sticking with Thomas Sowell’s books and his experiences 😉
Sowell limits his analysis of racial disparities to only endogenous factors. The history of black Americans is incredibly complex and leads to inherited inequality which Sowell would rather ignore because it disrupts his conservative political narrative.
He basically sets up a false dichotomy where either acute and explicit racism causes disparities, or those disparities are justifiable social outcomes which racial minorities are responsible for addressing. In reality, even the disparities which are not directly caused by acute racism are still the products of an extensive socioeconomic history.
Rather than do the hard, complicated work of analyzing the history of the material conditions of black people in America, Sowell instead reduces the subject to that of inherited culture. He claims that black people inherited bad cultural values and practices from poor British Americans that migrated to the U.S. south, and that this explains all of the disparate racial outcomes. This explanation is insufficient, first and foremost because the understanding of culture as an inherited trait that is unaffected by material conditions is just absurd. A better theory will incorporate the feedback that exists between culture and socioeconomics.
On a policy front, Sowell provides some valid points about how certain welfare programs can backfire in terms of the behaviors they encourage, but he wildly overstates the role of welfare programs as an ongoing cause of racial disparities - the evidence just does not back up the full extent of his assertions. He also prematurely jumps to the conclusion that the complete elimination of welfare would lead to cultural and behavioral changes, and thus reduce the socioeconomic disparities. He provides no evidence that the effect of alternative welfare policy models such as those implemented in Northern Europe, i.e. models which better account for the behavior of effected groups, would not be effective.
Bottom-line is that Sowell's research and theories are just not very rigorous. Rather, they are the appearance of academic rigor pasted onto the same conservative agenda which has always been both scientifically and morally indefensible.
He’s a dolt.
@@DE-vs2xy care to explain why?
I am an Aussie (Australian). I wish there were more people like you Jamel in this world. You present the truth and I have learnt so much from you. Cheers mate
jamel, I have recently become a huge fan of thomas Sowell, because he is for all people, not just blacks. he's not looking for excuses, he didnt when he grew up. He just happened to have the knack for learning, he educated himself to a large degree. In the current 'woke climate' which is false, its nice to see some reasonable common sense thinkers around.
Nothing but admiration and respect for Thomas Sowell💯
You're speaking truth my brother, and most times truth is just common sense. Please keep doing these. They are needed. Thank you.
It's honestly a crime that this highly educated Man has been hidden from society, and His teachings. My whole life as a thirty three year old why is he not being taught in schools?
He is a National Treasure!
in my opinion, there is an agenda behind the concept of public schools. part of it is that they want to BE education. Thomas Sowell's existence defies their basic premises.
To wit, this platform, think of it in terms of what it is worth in dollars for a moment, cannot debug their spell checker the get the name Sowell included in the words it recognizes.
I'm in my twenties and until late last year I was a teacher. I dealt with a lot of push back from admin for teaching Thomas Sowell in the classroom and using his books as part of my required reading. I was inspired by my HS english teacher who also dealt with the same treatment from admin then for using Thomas Sowell in his classroom. It's an unfortunate reality but institutions that require unquestioning compliance to exist do not want those in it to think freely or question those in charge. School systems, both public and private, want racial divisions and to push other insidious propaganda to continue their funding. A perfect example is CRT.
The feminist movement of the 1970s infiltrated Blk women. Blk women are controlling the Blk Community today. They enjoy the race hustling. The victim hood. The "woe is me" mentality. They don't want the Thomas Sowell's of the world to re-educate young and older minds. Because they're profiting from _"The Hustle."_
Because of the liberal corporate media and the liberals in the education system.
I'm a white straight guy from the UK and I would like nothing more than to give jamel a great big hug, we're humans and nothing else matters, you are truly a good human being and I applaud you, thank you
Jamel, like many people I was drawn to your channel because you're obviously a good human and you have great taste in music (an added bonus)😉. Now I can see you're also a seeker of truth. I respect that deeply. I love that you're delving into Thomas Sowell. Thanks for taking us along on the journey. God bless you sir! ♥
Yes he's one of the greatest historians ever. But the mainstream media does not want him out there. Because it's not the narrative they want to push. It's sad it's real history.
economist not historian
Thomas Sowell should be compulsory school subject!
He’s written over a dozen books. Our country doesn’t read. You act like he’s been banned. We’re on RUclips making comments about him. He also never ran for public office, which has diminished his notoriety.
Exactly! The left is hell bent on keeping blacks chained and used to their disposal. It's fcking sickening
The Jada Pinket Smiths of America don't like him.
Thomas Sowell is my favourite human being, I just wish he would be given a platform in his long beautiful life
Well, he was on PBS's Firing Line and Free To Choose talk shows for a while in the early 80s, but the opposition learned that lesson the hard way and won't be making the mistake of open debate ever again. But I agree, one can never have too much Sowell.
I remember my dad working all the time in Chicago. I was mad he wasn’t around. When he moved us out I was so mad to not see my friends.
I thank him now. All of those friends are dead. He moved us to some suburbs and it felt nuts. People started caring about me. I’d fall on my bike and strangers would check on me and walk me home. It was weird. It was kindness. I got so used to being ignored, it took a minute to realize people cared about me.
That's so heartwarming to hear!
A brilliant Presentation... well done Jamel ... you have the guts to listen to , and subsequently present ; thoughts of this great man Tom Sowell...
Thomas Sowell is one of the country's greatest living intellectuals.
Bless you man for listening to any voices generally censored or scorned by the mainstream. I'm like you - hungry for the truth.
As I've gotten older, I've become less concerned with being right, and more interested in just having an understanding of what's going on.
I watched the pretty popular react guy, Van from LFRFamily, go down the same route as you, and he came out with an entirely new perspective on life, and realized all the lies he's been told his whole life that he believed, without any proof. There's so much out there that has been hidden in plain sight, they rely on us to not seek that information out and stay ignorant, all while being able to feign innocence by saying "Well that info is right there for free if you like", all while being in control of our education, and refusing to teach us the most basics of human history. "Sure you can learn about what really happened with slavery, but don't expect us to tell you the truth in our public government school system"
Yes, he’s turned into a gun toting jerk who makes fun of marginalized people. What a glow up from the kindness he used to show before he went down the misinformation rabbit hole.
@@KittyDillion
I'm not religious but can only think to say to you
- Amen to that!
It's also about where you grew up. I'm from a small Midwestern town and many of these very "surprising" things were elementary and middle school level in the 2000's
The teacher never heard of Thomas but compared inner cities to trailer parks, how the slave trade really worked was taught in world history
Oh my goodness yes you can believe 100% every word coming from this man's mouth has been researched and has been proven to be true over and over again
Learning to think for yourself, and be able to hear all the views, and make your own conclusion is priceless
You're doing a great job, Jamel! Keep bridging! Keep talking! Keep learning! Keep being a good human! I'm here walking with ya!
Found you through Ren and you led me to Thomas Sowell. Interesting path and and he talks so much sense, made me think. Thank you.
Thomas Sowell is a legitimate national treasure.
In Sowell's book "Race and Culture", which is a 258 page book, Sowell lists 882 citations. They're all there, anyone can check what he's claiming. All his books are like that. A lot of people watch the videos but they're just the tip of the iceberg.
I find most of the people who disagree with him can't be bothered to investigate.
As Chuck Missler has said of a E. Spencer's thought - There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation.
@@WNYXeb777 The distant cousin of confirmation bias.
Great book. Very enlightening. I still refer back to some his findings to this day.
@@WNYXeb777 except he's been thoroughly disproven by real economists and sociologists who public peer reviewed critiques of dr. sowell's work. the fact that you haven't bothered to look for it tells me you're guilty of that which you accuse others of... academic laziness.
@@TheRedStateBlue By who?
Dr Sowell speaks the truth. For some, it takes longer to grasp what he's saying, and in some cases, even longer to change their attitude and behavior. Unfortunately, there are many that can't handle the truth and will hate on it. For any of us, all of us, growth and learning start at our willingness to keep things real. Great channel Jamel!
What sets men like Dr Sowell and Dr King apart is they are sincere truth seekers and bring a net worth of good to society that's above and beyond themselves. Society has become so extreme in all aspects that there are people drunk on the Kool aid and people wondering why the world has gone crazy. Great video, subscribed.
Thomas Sowell is an incredibly well read man, high IQ and he knows his history.
His books and the way he explains stuff to you is awe inspiring.
He does not say one word that he cannot verify. he is amazing!
@Gerald H Thomas Sowell is a propagandist pushing the white conservative narrative. He's a bootlick grifter!
@@geraldh3932, turn off your television and touch some grass,
The "agenda" is , think for yourself, make your own choices, be a person that you will look back on later in life and be proud of.
I sat thru 2 semesters of Sowell 30 years ago when people accused him of being a leftist radical. Times change, opinions change. But, the plea to personal responsibility is universal and yet, always met with vitriol...
@@geraldh3932 what exact point do you disagree with Sowell on? Explain the points he is making that you disagree with and why.
I think you nailed the culture problem at the beginning of the video. When you start being successful, some people in your culture start hating on you. One work buddy called it the crab bucket. When one crab starts successfully climbing out of the bucket one of the other crabs will grab him and pull him back down. Now my buddy refused to submit to that pressure. He was bright, articulate, successful and had published two books of poetry. Kind of like you--except for the poetry thing.
Sowell loves the Black community so much he's willing to do hard love with the truth. Applaud you for being conscious of context considering age of the vid, the "time" in which is was recorded. You're a Good Human, & smart person to boot. I grew up in north Jersey (nearly NYC) and amazed general country doesn't know what Harlem really was "back in the day." Was an amazing place. Truly impressive culture and economy.
So enlightening to see a constructive, educated, calm discussion to try to figure current day disparities.
Thomas Sowell is basically a bootlick grifter pandering for white approval! He runs away from actual legitimate race grievances of today!
@@willharriman1881 And let me guess you're a white dude calling a black man crap like that. Kudos to you for showing everyone your racism. I'm sure you clapped when Joe Biden said " if you don't vote for me, You Ain't Black". You probably said "Tell um Joe they're Nothing Without Us"..
Thomas Sowell is a gift. He is one of the smartest we have.
Merit to everything Dr. Sowell says. Love your videos and the light you bring to yourself and others.
You ARE the epitome of a GOOD HUMAN , Jamel ... thank you for being there for us all
Great video and love hearing you embrace it. I'm a white guy with mixed heritage. Black people have more allies than many realise. Focusing on the positives is the way forward. Peace 🙏
God bless Thomas Sowell.... national treasure.
Thomas Sowell is a very intelligent man, I enjoy watching him. ✌️. Jamel he has a channel on RUclips
Thank you for helping so many people. And helping me be a better person. Your honest take on these videos and the old school music videos are inspiring and bring back great memories. You’ve reminded me to add to my music library by the choices of several you have played!
Thomas Sowell has more wisdom in his head than just about all of our elected officials. When he talks, I listen. Jamal, you are fantastic. I have a ton of respect for you.
I learned so much from Thomas Sowell , he goes deep into topics but can transmit it in a simple way, and you just grow with him. One of the great man of our times.
Thank you for showcasing this video of Tom Sowell! You are one of the best reactors on RUclips. I first became aware of Mr. Sowell on the Cartier Family reactions. They are also a great group of young black men exposing themselves to more social contents that challenge the mainstream norms. I would love to see you and the Cartier Family, Fred and Tim (Twinsthenewtrend) get together for some discussions on social issues like this. I think men like Sowell and Dr. Claud Anderson (Powernomics author) are little known especially in the black community. They expose the things that are hurting our communities, which many are self-inflicted. Wishing you the best Jamal!
Always knew you're a smart guy.
I also knew you'd react to these topics one day. Many (black former music reactors) do.
You are smart and a free thinker. With experience and reason. I like that. We need that.
Greetings from Germany
Total truth. Thomas is extremely fact based.
You are a really kind man. I love listening to you.
I’m 100% the exact same way. The old phrase in media “If it bleeds it leads” comes to mind. Also the phrase “Follow the money”. What brings in the MOST eyeballs? ⭐️Chaos⭐️. What creates the most chaos? ⭐️ Division. Eyeballs equal ⭐️Ratings. Ratings equals ⭐️Money.
And it’s the EXACT same thing in politics. Convincing one side that the other side is evil and you’re there to help defeat that evil?
Honestly it’s like this. If you can convince them that rope you’re selling them is to pull them up? They’ll never see it wrap around their necks.
I appreciate your thoughtfulness, and how you share your beginnings. Success to you.
Sowell is a Standford professor!!! This man is a national treasure!!!!!
Is that Stanford (in CA) or Standford some place else?
@@joannmerver Stanford in CA.
Hey Jamal I applaud you for standing on your convivtions, for using your brain to find objective truth and being brave enough to educate all of us by sharing. Bravo 👏 👏 👏
Brother Thomas Sowell is the truth
Where you grew up and you still turned into a productive member of society proves you're a good guy ! And the sooner we start calling each other american and quit looking at skin color, the sooner this division goes away.
Thomas Sowell is brilliant. Thanks for sharing this.
I watch this all the way to the end like I try to do with all my RUclips watches and I have to say that to me this is just a new journey I used to follow you and was a big time early subscriber with your musical journeys but then I actually stopped all music reactions and now I've come back cuz I'm really interested in you taking this journey I've watched a number of other channels with folks like yourself going through this journey and I think it's awesome keep up the great work I hope you do at least some more from some of these icons like Thomas
Thomas Sowell speaks only in truth. He's been known for decades and is highly educated and respected.
Jamel... you’re a breath of fresh air. There’s nothing like good old common sense.
Like I tell my kids; " Do what you're supposed to do, and treat others how you would want to be treated." That's it. No agenda, no ulterior motives, nothing. My kids didn't do anything wrong, and neither did yours. Live life to the best of your ability, but don't spit on anyone doing the same for themselves. Not a hard concept, but man the world is trying hard.
It's just so sad that nobody knows who this man is. The education system has failed us........on purpose.
Thomas Sowell is so awesome, he is right up there with MLK for me.
Thomas Sowell is the most truthful man I have ever heard.
Thank you for your courage and candor.
Yup. He's an economist, author, and Black history academic who's spent his LIFE researching~ that's his jam.
He's an author, I'll give him that, and a chicago school economist, which has the same relatiion to reality as phrenology. (That is, internally consistent within the logic of its field, but relying on assumptions that fly in the face of empirical reality.)
Even in that field, he is not really a scholar but merely compiles and reiterates the work of others
He is definitively not a black history scholar. His position as a black man in a conservative media organization has given the opportunity to make pronouncements on social issues, but these are typically devoid of references to scholarship in the field.
Sowell's defenders like to point to his use of citations and sources, but like most conservative polemicists, Sowell suffers from the malady of excessively citing his ideological allies rather than attempting to refute the positions of his opponents
@@robertdingleton1929 You haven't actually read anything by Thomas Sowell, have you?
@@DrMackSplackem Yes, I have a weakness for trash literature, and I religiously comb the giveaway section at a couple of local libraries, so I have acquired copies of Marxism: Philosophy and Economics, Black Rednecks and White Liberals, The Vision of the Anointed, and Basic Economics. The above characterization is mostly based on Basic Economics, though even in his book on Marx in which he cites Marx extensively, his attempts at refutation rely on fellow travelers in the nonsense discipline of neoclassical econ (plus scurrilous gossip about Marx' personal life.)
Google 'Dawson vosburg Thomas Sowell' for an excellent medium article by an evangelical who is critical of Sowell's approach and conclusions.
When you address a gentleman like Dr Sowell "Brother" that's where the real problem lies. The sheer lack of respect to your elders and to society in general is the reason why America is where it is today. 'No moral values,no education,no ideals, no culture,fatherless children ' - Truly describes 'Land of the free and home of the brave'.
Thomas Sowell is a hidden treasure that only got his due when the internet allowed him to go viral.
It's incredible to watch him drop truth bombs, even back in the 70s. You gotta look up old videos of his debates.
The people that are surprised Dr Sowell is so unheard of really are not thinking that logically. A well educated black man is exactly who those in power want to only be seen, not heard. It’s great propaganda until the man starts telling the truth. I’m glad you covered this. 🤘🏼
Hello fellow Inland Empire brother! Thomas Sowell is an American legend.
Thomas Sowell books should be required reading in high school and in college and universities..Walter E. Williams is another great American thinker that you need to look into. His book, Race and Economics, is a must read, along with everything else he's written...
Educators do not want students who think. They want students who comply.
I’m seeing Sowell pop up everywhere across RUclips on channels like this. Hopefully people are waking up, not getting woke.
Dr. Thomas Sowell has a brilliant and impressive CV and a prolific author. If young people would read his books, starting with "Black Rednecks and White Liberals," they would be surprised what they learn and ponder. He is a fellow at Hoover Institute at Stanford (not sure if he retired) but he will be 93 next month.
TRUTH and wisdom. Sowell is on the = NICE LIST = . ALL GLORY BE TO GOD.
The more you follow listen to Dr Sowell, the wiser you will become. It will rub off on you to your benefit. Keep it up!
Thomas Sowell is an historian. He has researched all this thoroughly. Thomas Sowell has written a lot of books.
Dr. Sowell 92 years old now. Undergraduate degree from Harvard Masters from Columbia and his PhD from University of Chicago. I've been reading his commentaries etc ever since I saw his first column in the New York Post decades ago. More people should search him here on RUclips and get educated
Nah, he is a kept man of the wealthy elites whose ideology he promotes.
(Hence why you read him in the New York Post.)
I'd say 'no one should read him,' but he's actually a good case study in shallow sophistry and propaganda.
@@robertdingleton1929 point out where the facts he uses are false. I don't follow any ideology I think for myself.
@@alanbaum6690 you follow the ideology of bourgeois capitalism, that's why you think Sowell is on to something. He is a well spoken black man who reinforces the world view that white boomers have been spoon fed their entire lives.
I always learn something new after listening to him. It's difficult to know how to be an effective ally sometimes.
Beautiful intro, so blessed you are here... bless you on your interest in the music i grew up with ... Bless you Jamal..
I will tell you Sowell ALWAYS has the receipts. His research is exhaustive and he provides ample citations for people to crosscheck and verify. I highly encourage you to read his books there's dozens of them, several are available as audiobooks on RUclips. "There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs." once said a remarkably intelligent man.
Keep yourself well and maintain your open mind and good heart! Thank you for spreading facts.
I've always said Just Be A Good Human Being Myself..
Always enjoyed his work and his brutal honesty. Thank you for posting and sharing this.
Yay! 🎉 More Thomas Sowell! I love it! His info is so interesting. I've listened to a couple of his books on Audible.
This man is highly credible and certainly honorable. He talks the truth in his opinions. This is what " he knows."
I was following Sowell's work and it brought me here. Good show Jamel.
I grew up in the city of Alton, Illinois and my sister and I were friends with black twins, Karen and Sharon Osborne. We used to play jump rope on the playground all the time. They lived in a black neighborhood called mexico, which was all black. We went to their house after school and never felt any fear and their Mom was one of the sweetest, nicest women I ever met. However, that was a place white people were afraid to be in after dark. In my opinion, the division between black and white is politically motivated and perpetuated by the media.