Thomas Sowell on "Black Redneck" Culture
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Is culture holding some Black Americans back?
The American economist and social theorist, Dr. Thomas Sowell, argues that the achievement gap seen by some blacks in America is caused by numerous factors - a significant one being the "black redneck" culture and what it glorifies.
Credit to the Hoover Institution.
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Thomas Sowell is brilliant, yet you never hear majority of us (especially the "pro-blacks") cite his work or quote him. Wonder why. OH YEAH, because he doesn't lay all the blame at the white man's foot and speaks of our own accountability.
Thank you. I have much respect for Dr. Thomas Sowell.
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sadly true
In addition he praises Europeans for eliminating slavery.
Nah, He's playing 4d chess and is proving ebonics are not to be tolerated, as it is not a true facet of black culture.
+Hunter Devins You have nothing in 2017 to blame white people for. If we are all learning, learn to take responsibility for our missteps and grow from there.
I'm 26 and I've been saying this since I was 10. As you can imagine. My black friends dissapeared.
I can relate. The last black friend I had was when I was 12, and she soon saved herself from the stigma of having a 'white-acting' friend.
Google User The president was called "White boy" his whole entire life for pursuing and education. Black professionals are 1% of the black community. Acting as if that's not the case is only contributing to the none-sense thuggary that i glorified by the black community.
Google User Lol Sure I can find black professionals- if I'm *looking* for black professionals. Forming friendships is not as cut and dry as looking up the number of a black accountant or dentist. It would be silly to choose to spend time with people based solely on the amount of melanin in their skin or the combination of letters after their names.
I don't really get the meaning of your comment. Bigotry is cultural, yes. I just wish it weren't an issue in every culture. I've been called the N-word twice (to my face, at least) in my lifetime but was harassed almost daily by my own people for 12+ years. Hating what you don't understand is a human sickness. I agree that *anyone* hating *anyone* over trivial matters is sad.
Mine haven't.
Thomas Sowell is an American treasure.
He is a Sell out…. To the highest bidder.
For White Conservatives.
@@mfit7110 exactly. Go to the video: Thomas Sowell blames black culture Pt 2.
Cheap sell out refuses to tell the whole truth
Maga is so foolish they don't realize the "Jesus loving red necks" Thomas talked about is them...
@@fromouttaleftfield6932 A black person telling white millionaires what they want to hear is an American tradition that goes back to plantation culture in the South.
Learn a skill people are willing to pay for.... boom!
Zachary LaMountain lol so fucking true. You can only be so skilled to flip burgers. Gotta create value before you ask for value.
people go out of their way to not pay for anything these days.....everybody wants great things for free, and its an infinite cycle, as producers of said thing don't get paid, they don't get paid and can't buy things from other people, the other people don't get paid and can't buy from producers of a said thing. Infinite. I have a feeling the expanse of corporate entities has a large factor to play into it as well, on top of government reaching buggering up the system on top of everything else.
Zachary LaMountain: Thats it in a nutshell right there.
Zachary thats true but some racist still wont hire black person because of hate. Its not instant boom. But learning high value skills will make things boom eventually. More blacks in short time over 50+ yrs have gotten more educated joint millitary etc. still have long way to go but things have gotten alot better.
Just because you have skills that pays the bills doesn't mean Racism isn't sitting on your porch. 🤨
" It is better to teach Children in the Beginning, Than trying to fix a Broken Adult later in their Lives." - Nelson Mandala
I'm a white who left school at 14 and worked as a bricklayers labourer, at 16 got an apprenticeship. I'm sure black men could learn a trade, not everyone has th smarts or drive to go to uni, (I knew i didn't) but you can, as Thomas said "equip yourself with skills people are willing to pay for" Simple and brilliant
No one in America is willing to give much of an opportunity to the uneducated especially a black male
Statistics prove that the average white high school drop out does better on average than the black college graduate. And there's a reason. Do some legitimate research.
@@fromouttaleftfield6932 How do you know it's legitimate, because it suits your narrative? Either way I'm not that interested to bother looking up any so called "legitimate research" as we know the vast majority of research in this area is either deeply flawed, with deliberate incorrect use of stats, or just straight up lies, or just your typical reverse racism. We whities are a minority on this planet, around 10% of the human herd I'm told, but look at what that tiny minority has done on this planet compared to all other races. This whole "whitey is racist" lie, I believe is born out of pure jealousy. Go ask a Chinese person what they think of black people, or any Asian for that matter, but your kind never talk about real racism from other races, it's always just the tiny minority race, the white man. Pathetic when you think about it. btw in answer to your question, the average white kid drop out, like myself, applied themselves and worked hard. Didn't sit at home whining about being a victim of this or that, just got on with it, thats why they do better on average than black drop outs
In the small town in Ga. that I grew up in, one of the best brick layers was a black man.
Exactly!!
"You equip yourself with skills people are willing to pay for."
This man encouraged me to be a black conservative. I wish I had more peers familiar with his work so I'd have people to engage in friendly conversations with. Thank God for RUclips.
Maga is so foolish they don't realize the "Jesus loving red necks" Thomas talked about in the southern states is them...
Same, I’ve read most of his books and started becoming conservative and the rest of my liberal family hates me lol
When I found Sowell, he answered questions I had been asking for a long time. Many things about liberals just didn't sit right with me and I didn't know why. Sowell connected all the dots.
There were still things with the GOP I couldn't get with so I felt that neither party or ideology fit me. I watched a GOP political debate back in 2004. Ron Paul wiped the floor with all the other candidates. I didn't know who he was. But after the debate I researched him and from him I ran into Walter Williams (R.I.P.). This brought me to Milton Friedman and Libertarianism. There I found the best fit for me as a die hard lover of liberty and economic freedom.
Thomas Sowell has such an old and unique accent you don't hear anymore. It's an old East Coast Black American Accent.
What Sowell is saying is exactly what Ben Shapiro says, that it is about culture, yet Shspiro is called a racist for saying such a thing.
So is Sowell, it seems to be that if you don't call blacks victims, then you're a racist.
Sowell has been saying this way before Shapiro was ever born,
and Sowell is hated by the uneducated of his race (the equivalent of Shapiro being called a racist)
Ben is disingenuous i.e. cruising for likes among his white followers nothing more. Sowell is speaking from the heart.
Wealth matters that seems like a very cynical perspective. How can you tell the difference between someone who says such things and means it vs. doesn't?
How is Ben being disingenuous? His arguments (which are obviously strongly based off Sowell's, who is a role model of his) are completely accurate and well thought out and delivered. Or are you one of those people that believes only black people can speak truthfully about "black issues"?
Dr. Thomas Sowell for President!!
He'll get about as far as Larry Elder did. Educate yourself and stop supporting racism. Go to the video: Thomas Sowell blames black culture Pt 2
Thomas Sowell on The Limits of Discrimination: ruclips.net/video/4rUc2o97lKU/видео.html
"There's no such thing as a lack of villainy among human beings. Any time you take any large group of
people, you have an almost inexhaustible source of sins. And if you want to look into all those sins, you can go on forever looking into them. The question is whether those sins explain the numbers..."
Why is this man not our president?
He always wanted to be an educator. He never had interest in telling people what policies they should implement, he'd rather say "here are the facts, you decide what to do with em"
Hugh Mungus because its a waste of a life. Leave those things for people who are rich like Trump who dont need the money.
Tom Pnoid true
Black people would not vote for him.
I think hes too old now :( hes almost 90
INTERVIEWER: What advice qould you give a young Thomas Sowell?
THOMAS SOWELL: You equip yourself with skills that someone is willing to pay for.
ME: BOOM SHAKALAKA!
'nough said.
Sowell is awesome. I wish he would come down from the Ivory tower and debate some of these race hustlers #al Sharpton. It will never happen but its good to dream.
Culture. Culture. Culture.
I started reading his books in Japan. He's very popular among the english speaking Japanese.
Tomoko that is very interesting. Why do you think that is?
Equip yourself with skills people are willing to pay for.That is advice for the ages and all races to absorb.
It’s hard to provide a good education when so much of school resources go into dealing with violence in the school
Jeez, the amount of racism and casteism in these comments is insidious and disgusting
Where has Mr. Sowell been all me life?? Amazing person!!
break down of family may have something to do with the feminist movement.
Absolutely. I'll give you another nugget: The differences in length of prison sentences has everything to do with feminism. The time-gap difference for prison time sentences between men and women is six times wider than the time-gap difference between blacks and whites. But since the percentage of white women in prison are greater than white men, and it's the inverse situation with Blacks, this is the reason why it seems like Blacks serve longer prison sentences than whites. It's not that they serve longer sentences, it's just that there is more white women skewing these numbers. I don't understand how feminism gets away with destroying the lives of Black men.
Blue Max The break down of the nuclear family and promotion of the black matriarchy is the result of the embracing of Communist values, starting with WEB DuBois and persisting onward through the civil rights movement, including black feminism, which is also Marxist in origin.
This man is brilliant
What he says has been refuted. The reason some groups such as West Indies immigrate succeed is because they are immigrants who by nature are more determined to succeed,
If you compare native African Americans who move to other more affluent cities in the US with West Indies immigrants you see NO difference in economic success,,,
Therefore it is not the culture ( at least the way he means it ) but he fact they immigrate,,,
are you suggesting that the only way a group can be successful is by immigrating to a new country every generation? how to cultures even come to be in the first place if that us the case?
@@oniondesu9633 No.
The evidence we have suggests that a group which immigrates have a significant drive to succeed.
African Americans who immigrate had the same success rate with West Indies population despite their " culture" . It is a history of immigration success not a different culture success .
If a group has the drive to immigrate it is more likely that they will succeed despite their disadvantages. The immigrant success story has been demonstrated everywhere.
To answer your question more precisely : you do not have to move to succeed - always. The fact that African Americans who immigrated had the same success rate with west Indies suggest that their "culture" was not a problem for their success .
Culture is the result of social economic status. If you are slave and second rate citizen for centuries - your " culture" cannot be compared with the culture of those citizen who had MORE access to education and opportunity ,, I think this is more than obvious.
@@dsgio7254 why did blacks not have a culture of killing eachother en masse in the streets 60 years ago? what happened in the last 60 years to american blacks that had a worse effect on them than slavery?
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
Ayn Rand
The starting line us how we all are. I grew up in more poverty than any black American that I've ever met. Around drugs, out of wedlock birth, and criminality. As an individual, you must want something different than the people around you.
wow, so much wrong with this i don't even know where to begin
Great man!
Thank you. I have much respect for Dr. Thomas Sowell.
Love the world , like a mother loves her only child. Buddha
Google: Judi Grace StoryCorps.
Readers are leaders.
There is an assumption here that illegitimacy, as an ever increasing norm, is somehow wrong or a bad thing, rather than looking at why marriage is a failing tradition in American and elsewhere - being born out of wedlock is a different matter to how children are parented, and it is tenuous to be linking illegitimacy to racial matters in passing. Correlation is not causation etc.
@Nathaniel Walker Mixing our metaphors here but hey-ho. Are we talking about America''s inability to promote free contraception & abortion, parenting outcomes or downtrending marriage? Confused Nathaniel.
12:35 if after this answer your instinct says "yeah but" you just proved his point.☝🏾
Shelby Steele, Larry Elder, Walter E. Williams, Thomas Sowell all national Treasures.
Evergreen interview "Equip yourself with skills other people are willing to pay for." 💫🔥🌱🕯💖✅
All national sell outs. Go to the video: Thomas Sowell blames black culture Pt 2.
And educate yourself to the whole truth and not just a piece of it.
Larry Elder is a shock jock who has often used white supremacists talking points in order to create controversy and boost his ratings. That is why the LA Times called his azz out as a black faced white supremacist. Give me a freaking break. Larry Elder? A national treasure? You're a sad uneducated racist piece of work
Take advantage of desperate people in need who can't do anything but beg and grovel to you if you are capable. Yeah just reduce people to the status of beggars. It'll all work out in the end
@@nmnnmnm4637 If begging and groveling are the skills they've equipped themselves with.
Sowell for President
Too intelligent and honest.
@@MrThepopopopo Hey Jude. (Sorry for Beatles reference, a weak attempt at a joke. I bet you've NEVER heard that one before. Haha) Oh, the lunatic left has already labelled Black, Brown, Asian, etc White supremacists, but they don't realize it. The mental gymnastics they put themselves through to make something fit is quite astonishing.
Very important message, I agree completely. Great Video.
I watched this a few years ago and came back again after reading all of his books. He is a brilliant man who communicates in a way simple enough for the average person to understand.
You can still hear the whips in LBJ's voice if you listen carefully.
What a light in the darkness of our times. It’s a shame his way isn’t even considered.
Tuskegee Airmen, but what a great point!
"There's something about American black subculture..." sure, though perhaps the statement should be "There's something about early America that inspired a black subculture in the first place". Considering that subcultures - if they're to arise - would be due to a group not integrating with the majority culture.
That's probably true to some extent. But for the last 50 plus years, we've had more freedoms than anytime in American history which means there are many paths to improve our individual lives. So at the end of the day, whatever culture or subculture you choose for you and your family is just that: a CHOICE.
@@amatrex you expect the subculture that took 450 years to establish to just disappear in 50? And people don't get to choose what culture or subculture they're born into.
@@ec6621 Much of the black subculture that exists today did NOT exist 60-70 years ago. And just because you're born into a culture doesn't mean you have to stay there. There are hordes of people that were born in the hood but made it out because they chose a different path and rose above their circumstances.
@@amatrex Perhaps much of today's subculture didn't exist 60/70 years ago; But perhaps much of today's subculture was born from or enabled by the conditions and subcultures that existed 60/70 years ago.
And of course there are hordes of people who left the hood and overcame their circumstances. But do you think on _average_ , those who were born in the hood, stay in the hood or leave it?
@@ec6621 Well the subcultures that were created after the Civil Rights movement can't be attributed to legalized racial discrimination. So if you're born in an unsafe, depressed, neighborhood, then that's due to the choice your mother and father made, not society at large.
They could've taken advantage of the opportunities that Civil Righs legislation has afforded us. But if they opted to have a kid(s) while they're poor, unmarried, and living in the ghetto, then they should be held accountable for their decision because they only made it more difficult for they and their children to succeed. There are people like this in my extended family so I know firsthand.
This African American man from Detroit knows that EVERYTHING Thomas Sowell says is true...the" race industry" might be mad he said it..but statistics don't lie...post civil war..during reconstruction but B4 the onset of "government programs" = less blk on blk crime, more black owned businesses, more 2 parent blk households, lower blk divorce rates...the list goes on and on..MUST READ ALSO..JASON RILEY "PLEASE STOP HELPING US"
Christopher Hitchens on American Credulity for Religious Leaders: ruclips.net/video/Mm1UMoqmq44/видео.html
IM WITH THOMAS SOWELL!!
Maga is so foolish they don't realize the "Jesus loving red necks" Thomas talked about in the southern states is them...
Integrate vs dont integrate into the larger culture .. black subculture is obviously here to stay. only way to bridge the gap is through entrepreneurship
The purpose of Gangster Rap and the Army Cadence that soldiers sing while marching are exactly the same.
To lift spirits, boost morale, and to complain about the conditions they are in?
The same with latinamerica, all latin young people liaten gansta latin music, guns, drugs, sex, etc they want us on the mud.
before the civil rights movement , despite segregation, black Americans had their family intact, owned businesses, marriage , morals, their own universities. great work ethics, despite the odds!
He kinda agreed with LBJ in a roundabout way. The federal government created the black culture, you break it you fix it.
Thomas Sowell on How Blacks can Prosper in America: ruclips.net/video/pSu_cthOOQc/видео.html
It took another 10 years but affirmative action is done as a factor in the college admissions process.
Only a few hundred more steps to go .
The last sentence about the political power trying to change the fate of the black community is similar to booker t Washington ideas... In contradiction to du bois
So black folks look at Jesus for hope yet, they think they have none? Then, what good is Jesus to black folks?
I would like to see him in debates.
Search Thomas Sowell Firing Line or Free to Choose.
Just have to get off the plantation.
Married to the Government in exchange for the Vote !
"equip yourself with skills that people are willing to pay for"...TS...its really that simple
Funny how the Alt-Right never talk about this guy... I wonder why?
You must have been listening to a very selective portion of the Alt-Right to have never heard of Thomas Sowell. He would come up when discussing the bell curve, 2 parent families, elimination of minimum wage laws or low corporate taxation usually but not exclusive.
This man is the truth.
Paul Pierce
@@lorenzozadro2892 LOL! Way Different kinda truth.
“Equip yourself with skills people are willing to pay for.” Enough said.
After a lifetime of scholarship that has gone against the grain, Thomas Sowell's time has arrived.
Education now expects very little from graduates. I went to school in the 1950's and early 1960's.I wrote English in very good grammar. Now, you have to purchase something like "Grammarly" because you can't write a decent sentence. What happened?
*Black husband-wife families*
8:24 Q: The breakdown of the black family is _not_ a legacy of slavery?
Sowell: "No. . . ."
9:07 "The poverty rate among such families has been in single digits every year since 1974. . . .
9:21 "The husband and wife families and the welfare single-mom families all are facing the same society and objective things, but the results are radically different because the cultures and values are different."
I will say this I'm not going totally dismiss what he saids but this notion that it isnt many of us so called black Americans thriving is bullshit, personally I go by Red blooded American I recognize my west Indian black ancestry white and native. I am taller, better looking, smarter than, make more money and have more credentials than the average American regardless of so called race. I'm not the only one either. I will not say threwout my life that it wasn't harder because of my race because at time it was. I come from pretty exceptional men raised by men my Great grandfather had a school March Green elementary. If he didn't have to fight racism I believe my grandfather would of been a doctor or nurse instead of a 30 year combat army medic bronze star recipient. Anyways that's my two cents
Sowell mentions the excellent New York City schools of his time then whines that the excellence of the schools was "hard to believe". He should make an effort to find someone to pay him to find out why. Weak.
No, he has said time and again that the New York public schools declined when the value of family structure declined. Single parent households are the root cause.
I love this man
"Breathtaking arrogance" was pretty much Lyndon Johnson's whole personality.
Listening to Lyndon Johnson is like listening to the snake talking to Eve.
13:05 Literally economics in 1 sentence since the beginning of time, no matter the financial system/currency etc. Help other people & they will help you that’s the meaning of life in my opinion, pretty simple
Thomas Sowell is capable only of wise comments and observations.
Peter Robinson is one of the best interveiwers around.
2:49 Thomas lost his cool a little bit
nah he was just speaking up. you've never raised your voice when you want to finish your point and someone starts interrupting you? you can tell these two are cool with each other, just super invested in the topic at hand
he is brilliant but he waste his life time doing thinking that every human IQ was equal
Try r writing that again. Your phrasing is unclear.
Wow I think you've proven your own point using grammar
Yes, listen to men like Thomas Sewell and not charlatans like Ibram X Kendi!
Just because you don’t remember shit from the 50s doesn’t mean you know all lol
Dinesh D'Souza on Racism vs Culture: ruclips.net/video/7-1jCMl46Xg/видео.html
Here cuz of JRE
TELEthruVOXx Joe Rogan?
Yes, Joe Rogan and his guest (I forget his name off the top of my head) were discussing Sowell's ideas, and how he's scoffed by the mainstream for offering something different from the 'white racism' is solely responsible narrative. In reality though nothing is black and white; obviously racism has played an integral role, but it can't explain everything. I always thought another factor was the idea of 'stolen culture' which I would learn is not a new idea, and even President Obama's mentioned it in speeches before. But I found the idea interesting because I'm reading a book right now American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, which details the eleven distinct nations that make up various North American cultures, and the 'black redneck' would fit into the narrative. You absorb aspects of the culture of the people who settled the area, which for the deep south were originally Slavers from Barbados who built a brutal manorial style nation similar to feudalism but with slaves replacing peasants, and was settled by those groups Sowell mentions, the irish and scots-irish; unsurprisingly this region of the US which would consist of multiple states, the border lines are arbitrary, are the least democratic and the reason goes back hundreds of years. It's an interesting book, attempting to explain why regional differences in politics for example are so polarized. Definitely worth a read!
mcarco1 Appreciate the book recommendation! And if you ever remember the Rogan guest, I'd love to listen. I particularly enjoyed Jordan Peterson on there not long ago. Worth a listen if you haven't already
Michael Nketsiah episode 897, hunter maats.
mcarco1 oh geez that sounds interesting, I'll look it up, may try books on tape it it's to long.
Thomas Sowell on The Effects of Victimology: ruclips.net/video/SzHd5bmEdU4/видео.html
I would love to shake his hands and say Than You SIR.
President Lyndon B. Johnson is succinctly referring to the impact of long-standing structural racism. To describe the President’s perspective as pathetic is akin to using the race card to challenge a viewpoint. And Sewell’s example about the Igbos is ahistorical. Igbos had nationalist leaders.
You missed the context of the whole conversation....liberal
@@calvinsuu1949 Pigeonholing ideologically!
Shows this on CNN
Free thinkers
No question.
How does Sowell explain the war on drugs which specifically targeted black communities and wiped out black male leadership? He's Stephen from Django Unchained.
There's the liberal racism in full force
No you’re just an victim minded idiot
Hats off to my black brothers and sisters out there that heed what Dr. Sowell encourages in his balanced views expressed through out the years. I hope we all can be unified and grow together.
Black subculture in America is a direct effect of endemic racism, poverty, discrimination and brutality. Black subculture didn't just pop up out of nowhere.
Yes, democratic policies caused it.
Nope. Most whites in the south only suffered poverty. But his point still stands. Can’t learn to behave like white folks when white folks don’t want you around them.
Amazing the REAL truth
i still wonder why sierra leone has av iq of 92 but the rest of africa significantly lower...but still sierra leone is poor af and underdeveloped
Thomas is on the money here
very insightful
Although the word "redneck" has been related to people that were not intelligent. I have re-imagined the word redneck and have started a company called "Black Redneck", LLC in New York State. I use "redneck" to symbolize patriotism and nationalism and intend to hold voter registration drives in the black areas in my town to try to get people away from the Democratic party. The riots of the summer of 2020 made me want to establish a movement of conservative, intelligent and patriotic black people that want to stand up for America and fight the left and their demonic movement in all areas of American society. It has always appeared to me that "rednecks" are very America loving, God fearing people. I hope to establish a voting block of black rednecks hoping to save this beautiful country from the grip of the Demoncrats. If the white and black rednecks come together and fight for our country, no one will defeat us. Mr. Sowell is a genius and his books should be required reading, but the left wing in this country could never stand for that. Democrats have never been interested in educating black people. Enter, the "New Black RednecK".
Is thomas sowell brainwashed?
No, he just couldn't hack it as an academic and so pivoted to selling racebait. He walked so Candace Owens could run.
Married to the Government in exchange for the Vote ! It's called Plantation Politics ...
There are 2 topics that Thomas Sowell refuses to acknowledge empirically: Genes and IQ, The Jewish Question
Genes determines culture, not the other way around.
Mein master race.
The Data is a bit flawed. Sub Saharan Africans score extremely low. Yet take Nigerian Immigrants to the US who 64% hold a Bachelors Degree or higher.
Also not all Sub Saharan Africans as equal in intelligence. It's like saying a Backwoods Slavic is the Same as a British Intellectual.
You have to take in Proper Nutrition, Clean Water, Less disease etc.
I am willing to bet Africans raised elsewhere have higher IQs than their Country of Origin.
Culture Matters more than Race.
@@starcityrc3298
I beg to differ: ruclips.net/video/UkJyFvNlIwA/видео.html
Sowell is saying blacks do best when they are around whites. Blacks demise when they are around other blacks. It is not hard to read between the lines.
@Entertainment Pavement exactly
Gman Trout The same Lincoln party that abolished slavery kept babies from becoming teenagers murdering them at birth. Far leftist crimes and policies suck money out of pockets and control and currently allow drugs illegals to kill communities. Nonstop fight with the president who factually has done more than them. Just horrible facts! Live a reality.
And Ice T is what now? An exceptionally accomplished entertainer? There needs to be more subtlety than "black subculture." Sowell cannot maintain a double standard that the great society led to an institutional/exogenous deterioration of black social structure while saying that "black subculture" is indeed authentically "black." Early hip hop was clearly a lamentation of what happened to black culture. It in no way glorified this condition. It was only when hip hop became part of mainstream culture and not black subculture specifically where things went astray. Ice T recently stated that gansta rap didn't portray cops as "enemies" but rather "opponents." Gansta rap in no way falls in line with conventional leftist "white man is all evil" narrative. They definitely saw themselves getting the short end of the stick, but that wasn't an excuse for not resisting what was occurring within black communities. You'll be surprised to find how many "gansta rappers" who are now fathers and are actually exceptions to the norms that have haunted the black community.
Ultimately the black community opted for the wrong politics. They voted for whom they thought had their best interest but it wasn't the case. Can you blame them? People of all races do the same, but those who were historically beaten down can be easier to deceive.
So are you saying that young people listening to music blatantly glorifying crime and sex is not harmful to youth?
Dr. Sowell has always pointed out that he was into adult age before the civil rights movement of the 60s.. what he means is that he understood the truth and couldn't be suckered with B. S.!!
11:55..."Hopelessness is one of the big products of the race industry." Could hopelessness be one of the big products of racism itself?
Nothing more than a more eloquent Uncle Ruckus.
Sowell is great at saying nothing intelligently
Married to the Government in exchange for the Vote ! It's called Plantation Politics Y'all ..