Saturday, August 11, 2018

Thomas Sowell Writes The Book About Racism That America Needs

Discrimination and Disparities by [Sowell, Thomas]
Thomas Sowell Writes The Book About Racism That America Needs
"Sowell's calm and calculated look at racial disparity in America is a stunning work of brevity and reason.
Sometimes the slim volumes are the most deadly. 
Such is the case with Thomas Sowell’s “Discrimination and Disparities,” which in fewer than 200 pages lays bare the grave faults and assumptions of people on both sides of the political divide about outcomes for racial groups. 
...Sowell takes aim at two typical explanations for differences in the success of racial groups. 

  • One, most associated with the Left, is that discrimination by racial groups in power is the primary force creating bad outcomes for the groups out of power. 
  • The other, most associated with the Right, is that racial groups have inherent abilities or disabilities based on factors such as IQ distribution that lead to unequal outcomes.

...First, Some Prerequisites
In a theme Sowell opens with and refers to throughout, he discusses how in any area or endeavor, success is the result of meeting multiple and myriad prerequisites. 
Lacking even one of these, even if others are in abundance, can prevent success..."
Read all AND buy the book!

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