Oldstyle
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So because you can't refute what Sowell says...you accuse him of being an Uncle Tom?
No, guy, a fool who defends the right of rednecks to fly the confederate flag is an Uncle Tom beyond anyone's dispute.
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Disturbed and self-loathing are the last two descriptors that I would link to Thomas Sowell. He's one of the more comfortable in his own skin men that I've ever met. You tend to be that way when you've come from humble beginnings and accomplished what he has.
Yup, and I'm sure he never benefited from Affirmative Action.
He's like Ben Carson, Mia Love and Clarance Thomas- black folks who go around assuring white folks like you that there fellow blacks sure are shiftless and you are totally good with your bigotry.
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Thomas Sowell is the boogieman to you progressives. He's black...he grew up poor...and he started out as a liberal only to change his philosophy the more he examined the world around him. You need to accuse him of being an Uncle Tom, Joe because what he says makes sense and shoots huge, gaping holes in the progressive narrative of the black man as a victim. You don't read Sowell because he scares you.
Actually, what he is is a hypocrite. The only reason why he has the oppurtunities he has is because a lot of brave progressives braved dogs and fire hoses and lynchings to get him equal rights and then insisted on affirmative action so someone would hire him.
Do you even know what Sowell's history is, Joe? You constantly make sweeping statements about things you obviously haven't taken the time to look into...something which makes it difficult to believe that you graduated with a degree in history. Sowell succeeded in life not because of Affirmative Action but because he's an exceptional person! He overcame the loss of his father at an early age. He overcame being given up by his mother because she was too poor to raise another child. He overcame being relocated from rural North Carolina to Harlem. He overcame being forced to drop out of high school because his family needed him to work. He overcame being drafted into the Korean war. He overcame all of those things by sheer hard work. He worked days and went to college nights. He got into Harvard because of excellent grades, high board scores and the recommendations of his professors at Howard. He graduated with honors from Harvard. He got his Masters in one year from Columbia. He received a PhD from the University of Chicago. He's been a professor at some of the best colleges in this nation for the better part of forty years! That isn't someone who rode the coat-tails of Affirmative Action (such as our present President) that's someone who's rejected the very notion of Affirmative Action as something that ultimately holds back minorities in this country.