Quote:cicerone imposter wrote:fox's quote, "Can you give a specific criticism for which he does not also offer a remedy?"
No, I can't. That's the reason why I'm asking you, the expert on Sowell.
I wasn't the one criticizing Sowell. You did.
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Quote:Thank you, Walter, for that important article that supports my challenge of Sowell, the god for many on a2k.
How can you write something like that without being able to say what it is that you are challenging?
So I assumed you had a specific reason for your criticism/challenge based on something you have read or heard from Thomas Sowell. And yes, I can hold up any of his books on the subject of race, racism, and culture as containing very good solutions for the problems he identifies. He speaks from his own experience as well as some pretty impressive research that he has done. I strongly recommend those books that have been mentioned in this thread today and can suggest some others.
Did you read Sowell's short essay that Thomas linked? He alluded to a couple of solutions in that piece. Do you have any objection to anything he said there? If so, what objection do you have? How are the remedies he alludes to wrong or incorrect? His book greatly expands on these themes and, for any with the guts and vision to deal with it, he offers ways we can greatly improve both race relations and the situation of the poor in America. He correctly points out that pointing to the wrong problem is not the way to find the best solution.
Now if you have a problem with all that, I think you should speak up and say what problem you have with it. To criticize or ?'challenge' on no basis whatsoever other than prejudice against a person or group is not constructive to the discussion.
The reason this is pertinent to the discussion is that one of the largest problems Sowell has identified is the distortions of race in America perpetuated by the the media and that is the subject of this thread.
