Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell (part 1)
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- This is my book review of one of the most interesting books I have read lately "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by American economist, Thomas Sowell. I find this one of the best written and scientifically backed up books about the state of African-Americans, the topic of slavery and the impact of culture on performance. Some of you might disagree with the thesis of the book, but I think the majority of you will find it fascinating provided the information in this book very rarely makes it into nowadays debates on racism.
The dominating opinion of today is that racism is the only reason why black people in the US and Europe struggle economically compared to so many other culture who prosper. Often the argument that this is all legacy of slavery does not hold the facts that the decedents of other slaves like the ones from the Caribbean were able to advance much quicker. Also blacks who adopted principles from the Northern states "Puritan" culture quickly raised to better status in society.
As a Slav (which comes from the word "slave") and Bulgarian (which were often taken as slaves by the Ottoman turks) I have no illusions that slavery existed for white people as well simultaneously with black slavery, but somehow nobody talks about this.
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Would you agree with the culture vs racism thesis of Thomas Sowell? If not, why?
I would certainly agree. How you conduct your life & not who your are is what determines your success chances in the US. The Mexican, Asian & middle eastern immigrant communities are a great example. Not one of them came in rich or supported, but generation after generation, they uplifted themselves.
@@fakhermokadem11 ...The Mexican, Asian, and Middle Eastern communities are uplifted?
Shit, as a Mexican, it's news to me.
Next week I will talk about part two of the book which is around the topic of how other communities developed after arriving to the USA and there are some specificities. To give you a glimpse: what Sowell talks about is that some communities which also faced racism, nevertheless became wealthier due to the type of activity they developed after settling in the USA.
Culture can absolutely affect outcome
I live in NYC I see it everyday
However saying the most obvious thing is now considered racist🤦🏻♀️
@@ambabamba7271 thank you for watching! And yes, I am amazed how talking about anything which is not "white fragility" now makes you feel like a heretic. I am glad that not everyone has completely lost their mind.
Slavery is not related to racism. You couldn´t say it better. I´m reading "Race and Culture" by Sowell, and there is a chapter on slavery; you summarized perfectly. You have a new follower.
Thank you! Yes, about slavery it is something I always knew from history but never connected the dots when thinking about America until reading the book.
Consider this: Racism started AFTER the civil war. In 1870 the Attorney General was converted to a full time job to focus on prosecution of klan members {stop civil war repeat}, & this evolved into the Department of Justice over time. The media reported the white power wizard hunt.
The Orphan train movement started networks to catalog order workers in weeks (not months) to replace slaves with family members that "were treated as part of the family" to "earn their keep" [Family VS slavery].
When unions went on strike, companies just used their networks to mass migrate new workers from other states & countries to replace & break the strikes. The media called the unions racist, but were the unions to do? There's only so many jobs & flood of foreign workers reduces pay. The unions need to find a way to get people to join their protest without expecting a job. Their solution is civil rights protest to protect minorities.
But the companies aren't done yet, they create segregated unions called "Resource Groups" & DIE (Diversity Inclusion Equity) Councils to prevent employees from forming a real union. But hears the catch only the most sexist & racist know that these are like unions.
It actually is, funnily enough. The English word "slave" comes straight from the word Slav, who had been taken so often as servants that the word got named after them.
Racism was never the real reason for having slavery. The real reason was simply profit. The racism was just used to justify it in the eyes of the public. It was used to dehumanize the enslaved.
Slavery in the us had a huge racial component. Now slavery as a concept in a vacuum, no. But to completely disregard this is irresponsible and reprehensible. Sowell loves to twist "data" and completely change facts. In America, slavery was undeniably related to white supremacy. Read Alexander Stevens words and the letters of the confederate succession for starters. This needs to stop.
Black comedian, Chris Rock said, "If you live in an area where Black thieves are active, hide your money in books"!
"They hate books and wont touch them"!
Thomas Sowell is an American original free-thinker, PhD economist, political philosopher and author who approaches the world with a practical logic honed as a Marxist in his 20's and refined in a conservative, libertarian with a Harvard, Columbia, University of Chicago pedigree all of which is built on a North Carolina Black South and New York Harlem upbringing. BLM need to watch his videos and read his books. And that goes for Obama, Sharpton, Jackson, Waters etc.
Obama was a graduate of Yale and an attorney as was his wife. I can tell you the man is well read and logical. Some say he is Skull & Bones, I wouldn't know. I'm positive Obama knows very well who Thomas Sowell is. Sowell is a genius who the black community needs to listen to, not to mention the Puerto Ricans.
@@carlo_cali Oh, so the black community needs to listen to him? No one else, huh? Just. . .the black . . community?
@@noeltaylor3594 Yes, his message is tailored to the black community, but the youth listen to Jay-Z or a host of other celebrities who are entertainers. The wealthy celebrities is who many people of all races listen to with the logic "they are rich so they must be right". Yes. Thomas Sowell someone I tell every black friend I have about. The educated full time employed are very receptive. The streets, in one ear out the other with a nod of the head. True story.
@@noeltaylor3594 his message is for the black community, read the book or books
@@Blueraazor I AM part of the black community and his message is horse crap!
this man has made it difficult to observe discussions on the internet. for me, at least.
Yes, after getting familiar with his writing everything else on these topics looks half-baked
One would listen to discussions, observing a discussion does not quite challenge the mind unless you are a lip reader.
@@cravinbob lol
Truth,fact and insight, trump poverty Pimps mindset properganda.
So, why is Dr Sowell not even mentioned by RORO, Rev. AL and the pantheon of Black Media Excellence?
It's paramount to poverty Pimp economy to keep us from a shift in mind set.
Not to say to kill each other in high numbers is off our nonexistent CODE.
Very true, everything looks fake
the audio version of the book is available on TH-cam
Im going to listen to it now 😁..
Thank you for this clear and straightforward review of what could be incendiary topic! Sowell's perspective is very important and well researched, and you broadcasting it is very brave this year!
Thank you! I would not broadcast anything which I don't believe is worth hearing.
Sowell is a brilliant man. Thanks for sharing what you have discovered..
No doubt! Thank you for watching!
Brilliant, but NOT a genius. Sowell isn't a genius in the same way Orwell or Hayek is not a genius - neither men lost touch with the ordinary emotions of ordinary people that geniuses so frequently discard.
you talked about the black rednecks part, but nothing about the white literals part. we'd love to hear more of the 2nd.
I'm Irish, we had this culture for a long long time and still do in certain parts
Wasn't It The South Scottish That Migrated Into Ireland That Originally Had That Type of Culture.
@@Tom-jj6us yes but we had it alongside the Scots and English from North England long before the plantation of ulster
I can see where Mr. Sowell is coming from, the border reivers and so on. But the Scottish English borders is not that big of an area. Is it possible that there was enough of them to spread their culture over such a vast area as the American south.
Thank You, Well Done! Look forward to part 2 which is available now.
I red the book also, it was very good. For me the book had also another side. I was growing up in the years 50 and 60 in a working class neighborhood. But as a young boy and young man I was reading very much, always about science. So by the other boys I was regarded as an outsider (not one of them), a real man doesn’t read books, a real man has to smoke, has to drink and has to play soccer. I did a study for engineer, but that was regarded as very weird. You have to work, and not waisting your time with books. So now I am a retired engineer I don’t smoke or drink, sometimes I run a half marathon and I don’t live in that neighborhood anymore, and I still read books. I am not black, I am white. But in not black communities are also cultures that are not so good for some people. My parents where also different, and they supported me always in my studies. Other people in the neighborhood didn’t understand that.
I think it is a sensitive topic and I really admire the writer for the courage to present it so well researched. I think it is important to detach culture from race. Only then a lot of things start to make sense.
That's exactly what I'm talking about!
People need to understand what it means to live in a modern era
I have subscribed to your channel solely based upon you commentary on the book. It was excellent and I’ve shared your video with a good number of my closest family members and friends who are so-called Black Americans in an attempt to educate them for the purposes of changing their attitude about themselves, America, the so-called “White man” and history. I look forward to part two.
Thank you for subscribing and sharing the video! I have part two published: th-cam.com/video/VWq-wQrYV2g/w-d-xo.html
When you said youre a google rep i cringed thinking this would be a woke review. I was pleasantly surprised i hope you would recommend this eye opening book to your colleagues.
Very informative review I’ll have to check this book out. I wonder if the slave practices of other cultures were equally grotesque in nature compared to the slave culture of the US? Things like buck breaking and incest breeding were normal practices in US slave culture. Of course things that happened so long ago shouldn’t be an excuse for the mindset and culture of modern Americans of a African descent, but I do think the methods for which they used during US slavery may have been a separating factor compared to other slave cultures.
the Eastern African slave trade male slaves were castrated or used as soldiers. Only 1/10 survived castration. In the Caribbean and South American continent, a slave's life expectancy was very short because of the brutal conditions.
Slavery is simply horrible regardless of who or where or when.
When I first heard you worked for Google I cringed, but I listened anyway and I felt you were fair in your review. To start I love Thomas Sowell, he’s a brilliant mind and he is still sharp at age 90. I love his approach to topics and I feel that’s why I relate to him so much. He’s also inspired me to learn more about cultures all over the world. To me his chapter on slavery is the highlight of the book. I fear that in today’s culture things have become so polarized that few are now open to object truth. I believe if more people took to heart the things Thomas Sowell has written then society would be much more tolerant and understanding of one another. My fear is that our current culture is beginning to mirror Mao’s cultural revolution and that scares me to death.
As far as southern pride in Texas it stems from our forefathers fight for independence from Mexico.
Thanks for your comment and for the clarification on Texas. I think world works like a pendulum - once it gets to an extreme there is always a reaction to return to the center.
@@OdolenaKostovaDigitalMarketing I certainly hope that pendulum starts its swing back to the center soon. As of right now some days I feel pessimistic about the future while other days I feel hopeful things may be slowly making a move back in the right direction. I do think your channel is a bright spot which gives me hope, so I’ll definitely continue listening.
I would be curious to hear you thoughts on two different books which are similar in nature, but are about two different societies. It would be interesting to note how each society has come to the point it is now and see if there are any common themes. The first would be another book by Thomas Sowell, “Dismantling America”. “Dismantling America” is actually a series of essays Sowell has written which fallow a concurrent theme. The second would be, “The Strange Death of Europe” by Douglas Murray. Just a thought.
Thomas Sowell’s research is simply staggering - the amount of data he put together to write this book is amazing, and his logic is clear.
Its great finding another free thinker on YT.
Go to the walk away testimonials on YT. All free thinkers.
Thomas Sowell channel and Shelby Steele have many lectures on YT that are fascinating.
Also the movie called “Uncle Tom” shows how informed black liberals became conservatives.
Great documentary on TH-cam!
2k views. Its scary how little people pay attention to this important topic! Good job Odolena
Thank you! It is still one of my most watched videos lately.
I'm so much in love with your analysis
Thank you for watching and I am glad you find my content valuable!
This was a great explanation of the book! You made me want to go back and read it for a second time!
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Very good summary of the book, please continue. Thanks
Thank you, I will
I'm reading this book and as usual Thomas Sowell is full of revelations.
This topic needs to be updated upon so i am doing it on my own time.
You Got My Support Bro. Mississippi.
That book title is something else 😅 great review btw 💪
Thanks, I am glad you liked the review. It is a provocative title, but when you read the content you understand it's very serious and well-researched.
if you read the whole book then you can understand what the frame of the discussion is....Yesss..it is a subculture that African-American has embraced especially in the ghettos...and American liberal politicians and black and white intellectuals have used consistently against Black Americans time after time to plant in their mind the concept of "victimization" while turning their back on them....The issue is not about color...is about subculture...Dr. Sowell did an amazing job...this BOOK should be MANDATORY in ALL HIGH SCHOOLS CURRICULUM...so we can understand, at an early age, the differences between the concepts of Slavery and Victimization.
Subculture? So, who taught that subculture? The originators of that culture, did they rehab themselves? If so, how? Please tell us how.
This is a beautiful woman!! So intelligent and well spoken
There are also many interviews with Thomas Sowell on TH-cam
Odlena thank you, such a great review. 👌
Thanks so much for watching!
Yes. I would consider culture a distinguishing significant factor. The irony in this being considered racist is upside down thinking. The two alternatives:
1) Black people can’t get ahead without white people helping them/changing their behavior towards blacks(same basic difference).
Or
2- That black people need special treatment which without acknowledging cultural impacts reduces to a patronizing inherent inferiority argument.
Are both literally rooted in a racist view.
I think there is a difference between "special treatment" and equal treatment. It could be argued that whites have been getting special treatment for a long time and that it would make sense to equalize the treatment. If that makes white people uncomfortable then it's on them
@@sandraguzman4394 it isn’t about comfort for white people. It is about freeing yourself from this cult like thinking. Your assertions are not based in reality.
@@stargazerh112 His data just doesn’t support reality in a scientific way. I tried really hard to see things from a from his point or view but the bias was hard to miss. I feel like he’s trying to make a pass at social sciences but was too lazy to do the work. Also, I don’t see the correlation between my thoughts and cult like thinking. Who would be my cult leader? And what is the Cult? Liberalism and Conservatism aren’t cults and neither side has a designated leader and throwing “cult like thinker” at a person who has an opinion you don’t agree with is what exactly?
@@sandraguzman4394 i apologize for the cult comment. It wasn’t necessary. I brought it up because of the dogmatic beliefs, but it wasn’t necessary. Eliminating discrimination based on immutable characteristics is good for everyone. Not taking turns on which immutable characteristic to discriminate against.
This is a thesis that divides many people that i respect. However i'm reading Gordon S Wood's excellent 'Empire of liberty' and he's just got to the part where in the Jacksonian era, violent honor duelling south west of the Ohio river was very common. He relates the connections to celtic culture. However other southern historians cite the promenance of other immigrants, german, french etc, to ask how can we assume causation. Fascinating stuff though!
Grateful for having discovered your channel
Thank you, welcome!
My Grand Father told me the term redneck was because moonshiners both black and white wore red bandanas to identify each other not a racial tag at all
Thomas Sowell is one of the smartest people I have ever listen to.
...This was quite something. I Hate to bring up my race but for my commentary it's necessary. I'm black and american, but i frequently get the "your acting white" styled comments and people have denied my race when they can't physically see me.
I feel like Sowell is dead on with where he is coming from, specifically in regards to slavery in and of itself (taking people alive in battle and putting them to use also didn't end their bloodlines directly...) , but this concept of where the black american culture got it's roots is quite interesting to me. I had to tell my own family that slavery occurred before the trans-atlantic trade, and is still ongoing, even if it's in new guises. but i did not know where the roots of the.. shall we say, "Gangster" culture came from, and it's a bit eye-opening to see a possible spot it came from.
the concept of white liberals essentially forcing it back into American blacks via things like stereotyping though? considering how I feel about the way the modern ones treat just about every group, it feels like I stumbled on his theory without even knowing it before now. the pressure to act a certain way isn't just coming from within the "community", it's coming from outside it to think, act, talk, move and most importantly to some, vote a certain way. I certainly do not agree with the politics of my country either, and am essentially waiting to get attacked from any of the parties at any given time being a political independent.
Come to think of it, yes, this does make even more sense, now that i think back to Malcom X's comments on the white liberal. hmm... Thank you for covering this book. ill have to check the rest. keep up your work on this channel.
Thank you for your comment and for watching the video. It is good to hear how this information resonates from your perspective. Check out also some interviews with Thomas Sowell on TH-cam, he has done a lot of research on this topic.
@@OdolenaKostovaDigitalMarketing I just may. Ill also check out the other part on your channel when I am able. I was directed to look into this work in particular, and I must say I am surprised at how it fits a piece into the puzzle. I had heard about Sowell, but this just wants me to dig deeper.
Was Malcolm talking about white classical liberals or progressives?
Liberals didn't teach black people "gangster". IMO, record companies had a HUGE part in that. While we're here, tell us what Republicans have done for black American. Sowell won't tell us what conservatives have done to help becausethe answer would be " nothing". , I grew up black, conservative. Got the same " you think you white" treatment. Got told by several WHITE WOMEN that I wasn't black enough. But, I moved left.
@@noeltaylor3594 Hard to say in my eyes, as the roots of todays progressives can trace back a fair bit, but id have to ask back if it even matters at this point on that Malcom question. still a football. still largely fleeing from one into the mouth of the other. one could argue the political slant of the record companies was probably on the liberal side, but I wasn't saying they taught it directly either. more like they helped create the conditions to proliferate it. the possibility of it's roots being teased at from this book is what intrigues me as a concept though. it would make sense for a person to draw in from what they live around and see, so why not a people, that gets reinforced over time via stereotype and expectation of depictions that may well not be true causing it's own effect? it meshes up with how so many wanted "their own" culture.
sorry you were told you weren't black enough as well- I get it from both white and black people, though primarily white progressives these days. Never was a thing i got from conservatives. I find a lot of republican politicians to be a waste of time or worse, much like i see democrat ones. any directly racial overture ive seen from them was appeared to be subsequently ignored by the "black community" as i see it, and frankly in my opinion trying to make moves like that is a waste of time anyway, especially how the cards are now. the culture around the current day conservatives on the other hand has wound up being more my speed, focusing more on nation instead of race, and as a consequence to me is closer to what i prefer. Im much more about the road of an individual through life, and a lot of the modern left just runs utterly counter to that by my tally. Never had i have so many people claiming to speak for me, but just putting words in my mouth by proxy.
Great breakdown, would love to read it
Thomas Sowel is a genius. However, he is 180 degrees against today's "wisdom" on race. In the d90's, I asked my son why the rappers and the metal heads has the same menacing attitude for their photos. Answer: Their oppositional culture was nearly the same. According to Sowel, their attitudes had the same roots.
What does that mean.
whats your point
I want to get this book printed in a very cheap magazine format and distribute by the boxes.
Still no guarantee that people would read it and understand it.
@@OdolenaKostovaDigitalMarketing better than not trying at all
Yes slavery was the norm throughout the world. However, it is a matter of perspective. I call it the is it a 6, or a 9 conflict, which depends on whether you are viewing it for the South or North. If you define racism as prejudice or discrimination against a person because of their skin color you are correct. However, I view racism as a power construct not based specifically on color, but the ability of one group to control other group(s) economically, politically, academically, and spiritually. Meaning what you learn and know is determined by people who do not look like you or have your cultural experiences. You made references about your heritage and should you seek reparations? Do the British or other groups who enslaved your ancestors still control your country economically politically academically or spiritually? Do they still control what you will learn, who you will worship, whether you are worthy of a loan, or where you can and cannot purchase a home. In fact your statements about how black people communicate were stereotypes controlled by another groups projections of how black people relate and communicate not based on you actually meeting a variety of black people or conversing with a black person but data which Sowell himself states can be manipulated to fit the agenda of whoever is conducting the research. Now that is racism, no its classism, no its prejudice????? Based on Sowell's presentations you would be lead to believe the liberal elite to be limited to one political party the democrats. If that is the case republicans were complicit in this leftist elitist movement and are elitist who benefit from it just the same.
If you get a chance to read Steel Bonnets you will gain some understanding of the conditions which formed The Borderers' culture and how it was appropriate for that time and place.
Thanks for the suggestion! Thomas Sowell touches a bit upon the conditions which formed the Borderer's culture. It was very new for me.
It's not what he believes it's what the research says.
Read the book a couple weeks ago and I think you summed it up perfectly
Very well done
synopsis of the first parts of Sowell's book.
And it was interesting to consider your geographical and business background.
Thank you! There is a second part as well, if you would like to watch it. I live in the UK but I am from Bulgaria. I am a Google Ads specialist working for Google.
Great review, I’m a fan of Tom’s work and I’ll definitely give this book a read.
Thank you for watching! Yes, I got also his other book "Basic Economics" and it is wonderfully written. I am a new fan now.
Great review. Now I need to read it.
I wish blacks would listen to Mr. Sowell instead of Al Sharpton. They would be far better off if they did so.
There are black folks who are familiar with Sowell's work, same as people from other backgrounds, but in general they are much fewer than the majority.
@@OdolenaKostovaDigitalMarketing If he were as prominent as Al Sharpton they would be in a much better place overall. His message is of hope and not the perpetual victimhood designed to hold people down. It’s all so twisted that it’s enraging.
@@yortsemloh1156 people who feel victimised are way easier to use and target, if you see what dictators did you see the pattern.
Hebrews/Israelites were commanded to offer their slaves freedom after 7 years of servitude. The slave then had the choice to go or stay. Many, if not most, chose to stay
We need odolena return to provide us with her brilliant books explaining.
This man deserves a novel prize.
He will
@@24POWERS hopefully while he's still alive
@@24POWERS Not in this woke times
Just saw that you work for Google. I'm surprised you haven't been canceled yet for having a nuanced opinion and reading "hateful" material. Great review!
Thomas sowell is great
Awesome content, more people need to see this
The Southern culture was founded by three groups of British founders. The book "American Nations" goes into detail about this. The Tidewater aristocracy of Virginia, the Borderlanders (Scots-Irish), and the Deep South (younger sons of Barbados slave owners) are the founding cultures of the South. All were more violent than the other subcultures of the US, well known for dueling and bushwacking. None were what you could call achievement focused. The Tidewater and Deep South because they wanted to replicate the aristocracy/peasant society that they came from back in Southwest England, and achievement is characteristic of middle classes not aristocrats. The Borderlanders were not achievement oriented because after many centuries of being robbed by each other and frequent armies going back and forth, what would be the point?
I always found it strange when poor white southerners were talking about feuds. In Europe we associate this word with big aristocratic families who fought each other for wealth and status in the distant past.
@@rebeccaa.3121 feuds can happen between any two people. Just visit any tiny town and start listening to the gossip. Apparently resolving conflicts without violence is the tricky bit.
just your classic book nerd commentary until 4:07 where you drop the funniest fucking sentence ever-- so unexpected/hilarious.
great video, btw. every sowell book i've read thus far has been *incredible*. 'basic economics' blew my mind. you should review it :)
also, 'scale' by geoffrey west.
lol, thanks! I have Basic Economics here on the shelf, I will read it soon as well. Thanks for suggesting Scale, I haven't come across it yet.
Thank you for this presentation. I wish every America regardless of race would read this book and others of Sowell. He deals with history, with data, and factual information instead of propaganda. Even if you disagree with the man you should hear his explanations of trends and events.
Excellent review! Thank you.
Well, I guess this might explain why so many of the hicks at my high school liked rap...I didn't. At that time I preferred industrial music.
I Understand What You're Saying. I Enjoy Rap However I Did Not INTERNALIZE It Like A Lot Of These Shines Do Today.
Fantastic
I am a black women who in the 90s and a single mother and I never had a victimhood mind set. This book only paints a picture that we are all easily influenced by the liberals. I think anyone that buys this book does not have any black friend and does not understand the black community today. If you want to truly understand that not all black people who vote for democratic do not understand want is happening to our community. American slavery invested in the Willie Lynch doctrine that divided and broke down the black men and women. Black people lack the knowledge of self and tell us this false history gives other black a sense of shame for loving being black and proud. Say it loud “I Black and I am proud” needs to come back and give young black children and adults.
You should truly listen to what she is saying and I I’m a black man it’s blacks like you that I will never understand
I agree with Cloud Man. You can talk about slavery all you want. But when I, as a black 17 year old tunring 18 in 2 days time have been told by other black people that I was "white washed" when i was younger due to being into tech and being a nerd, and that I should love being a part of black british culture because they're my "people" even though most of these people on the streets have completely different life goals than mine and tend to not think far into the future. It put it into perspective, a perspective that Sowell has captured precisely. Which shows that within the group of black people in the UK or US, other black people will look down upon you and be jealous of you for wanting to move forward in life or take up hobbies that lead to a wide range career opportunities. Yea I have faced some racist comments and looks from asian, black and white people based on stereotypes, but the affect on me was the most painful when it came from other black people. This is because when a non-black person discriminated against me, it was a matter of time until they came to see my character and set aside their prejudices. However with the black people, they continued to dislike and hate upon the idea that I didn't fit their idea of what a black person is under the "black commnunity" and therefore ignore me as if I were not black.
Omg this convo would either be misunderstood or cause an “explosion”
Hello Odolena Kostova good afternoon! This is the first time I publish a comment in your channel. Last February, I found a few videos of yours on TH-cam, including this one, and I liked them. At first, I thought you are from Russia or Ukraine (for your accent, facial trails, kind of name) and you are living in USA, but I was wrong in both situations. This video I listen to more frequently on my cell phone, because I recorded its audio from my computer to my cell phone through "voice recorder" application. It's understandable, with good quality in audio. You have a good pronunciation speaking in English. Well, congratulations for your work and videos who you uploaded on TH-cam. Greetings from Sonora, México, which is a border state with Arizona, USA. By the way, the flags from México and Bulgaria share the same colors (gree, white, and red). See you next time, bye-bye 👋 🤗
Thank you for your comment! Greetings back :)
While I am a big fan of Thomas Sowell, I do not agree on some of his points on Haiti and I suggest you do some additional research yourself especially regarding your commentry. First, Haiti was not freed. The slaves revolted and threw out the slave-holders. France, under Napoleon and England tried to take it back and failed. The British soon afterwards began their abolition campaign in earnest. Santa Domingue was the first country on earth to abolish slavery in all forms.
Secondly what happened there was not a race war. The Polish mercenaries, quite white as I remember, were left unharmed because they sided with the slaves. One can also make a case that Haiti has been punished in the centuries since then for daring to free itself.
Otherwise, keep up the good job🙂
Very interesting! Thanks for this context, it wasn't mentioned in the book.
@Segun llori Good astute observation. I really like Thomas Sowell as well. When one is reading work by gifted researchers dealing with perspectives and topics that one tends to agree with it is easy to get swept up and away by the information. One of the more challenging things I've found is to try to maintain a degree of impartiality, objectivity and readiness to critique especially when I'm reading/processing material that I already agree with.
If you haven't already and are curious about Haitian geopolitics, I highly recommend the book "An Unbroken Agony" and the documentary "Aristide and the Endless Revolution." Predictably there are a lot of recognizable and reoccurring themes.
I was with the live chat read part of the answer about not needing to collect data with manual campaign and then move to smart?
It does not save learning time, optimize data ? perhaps I misunderstood from other experts.
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Thomas Sowell is telling a very general oversimplified history and he's putting his political conservative Mind's Eye on it. For a fuller picture without any political leaning from liberal or conservative the book I recommend is Kenneth stamp "The Peculiar Institution" and Douglas Blackman "Slavery by Another name" Thomas Sowell book is missing a hell of a lot for comprehensive understanding.
He's the conservatives' MLK
Tom Sowell's Basic Economics should be mandatory reading for students contingent upon graduating High school. Further, the book should mailed to every house alongside samples of laundry detergent.
Same can be said about Muslim from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Conversely, Arab Muslims are very different and thus mostly prosperous.
I have a different opinion. I think devotion cultures like Catholicism and Sunni Islam (historically atleast has not worked well in government since it stagnates due to focus on devotion aspect in government.) whereas work culture of Protestantism and Secularism in government actually develops a society. Atleast in historical context of what i have seen. So in the end it depends what government one has, and how practically it works like.
Why are you drawing a comparison between slavery in Europe vs slavery in America.
Nice review. I’ll give it a listen.
This would make sense that it also effected the Hispanics that were influenced by white liberals.
AKA Marxists.
Very well done. You’re great
I'm in love
The etymology of slav is the word "slovo", that is translated as "word": slavs are thosewho speak the same words "slovo", It has nothing to do with slave.
This is SO TRUE ---- The black culture is what holds them back.
And the Democrats and Republicans
Very interesting theory. But is it possible that people from such a small area as the English Scottish Borders could have populated such a huge area as the American south.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
1:15 - "Afro-American... black" . I suppose the clarification is warranted given Elon Musk and Charlize Therion are both Afro-Americans
Slavery has nothing to do with racism. 99% of slaves in human history were of exact same ethnicity as the slave owner
In America it was 100% about racism.
99% of " human history" should not be used to soften the blow of American chattel slavery nor absolve the feelings of descendants who's ancestors did what they did. We don't live in 99% of the world. We live in America.
Please come to Cali..
We need a statue of Thomas Sowell
Stop it
Hard to believe you work for Goggle, great review!
Good your summary
Truth is powerful. As to slavery in Amerikkka, it's the basis of Amerikkkas wealth.
You should stay on topic. What's the logic of bring up slavery.
Another, though beautiful women, White person using Dr. Sowell as justification of them not to felling uncomfortable.
Your whole energy shifted from angelic to mean.
Her point I believe is black Americans whole culture is part white and is influenced by whites especially the negros in the south
@@miguelpatrick79 appreciate that. My curse is, I'm a literalist ( I've coin the term) I heard what she spoke, many are using the Sowells insight In an not so good way, I listened to parts 1 and 2.
She not slick about it? Peep her change in tone, now I confess I don't communicate with any foreign Caucasian women ,might be a language thing. White and Black sellouts are distorting Sowell . The truth is we over 50 most who grew up with a mom and dad in the house ,the norm, is what's come to pass ,we haven't continued to live BRNC it has been influenced since the 70s. This modern iteration, on steroids.
Her review my opinion.
To many receipts ,history and similarities to deny.
I had a chick ,had a habit of saying, "you know what I mean, or, that's not what I meant,"
B'atches are just like that.
@@blaq7892 ok
@@blaq7892 are you from the south by any chance
@@miguelpatrick79 I'm from one of the most dangerous small cities in the northeast. Your name appears southern and particular in a way? Unless your Germanic?
lol i am black, and i absolutely love your channel. However listening to this was rather painful. But informative non the less. I will say this though, and take it how you like. Most people dont really respect other peoples tragedy, unless of course that same tragedy befalls upon them or a loved one. Not all black people are acting from emotion, and of course theres good and bad. Its also easy to list and quantify what is easily identifiable and draw conclusions, but its whats not seen that sometimes give a larger view as to the totality of the reality at hand. I will give you a simple example . I consider my self very fortunate to be educated, and to have been raised in the united states where i guess opportunity is at bay. Commuting to work in the train one time, a gentlemen also came into the train and sat next to me. Not noticing that i am black, he was fine until he noticed. He immediately took out his phone, wallet, keys and belongings and pretty much placed them in his bag whilst latching on to it. I basically dont know who this individual was, nor did i have the thought of taking something from him. The very fact that he simply took one look at me and in that moment everything was clear to him as to what my intentions were without even knowing who i was, is why i think subjects like this are not that easy to explain. Think about what this does to a person in the modern world experiencing something like this. I also have a younger sibling who loves the show stranger things. She is about 11. She has no idea about racism, or just about any victim based mentality because she wouldn't even know what that is. Recently she told me something i found interesting. There are 4 main children i guess on this show who are the main characters. There is one black actor and 3 other white children. She told me that she was surprised to see that 3 of the main characters had more social media following than the black actor, even though kids and you would like to think that kids do not bear any form of prejudice. Even more interesting, she said that they recently added another child to the show who is also white, and she has also became a main character, infact the love interest of this black actor. This character in a small amount of time has amassed more followers than the black actor. She basically place the question to me as to why this is the case. In her exact words she said i dont understand, he is a main character, but why doesn't he have the same following, even till the point where a late addition to the show was added and this individual amassed a larger following. This might seem like elementary examples but i suggest just thinking about the implications of say a child at 11 noticing this. And what this could lead to for example. Thanks for making these videos, and keep up the great work !!
Thank you for sharing your experiences! Neither I, nor Thomas Sowell denies that there are prejudices and negative perceptions and any race and nation can experience these in both ways. And things take sometimes a loot of time to change. The only way is for people like you to lead by example. If you are good at what you are doing no prejudice will stop people from hiring you or doing business with you. Even if some people are prejudiced, there will be much more who do not care about colour or nationality, but in the quality of your service or work.
Something similar happened to me in the UK. There is a right wing party here which insisted on preventing working rights for Bulgarians in the UK, even though as EU citizens we should have been allowed to work here. They were making campaigns on how we steal the jobs of the British. I was queuing in a supermarket when a chatty old men on the queue asked me: "Young lady, you are very pretty! Where are you from? Are you French?" I said "Thank you! No, I am Bulgarian" He frowned, he turned his back to me and did not want to speak anymore.
I was startled, but I just let the event there. It was just an old man, who probably read something on the news that day. Or he was just a dick. This event does not define me or my attitude towards the British as a nation.
When it comes to the social media example, I have not seen the show myself, so I don't know what the characters are. But I think it has nothing to do with racism - some characters are just more popular. Beyonce has way more followers that JLo, for example. Does it mean people discriminate JLo lol? And since when social media followers became measurement of the value of an artist or of a human being?
Thanks a lot for watching my content and for your valuable comment!
This needs a billion views
11:32 Sure but the Jews asked for reparation and and indeed they got it …
What Sowell doesn't discuss is that the "White Rednecks" in the USA are overwhelmingly Trump/GOP supporters.
17th and 18th century England. Not 16th and 17th century. Years 1600-1800
Sounds like Latins, Eastern European, Italy...
Actually, unless they chose to remain, they were freed after 7 years. This is where the 7 years indentured slavery of certain Europeans originated... Someone who may be more educated on the subject, please chime in with corrections, but I there was no sanctioned, or lifetime/generational slavery until a certain arab scholar" created the concept of lifelong enslavement of "infidels".
Why you keep erasing my comments ? Don’t worry I’m screen saving it all for my response video ✅
Why does it need a response? Its her view.. Who the fuck cares what you think, and why you feel she is wrong
@@MrKevinEaddyGo back to the caucus Mountains Rambo 🎯
Всичко, написано от Томас Соуъл, заслужава да се прочете и популяризира. Заели сте се с просветителска мисия, на която се възхищавам... Понеже не сте native, разбирам всичко. Thanks!
Благодаря за коментара и се радвам че видеото ви е било от полза! Да, определено възгледите му не са популярно мнение днес, както си личи от други коментари. Но за мен Соуел резонира много силно като по-разумната гледна точка.
Finally you reviewed a good book. 😂
lol i am a bit surprised by the 100% positive response, as it is a controversial topic. I am glad that people found it informative!
Good video. However, in Haiti the end of Enslavement, and the rise of Freedom, where both accomplish by the Revolt against Slavery!! Not as a result of it’s end!!
Big difference 😊
I sense she will not be working for Google for long.
I need a strong Russian woman
This book is hard to find because it tells the truth about race and racism and people do not like the truth at all.
Mr. Thomas Sowell should have been the first Black President not Barack …
You are one of the most attractive women I’ve ever seen and heard in my life. Jesus Christ. New subscriber for sure.
Chill out buddy
What a weirdo
Hello Odolena I was wondering if you wanted to get married. Thank you for your consideration.
Sowell is pronounced ”Soul”
Good review of book but there's a difference between the chattel slavery at hat happened I USA and slavery that happened in Africa