Opinion of Thomas Sowell

[Goldwater]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell

FF.

[DC Al Fine]

FF

[RogueBeaver]

FF

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Massive FF.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

FF.  his books and longer essays tend to be much better than his columns.

[All Along The Watchtower]

lol

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ultra FF.

[AkSaber]

Ultra FF.

Putting it mildly.

[Indy Texas]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

[SPC]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Or perhaps were it not for affirmative action, liberals such as yourself could not make condescending remarks regarding the achievements of blacks, knowing that their accomplishments came by virtue of their merit rather than their skin color?

[Sewer]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Or perhaps were it not for affirmative action, liberals such as yourself could not make condescending remarks regarding the achievements of blacks, knowing that their accomplishments came by virtue of their merit rather than their skin color?

I don't see very much merit in this guy's career.

[Maxwell]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Are you kidding me?



Guy went to Harvard and Princeton and, like it or not, is an archconservative. I mean, that's a really boneheaded thing to say.

[Lief 🗽]

Not that I necessarily agree with independentTX, but Hispanics like Ted Cruz get affirmative action too.

[Maxwell]

Not that I necessarily agree with independentTX, but Hispanics like Ted Cruz get affirmative action too.

I overlooked that, but my main point is that, while you may not agree with Cruz or Sowell, they are both incredibly qualified and intelligent people who, of course, would've gotten by to Harvard or Princeton by their own merits and to say otherwise is ridiculous.

[All Along The Watchtower]

I think people here are missing the impact of tokenism (which makes racist right-wing whites feel better about their views).

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I think people here are missing the impact of tokenism (which makes racist right-wing whites feel better about their views).

Oh I will tell you, it does. Seeing even one African American hold my racist views makes it feel so much better.

[Indy Texas]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Are you kidding me?



Guy went to Harvard and Princeton and, like it or not, is an archconservative. I mean, that's a really boneheaded thing to say.

But I thought Cruz was Hispanic? Isn't that part of y'all's plan? To win the hearts and minds of the descendants of Mexican and Central American mestizo immigrants by running light-skinned Cubans of well-off European lineage?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

because of ideological discrimination?

[DC Al Fine]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

because of ideological discrimination?

YES! I want spots reserved for conservative white guys damn it!

[Mechaman]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Are you kidding me?



Guy went to Harvard and Princeton and, like it or not, is an archconservative. I mean, that's a really boneheaded thing to say.

But I thought Cruz was Hispanic? Isn't that part of y'all's plan? To win the hearts and minds of the descendants of Mexican and Central American mestizo immigrants by running light-skinned Cubans of well-off European lineage?

Irregardless of how much non-white Cruz is, the idea that an arch-conservative, even one that is lily white, could not get into Harvard is kind of ridic.  After all, institutions such as Harvard (at least as far as I'm aware of) don't tend to discriminate on ideological ground.

Secondly, I've noticed your presence on this forum and the valuable and humble insights your obviously superior background and upbringin have brought forth.  It is with great pleasure, good sir, that I recommend that you enjoy a nice death in this fire:

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I've always found it cute when contrarian black conservatives rail against affirmative action even though they likely wouldn't be where they are today were it not for affirmative action. Sowell would likely never have made it to Harvard as an archconservative white guy.

Are you kidding me?



Guy went to Harvard and Princeton and, like it or not, is an archconservative. I mean, that's a really boneheaded thing to say.

But I thought Cruz was Hispanic? Isn't that part of y'all's plan? To win the hearts and minds of the descendants of Mexican and Central American mestizo immigrants by running light-skinned Cubans of well-off European lineage?

Irregardless of how much non-white Cruz is, the idea that an arch-conservative, even one that is lily white, could not get into Harvard is kind of ridic.  After all, institutions such as Harvard (at least as far as I'm aware of) don't tend to discriminate on ideological ground.

Secondly, I've noticed your presence on this forum and the valuable and humble insights your obviously superior background and upbringin have brought forth.  It is with great pleasure, good sir, that I recommend that you enjoy a nice death in this fire:

His strawman arguments about Republicans using "white skinned" Cubans likely caught fire, causing that blaze

I guess Cubans, who voted Republican in every election up until 2012, are not real Hispanics. Thanks for telling us what a real Hispanic is, indieTX...

[Indy Texas]

I guess Cubans, who voted Republican in every election up until 2012, are not real Hispanics. Thanks for telling us what a real Hispanic is, indieTX...

I never said they aren't "real" Hispanics. But you're crazy if you think they're a typical example of American Hispanics.

The Republicans' Hispanic problem isn't with Cuban-Americans. It's with Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and Central America, and their descendants. And the fact is that Ted Cruz has zippo in common with most of them. Ted Cruz looks like and has the political views of the coffee plantation owner who their grandparents worked for back in Guatemala.

Making Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio your solution to appealing to Hispanics makes about as much sense as using someone like John E. Sununu or Mitch Daniels to make up your party's deficit among recent Middle Eastern immigrants. An Anglicized Lebanese-American Christian whose family came to America in the early 20th century doesn't have any connection with someone whose family came here from Iraq after the Gulf War other than the ability to describe themselves as "Arab American" on the census.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Guys, when I first saw Cruz's picture on this thread, I thought it was Niall Ferguson, who is currently a Professor at Harvard (he was at Princeton before) over the years has transformed into a right-wing ideologue almost on par with Sowell:



Ferguson is particuarly annoying because he's one of the most over-the-top pushers of the American Decline Narrative, and his proposed solution is basically implementation of the Ryan Budget.

Okay, so maybe Cruz doesn't look that much like Ferguson, but I'd only ever seen one picture of Ferguson years ago, so that was the source of my confusion.