Thomas Sowell will open your eyes and blow your mind. He's been talking about "modern" issues for decades that go largely ignored. He's in his 90's now and just as brilliant!

Thomas Sowel is a brilliant man, they dont come anymore legit than he.

As a brown Hispanic woman 🤔 I rather have a qualified white/ black/ Asian doctor than an unqualified hispanic doctor. There. I said it. Based on merit it’s the way to go.

Actually what you read about affirmative action online is exactly how he explained it. It is a system set up to benefit marginalized groups. But what he is saying, is it doesn’t actually benefit those marginalized groups. As the saying goes “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” The goal is supposed to be beneficial but the unintended consequences are as he describes in the video. It is also discriminatory towards “non-marginalized” groups. What Xavier advocates for is getting into schools or jobs solely based on merit. Not based on skin color.

Thomas Sowell is a legit national treasure. One can only benefit by listening to Mr. Sowell. 🍻

IT IS EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID. PLAIN AND SIMPLE IT IS A CROTCH AND COUNTER PRODUCTIVE

Thomas Sowell is a Genius

Thomas Sowell is the world's greatest economist, and a man able to explain the world as it is - rather than as people want it to be.

The real problem with Affirmative Action is that it essentially tells you that you aren't good enough to get into a school without help from the government. It tells you that you aren't enough. Raise the standards, and people will rise to them. Lower the standards, and people will fall to them. I'm willing to bet that if affirmative action was truly abolished and the standards were based on a merit system, within a generation, we would see a turnaround in the education system. People would be forced to rise to the occasion. Why do you think charter schools are so in demand? Because they expect more from their students and demand their excellence.

One of the worst episodes of my life was when I accepted a job because the company wanted to hire more Black employees. This was in June 1973 around the time Affirmative Action was building. I was a Machine Designer but was hired as draftsman and was given menial jobs. I discovered that I was a "Token Black". I didnt like and and i became a 'problem' so about 6 months later, I was exiled to a design group in B another building as punishment. Instead I got involved in Advanced Technology spannig several technologies with applications in defense, space, oceanography, and atmosoherics. I was with the company 17 years and ended up with career most people couldnt dream of. 1984 i was promoted to management and became part of the division's A-Team. We were assigned to rescue troubled projects, or introduce new Manufacturing Methods and Technolgy programs. I credit my opportunities and longevity to my standing up as an individual instead of as a "Token Black". Affirmative Action might work for some cases, but the resentment thing was real and demeaning. But i wasnt really an AA hire, coworkers simply thought i was.

If there ever was a modern “prophet” Thomas Sowell would be a contender.

Do you want an "affirmative action" airline pilot? Or someone who passed all the tests fair and square?

That's exactly what he said. Giving preference to a group of people based on their race in attempt to right past injustices. It is WRONG to give or withhold something on the basis of skin color. Period. It isn't fair and in the end does way more damage than it does good. It widens the gaps between us, not closes them. Thomas Sowell is a brilliant man. Just Google him and choose any video. He's easy to find on KZfaq. Keep researching. ❤

You constantly repeat "I don't know", "I'm going to check if it's true" You are the embodiment of what I have been praying for the last 10 years: Don't believe what I say, just because I say it... check for yourself if I'm right or wrong with information not with feelings Bravo

My opinion: AA is racial discrimination. Yes the google term mentions marginalized groups- but in the USA, AA has indeed made it easier for some groups and harder for others to get jobs, into college, etc... based on race. Why this hits home- I'm a poor white dude who's been homeless 3 times as a child- and my father was denied jobs for... being overqualified based on his skin color. Equity, equal opportunity, and merit based judgement is what we need. God bless you 2 for always listening to understand rather than listening to reply. The world needs more open mindedness and LOVE for each other.

Thomas Sowell is an American Treasure

You say you can't sit down and listen to ONE hour of Thomas Sowell.... you are the maker of your own demise. Laziness is a disgusting trait.

We want to be respected when we walk in the room for accomplishments like everyone else

Thomas Sowell is a treasure ❤

Never heard of thomas sowel!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please please please watch more thomas sowel. Especially back in the 1970s debates with milton friedman

ANYTHING by Thomas Sowell is amazing. He is a brilliant, BRILLIANT man.

2 things; 1, Thomas Sowell is one of the most educated, level headed, and genuine scholars of our time. Anything you find with his name on it is very likely worth exploring, especially when it comes to American history and black history. 2, Affirmative action IS what you read and it IS what you heard from the video.. Affirmative action when described by someone in favor of it especially a legal brochure, pamphlet, website will be put in a positive light using positive words. Most times using as few words as possible to limit the possibility of questions and introspection. The description the narrator gave in the video was dead-on accurate when it comes to detailing it's functionality and impact in the real world! I've seen it in action, now the wacky left has doubled down on it with DEI. Since DEI hit mainstream society there has been an increase in unqualified individuals making mistakes, accidents, and or showing a serious lack of caring when it comes to work performance and accountability! We have had a massive jump in airplane failures & crashes, contaminated baby formula and many many more such events since Affirmative action & DEI. And just Incase anyone out there is looking to call this hate speech or racist in nature, think again! The REAL world runs on FACTS and FACTS don't care about feelings. ❤ PS, love the channel keep it up!

No one wants to EARN it any more.

His point is the main way affirmative action benefits “marginalized people” is to accept them into schools with lower gpa’s and test scores over supposedly non-marginalized people with higher test sores and grade point averages. This means a black student who scored 450 points lower than the Asian student on his SATs and had a 3.2 GPA gets accepted to college ahead of the Asian student who scored 450 points higher on his SATs and had a 4.4 GPA from advanced placement courses. It also denied low income Asians and whites grants and scholarships because they did not belong to the correct racial or ethnic group even though they have higher gpa and sat scores and came from lower income families. It also required institutions to hire or admit quotas from these racial groups over whites and Asians even if they are less qualified. If companies and institutions did not comply they would be denied funding.

I enjoy your videos and would love to see your reaction to Thomas Sowel. He discusses affirmative action in video titled “Thomas Sowell - Educational Damage from Preferential Policies” on LibertyPen channel, its a 5 1/2 minute video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb9pfcZlq6nQqoE.htmlsi=Y7ASosjVcezQh-Y3 I disagree that google/wikipedia definition of affirmative action isn’t discussed in the video. Starting around the 2:30 minute mark he talks about SAT scores needed to attend college varies by race. This is a university policy that matches google’s definition. Keep up the great work!

Thomas Sowell what an intelligent intellectual man.

Anything Sowell does is worth listening to.

Other than Thomas Sowell, read Shelby Steele and his book "White Guilt." This man and his brother are SOOOO incredibly brilliant and impressive in what they have done in their lives. What is heart breaking though was in his book he mentions his singing and his audition for, I think it was the San Francisco Opera. He won the part and said it was the only accomplishment he ever had that he KNEW, for CERTAIN, that he had actually EARNED. THAT one thing was the only thing in his life that he was certain was 100% based on his merit and not on his race. If you just look him up on Wikipedia, your jaw will drop. This man didn't need the help of ANYONE to be successful......but he still doubts himself because of Affirmative Action. While on this subject, there is a movie he narrates about Ferguson you should watch. He son filmed it (he's a prominent filmmaker) and it was really interesting to learn the history of the area and the truth behind the entire series of events surrounding the Ferguson riots. Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant people of the last century. He's an economist who has been denouncing Affirmative Action for the past 40+ years....basically since it started. Affirmative Action was designed to "help" people but all it has done is harm. It's not just blacks, it's also women and other minority groups. The idea is that a certain number of women/blacks/Hispanics/etc must be hired/admitted to university/selected. Now, in theory, those people are EQUALLY qualified to the white men (this is the only group that it has been historically okay to show bias against) but the reality is that often in accepting the most qualified minority candidate they are taking the BEST candidate. So on a 100 point test, assume the white man scored 100. The black man scored 95 the white woman scored 90 the black woman scored 85 Affirmative Action makes the choice for the company to hire the black woman. Two boxes checked: black and female. She is not, however, the best choice, based on her score. This is an oversimplification, of course, but Affirmative Action was a disaster from the start for all of us....including those of us who were supposed to benefit from it. Seriously, read anything (and EVERYTHING) Thomas Sowell has written about it. Watch videos on here about him. He's kind of Like James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.....I could listen to Mr. Sowell talk for hours.

Tay, here's another example of how Affirmative Action. If Steph hypothetically ended up in the hospital and she's wasn't able to speak for herself. However, you're her primary contact for emergency consent. If you had two surgeons come up to you, one is Asian in his 50s, the other is black being in his 30s. Who would you choose to trust to perform the life saving surgery?

You guys are killin it! another great video. Keep doin what you are doin!

Thomas Sowell is a Great American and a must read/watch as well as Walter Williams. Sowell should be required reading from HS thru College IMO.

Identity politics is the Turkish (or Guyanan) proverb come true: "The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them."

Thomas Sowell is the best economist and has the most bright mind I’ve ever seen! His speech is so easy to understand and reasonable!

I've been binge watching your videos. Keep up the search for knowledge. The more you know the better off you'll be. I was a Republican for decades and now consider myself a Libertarian as my views shifted over the years and politicians left me disenfranchised. Affirmative action is meant to help groups that are being segregated or discriminated against. If a company is in an area where 30% of the population is race A but you employ 90% race W, that company can find itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit for discrimination. Public institutions are mandated to match the demographics in their area. There's a lot of debate over the policies’ effectiveness and whether it’s outdated and should be done away with. I think there’s a lot of nuances to it. If everyone had access to the same education, financial resources, etc. it would be a simple answer, But we don’t. I definitly don't have all the answers but it's good to debate and educate.

Affirmative action is using racism to correct racism in the past. Two wrongs do not make a right.

Honestly, I have said for years that colleges, scholarships, and job applications should only have access to our initials and our experience/abilities/grades… until it’s time for a face to face. That way in order to get through the initial process nobody can say it’s a decision based on age, sex or race.

I have lived around the world in the military. In my MOS 11B AKA infantry regiment we get to see things and places that most people don’t see or know in the military like how people live, rich or poor. You get to see and react with the population and it can be overwhelming and heartbreaking too.

He just explained it in practice and showed examples.

Thomas Sowell is brilliant, one of the best minds of the last century in my opinion. He has spent 50 years learning history, economics and social aspects of our society, he has the facts.

If you get the cliff notes of Thomas Sowel in a 5 min video then you will not get the full story on how brilliant the man is .

What's surprising is how much the Democrat's dismissed Thomas Sowell and bury his work.. Could that be why its 2024 and you just now heard of him...kind of sad.. he is a Intellectual legend

IT IS WORTH watching Sowell's lectures even if they're an hour long! You learn SO much in 1 hr than all 3 or 4 years of elementary, middle, or high school combined!

Affirmative action seeks to help marginalized groups get into colleges by lowering admission standards and giving extra points for things like race.

his definition of affirmative action is exactly what you read. seeking to benefit marginalized groups. what he was saying is that because affirmative action is in place, was he just "a quota" or was he there because he earned it? marginalized groups is another term for minorities. (the terms got lumped together a few years back and somehow have become one in the same)

Any videos about or with Thomas Sowell are amazing g! He is a wonderful black man I respect Watch his version slavery! I learned so much God bless you Tay and Steph- much love!

He literally described affirmative action as the exact the definition that you read.. I find reaction videos so interesting because so many people can watch the same thing and get something totally different than what is actually being said.

Don’t go to GOOGLE for accurate information 😂😂😂

He’s right, I’m one of those skeptics who wonder if they advanced on merit or racist placement.

Thomas soul is the man.. brilliant and real.

Thomas Sowell is great. One of my favorite Black intellects. Affirmative Action is race based admission, not merit base admission, it's that simple. You guys got a lot to catch up on.

I think that for everything that helps us. There are many things masquerading as aid that harms more than helping and giving more reliance. Then stepping stones to build

These guys at Prager U tell the story straight. Thats the first clue to honesty. You can detect dishonesty is when the announcer embellishes or editorializes with prejorative commentary.

Thomas Sowell is a legend. Brilliant mind. World is better place because people like him.

Check out Candace Owen's opinion of Thomas Sowell... she really loves and respects this man!

His definition is affirmative action in the real world. Google's was a fancy lawyer's definition!

No one could be more legitimate than Thomas Sowell! You will become smarter just listening to him!

Giving someone a benefit based on skin color is ridiculous! If you're going to do anything, do it based on socio-economic status.

The video does indeed accurately describe Affirmative Action, and fits the definition you found. The way it was purported to help black people is by simply increasing the number of black people that get into college, whether they were academically prepared or not. It sought to right alleged wrongs by artificially inflating the numbers of black college students. The statistical disparity was misinterpreted as racist policies designed to keep black people out of colleges. Affirmative Action then set out to solve this disparity by making it easier for black people to get into college by lowering admission standards for them rather than trying to help black students study harder, learn more, and thus become more intelligent as a result. Affirmative Action was a misguided attempt at solving a problem that wasn't even there. The people who came up with Affirmative Action didn't even see the real problem. They only saw skin color.

You're in denial. That definition directly reflects what he was talking about. Reread that definition. "Seeks to benefit marginalized groups" thats exactly what he described. Something that only SEEKS to help marginalized groups.

I agree with the dude from the video. I was always the smart kid, but I suffer from intense imposter syndrome. It doesn't help that I am the ONLY black person at my job. Sometimes the question pops in the back of my head: did they hire me because they needed a black person? I love my job and I never feel any type of racism or face microaggressions, but still I wonder why there's no one else there that looks like me. I wonder if any of my coworkers secretly feel like I don't belong.

Thomas Sowell is probably one of the smarter people alive today.

Perspective is everything. Being rational helps too. Knowing we strive not for perfection but for progress is the salient point. AA did wonders for progress. If you think it's no longer needed, argue that point.

You are totally right! Affirmative action can have multiple definitions. The dude in the Prager U video is against schools having different acceptance procedures based on your race, but would he be fine with programs that financially assist students of certain race or background ? I think assisting groups financially is often moral, but the Prager U guy is right that acceptance standards should be colorblind.

Vote conservative if you want real equality.

Thomas Sowell is an economic and philosophical rock star. Simply brilliant human being!!

Affirmative Actions is hiring based on skin color, sex and not on merit. There have been cases that have made the news, black firefighters in Michigan getting promoted over white firefighters that had better scores on testing, better all over job skills,but the city was required because of Affirmative Action to promote a certain amount of marginalized people. I was hired for a temporary city maintenance job in the 90s and was told that because i was the Only women that applied, I got the job, not that I was qualified but a woman. That is Affirmative Action, and it is wrong on so many levels.

Affirmative Action was once extremely necessary, I understate, as I was a kid in the 60s and a teen in the 70s and 80s. But now? No. Absolutely not….

Love y'all so much! Thomas Sowell has written many books you should read as well. He is an amazing source for a great deal of historic information.

If you had to get open heart surgery and you knew the hospital system participates in affirmative action or a DEI type of program. The surgery only had a 25% chance of survival. At your first introduction with the surgeon you find he could have been someone who was hired on one of those practices. Would you not prefer the surgeon you knew gained the position based on merit? You must understand googles definition of affirmative action leaves much to be interpreted and not the actual full definition. Let’s look at it at its core and the actions in which it does. Does it not lower entry requirements based on the color of someone’s skin? Yes it does. Just as you would judge someone a thief who told you they weren’t yet you saw them sliding through a back window, you judge based on actions. Thats what you do in this situation with the definition. They may have a weak open ended loose definition on google but this video is describing what affirmative action really is….. real systemic racism

Definition of discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability. The least woke definition of Affirmative Action I could find: (in the context of the allocation of resources or employment) the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups regarded as disadvantaged or subject to discrimination. Translation: Systemically discriminating against one group or groups of people in favor of another group or groups of people. Ironic that the only "systemic" racism that occurs in this country is part of the thing designed to stop it (i.e. affirmative action).

He actually explained how affirmative action impacted SAT score policies and how they adversely affect individuals. Keep in mind affirmative action is applied in every aspect of society. To opporate a company Affermative action states, I must hire inclusively regardless to who is the most qualified. Hiring some one not qualified (even a white man) isjust stu[id business, however, according to affirmative action I have to have an inclusive employment staff or I lose my LLC. I hire anyone who has the qualifications for the job regardless of skin or sex. The problem comes when I lose a "minority" employee, I can not just hire the next qualified applicant I have to hire a representation "Token" or that minority. Keep in mind at it implementation it was a needed policy cause there are ignorat people in the world but it is doing more harm now then good. It removes the idea that I can get anywhere if I apply my self and work hard, and replaces it with I am dependent on the government to get anywhere in life.

One of the things "affirmative action" did was to make college acceptance based off race. Acceptance Scores on the exams very dependent on your race so that it makes it easier for black and Hispanic students to get in and harder for white and Asain students. So when you go to college, the Asains have to score the highest to get accepted so they are coming into a college where the lowest scoring Asian is already the smarter then the lowest scoring of any other race on campus. The reverse is also true. The scores for acceptance are so much lower for the Black community that the lowest scoring Black student is already behind in college when compared to the lowest scoring students of any other race. In my opinion, Affirmative Action is racist. It has nothing to do with your own person achievements but is based solely on your race and immediately ties race to classism. Viewing Asains as the over acheivers and Black Americans as the weaker class. In my opinion, it's disgusting. The more things like this that take place, more people will be separated by race because it isn't an even playing feild for all people as it should be. I don't even like using race as a descriptive word for another person but yet I have to in conversation about this ignorance. We are all people and if we are all citizens, we are all Americans and should have an equal chance to build up our future and family with our hard work and dedication to fulfilling our dreams. JMHO

6:40 that is literally verbatim what he said. So you're disagreeing with a man, when you don't even understand what was being spoken.

Sometimes, it being simple is all it is!

She failed out, but she may have had to drag a student loan out with her. 😢

He said it right. It’s made to bridge the gap of minority while denying others based on skin color. It’s not over simplifying. It’s telling you how it’s affecting minorities and the majority from education. Y’all both need to take the time out and actually research indeed of watching short videos. If you really want to learn then you will. Watch Thomas on your own and take the time out for a hour to understand the research behind why it’s doing more harm than food. It may have worked back then but it’s harming black kids now cause they failing and being put in academic probation. Research is fact not feelings

Even if you don’t want to react to a long one. Your life will benefit from listening Sowell at your own leisure.

You better not be in a big hurry if your gonna learn, this is part of bad conditioning from internet

He's right!

Dr Sowell is an economist and has written columns, books, etc. I love his work and mind! I watched a Clarence Thomas documentary, and he was very liberal as a younger man. It may have been AA policies that started him toward conservatism. Thanks for reviewing videos which may be different in scope to your beliefs/leanings.

Thomas Sowell is a damn genius, too bad people dismissed him as an “Uncle Tom” among other things

That all sucks! No one should get a job, promotion, education, or anything else based solely on their skin color or ethnicity. We are all God’s creation and we all should work for what we get!

I have a few people I talk to and I try to tell them to get the MLB 24 baseball game and it has the Negro Leagues on there where you play Jackie Robinson Willie mays Buck Leonard but it shows pictures back in the early 1900s ,1920s where the negro league as it was called would sell out baseball stadiums every night across the United States. Now when you look at the pictures the stadium full of African-American people the baseball players when not in uniforms dressed up to the nines I just feel like we have been lied to about history and they have covered up stuff for so long that some people just are uncomfortable with uncovering the past. For some people it's hard to leave that little bubble they've had around them all their life. Kamala Harris wants to come out praise Abraham Lincoln and he was a republican, and in the same sentence wants to condemn slavery which was a democratic thing. I mean it makes no sense. And I'm like how can people not see this. I mean a lot of people don't know Abraham Lincoln's vice president was a Democrat

Thomas Sowell is WELL WORTH listening to for an hour. His talks, essays, books open up yr brain like a huge AH-HA moment. HIGHLY recommend y'all put at least 1 hr w him!

Yes!!!!!! Thomas Sowell has many videos and has been speaking to congress and other government entities for over 40 years....look him up....Brilliant

Mr Sowel is awesome. As a white male of GOD we love listening to someone like him. Skin color is so irrelevant

Affirmative is good and helpful to many American students. Where I feel it fails sometimes is the college and student's grades don't match. For example an average student gets accept to Harvard the chance of success for that individual is less likely. An hornor student in the same situation has a greater chance of graduating and doing well at Harvard!

lol. literally the definition

Merit! 🏅

Think about this: do you want the pilot of the airplane that you’re Flying in to be hired because of the color of their skin, or their ability to fly an airplane? Diversity hires, and affirmative action put the doubt that the pilot was hired because of his skill rather than the color of his skin. That’s not a risk I’m willing to take, is it a risk you’re willing to take?

You are smarter than you think. He was explaining the result of affirmative actions. Google is quoting what the creator of affirmative action , wanted to happen. It’s definitely not the same thing.

To ask a question to your question...Is it right to grant success based on skin color? Affirmative action was a well-intentioned move that forgot the lessons of history...We aren't God. Let nature take care of itself. Generally speaking, the more we intervene, the more we screw things up. Peace, Love!!

Why affirmative action? Easier and cheaper to lower standards instead of training and educating. If someone is not qualified when he had a 3.0 GPA when it used to be a 3.5 GPA to get accepted.

That is what he said

Thomas Sowell is a legitimate source. He is an economics professor I don't remember which university. He doesn't do individual videos as far as I know, but you will see him quoted all over. I do believe he has written several books. Well in fact he would have had to as a professor. He is not a republican nor a democrat. As far as I know. But he is definitely fiscally conservative.

Anything you can watch from Thomas Sowell is a must . Ok first if you Google an answer it's from a place that doesn't want you to think for yourselves. And will change the definition of words to fit their needs.

The history of slavery by Thomas Sowell. It is short and very informative.

Hes not wrong, that is affirmative action. But it is also more nuanced. It's not just schooling. It's also in the workforce. Corporations like Coca-Cola, Apple and Google just to name a few also use affirmative action policies. While I think that it's a noble thought on paper. It does tend to sometimes put people who may not be as qualified in the position. All in the name of dei. Just ask yourself one question. Would you want a brain surgeon who is completely qualified to do the surgery, or would you want someone who isn't as qualified but instead got the position because of their skin color? This is the problem with affirmative action. Not to forget it does cause a division between people. On terms of education, I think these institutions should have the exact same requirements across the board, but maybe have scholarships for minorities that can't afford it. As a way to lift people. But they still have to earn it. That way there is never any doubt.

The definition you gave is what he said. Put in systems to benefit marginalized groups. The university system he explains does that, It benefits certain races over others.

Thomas Sowell is fantastic! Any video of his is worth watching. Vince Everett Ellison is another great voice.