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Black Rednecks and White Liberals.\u00a0Thomas Sowell.<\/strong> Encounter Books, 2005.<\/p>\n The approval by voters of the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative corroborates Thomas Sowell\u2019s observation in his Preface to the book, referring to \u201ca growing willingness to consider views that differ from the racial orthodoxy that has prevailed largely unchallenged from the 1960s onward in intellectual circles and in the popular media.\u201d The education, government, business, and media elites of Michigan all banded together to hammer into the population the same old tiresome racial orthodoxy, to no avail. The people had had over forty years of it, experienced it in lived life, and would have no more of it. By an overwhelming fifty-eight percent, they voted to change direction, try something different from the orthodoxy of the liberal elites. Thomas Sowell\u2019s book\u00a0Black Rednecks and White Liberals<\/em> suggests further lines for reconsideration and change….<\/p>\n Now available in<\/p>\n The Myth of the Enlightenment: Essays<\/em> https:\/\/www.earthrisepress.net\/myth_of_the_enlightenment.html<\/a><\/p>\n Frederick Glaysher<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thomas Sowell writes, \u201cDespite the heartening achievements of some black schools, which have repeatedly demonstrated what is possible even with children from low-income backgrounds, the general picture of the education of black students is bleak. Much of what is said\u2013and not said\u2013about the education of black students reflects the political context, rather than the educational facts. Whites walk on eggshells for fear of being called racists, while many blacks are preoccupied with protecting the image of black students, rather than protecting their future by telling the blunt truth. It is understandable that some people are concerned about image, about what in private life might be expressed as: \u201cWhat will the neighbors think?\u201d But, when your children are dying, you don\u2019t worry about what the neighbors think\u201d (245). Continue reading
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