West Side Story and Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions"
The Genius of Thomas Sowell
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What's the Best Way to Deal With Crime?
Is racism and discrimination a unique feature of the american story, or is it just human nature that needs to be contained and managed? Can society ever be perfected, or will we always have to manage the pros and cons of life's trade offs? What's the best way to deal with crime? Therapeutic rehabilitation, or retributive punishment and deterrence? When it comes to the fighting between the sharks and jets in west side story, sowell says this in his book, is reality optional. The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for
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