Is It Open for Debate? Is That a False Conspiracy Theory?

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Tom Sall was cancelled a long time ago by the left for writing about racial controversies. He is someone who has put truth above popularity, and it's cost him prestige in prominence. Names like tonahese cot and ibram kendy are much better known than thomas sall. Why isn't every prominent academic in america shouting from the roof tops that this nonsense? We need a hundred more maverick neters to remember what i'm talking about. Maverick: The 16 19 project as the brain child of a journalist at the new york times isincritical race theory.

Shermer speaks with Jason Riley about Maverick — the first-ever biography of Thomas Sowell, one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, Sowell has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental assaults on liberal orthodoxy have endeared him to many readers but have also enraged fellow intellectuals, the civil-rights establishment, and much of the mainstream media. The result has been a lack of acknowledgment of his scholarship among critics who prioritize political correctness.

Shermer and Riley discuss: Riley’s documentary on Sowell; Sowell’s philosophy that “there are no solutions, only trade-offs”; mismatch theory and affirmative action; race and IQ; why Riley thinks liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed; political correctness; BLM, antiracism, reparations; charity and welfare; income inequality and UBI, and much more…