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Wilfred Reilly on Thomas Sowell

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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Standardized Testing Isn't Racist at All.

If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labelled a radical 60 years ago. I happen to know that i have a quote from thomas sowll that i'd like to share with you while i read it. If you said what i favor when it comes to college is perhaps a bit of class based affirmative action, but beyond that, a scoring system based on grades and test scores. Varsity athletes get a three % boost. This is what i would support, probably for a large number of at least selective admissions programmes. But if you were to say that yet, people would immediately accuse you of racism

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