The Importance of Critical Race Theory

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Nicolhanna Jones, author of the new york times 16 tin project. Tony hes coats has risen to prominence a calling for slavery reparations and in what have you. This is a critical race theory. As as has gained prominence in recent years. All these guys really do is is i say thata, the black problems to day are the fault of whites and the responsibility of whites to solve that. That is the essence of this critical race theory,. which is really just a fancy argument for affirmative action.

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…