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Affirmative Action and Sowell's "Inside American Education" • Part 4

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The New Raceism in Academics

The growing evidences of racial hostility and sporadic outbreaks of violence may be an early warning that we are heading in the same direction as other countries which have promoted preferences and quotas longer and more strongly. But the prevailing dogmatism among academics suggests that the real meaning of these early mornings may not be understood until long after it is too late. To explore the subject of affirmative action in academia, I went to the campus of an elete tir won university here in los angeles to talk with random students i chanced upon who were walking between buildings. After interviewing my sixth student, i suddenly noticed that four uniformed campus security guards had surrounded me. They spoke with me for a few minutes,

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