Black Rednecks and White Liberals is one of the Thomas Sowell brilliant books having written more than 30 books. This book is amongst many of his books that are based on history, education race economics. Sowell has acquired a quirky autobiography benefitting him. He has a passion for writing scholarly essays, reviews, and magazines. In fact, this book is a collection of essays. In the late 1970s, Sowell continually participated in the writing of newspaper columns. Sowell is a model of public intellectual. Dr. Sowell receives a lot of recognition for his work wherever he is and all over the world. Currently, Sowell is a Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford University (Sowell, 2006). He is a recipient of many prizes and awards, and samples of his books include The Quest for Cosmic Justice, A Conflict of Visions, Basic Economics and Ethnic America. Whenever invited for speaking engagements particularly in the media, Dr. Sowell easily avails himself. Black Rednecks and White Liberals book brings lights to the long-existing assumptions about the Jews, Blacks, Slavery, Germans and education. The author powerfully reasons and plainly presents his arguments supported by a broad range of facts. Black Rednecks and White Liberals take on the historical interpreters and of the American life and trends of intellectuals during his time. In a composition of long essays, the book demonstrates a detailed analysis of the key reasoning behind the dangerous and misunderstood policies, actions and trends. Sowell provides valid insights to the growth and development of the ghetto culture that is seen as one of kind identity for the Blacks. White liberals who think of being friends to the Blacks perceive this culture as self-destructive for them. The book presents six essays: Black Rednecks and White Liberals, Germans and History, Are Jews Generic?The Real History of Slavery, History versus Visions and Black Education: Achievements, Myths, and Tragedies. The Black Rednecks and White Liberals base the essay on a ghetto culture where he argues that the culture is thought to be a genuine Black culture which is truly a significant abnormal White Southern redneck culture that prevailed in the antebellum South era. Are Jews Generic? Essay Sowell provides a detailed explanation of the origin of anti-Semitism among people who harbored jealousy towards the Jews for the success both in entrepreneurship and financial sector. In The Real History of Slavery, the author discusses the practice of slavery particularly in the western culture. He highlights that the popular mini-series known as Roots by Alex Haley is more myth than a reality. TheGermans and History essay argues that the twelve year period of Adolf Hitler reign should not define Germany since Hitler had inconsistent views towards the unification of Germany. He strongly supports for Sudetenland annexation while stating that Hitler preferred Benito Mussolini as he ignored Tyrol. In the second last essay, Bla ...

1. Black Rednecks and White Liberals is one of the Thomas
Sowell brilliant books having written more than 30 books. This
book is amongst many of his books that are based on history,
education race economics. Sowell has acquired a quirky
autobiography benefitting him. He has a passion for writing
scholarly essays, reviews, and magazines. In fact, this book is a
collection of essays. In the late 1970s, Sowell continually
participated in the writing of newspaper columns. Sowell is a
model of public intellectual.
Dr. Sowell receives a lot of recognition for his work wherever
he is and all over the world. Currently, Sowell is a Senior
Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford University (Sowell,
2006). He is a recipient of many prizes and awards, and samples
of his books include The Quest for Cosmic Justice, A Conflict
of Visions, Basic Economics and Ethnic America. Whenever
invited for speaking engagements particularly in the media, Dr.
Sowell easily avails himself.
Black Rednecks and White Liberals book brings lights to the
long-existing assumptions about the Jews, Blacks, Slavery,
Germans and education. The author powerfully reasons and
plainly presents his arguments supported by a broad range of
facts. Black Rednecks and White Liberals take on the historical
interpreters and of the American life and trends of intellectuals
during his time. In a composition of long essays, the book
demonstrates a detailed analysis of the key reasoning behind the
dangerous and misunderstood policies, actions and trends.
Sowell provides valid insights to the growth and development of
the ghetto culture that is seen as one of kind identity for the
Blacks. White liberals who think of being friends to the Blacks
perceive this culture as self-destructive for them.
The book presents six essays: Black Rednecks and White
Liberals, Germans and History, Are Jews Generic?The Real
History of Slavery, History versus Visions and Black Education:
Achievements, Myths, and Tragedies. The Black Rednecks and

2. White Liberals base the essay on a ghetto culture where he
argues that the culture is thought to be a genuine Black culture
which is truly a significant abnormal White Southern redneck
culture that prevailed in the antebellum South era. Are Jews
Generic? Essay Sowell provides a detailed explanation of the
origin of anti-Semitism among people who harbored jealousy
towards the Jews for the success both in entrepreneurship and
financial sector. In The Real History of Slavery, the author
discusses the practice of slavery particularly in the western
culture. He highlights that the popular mini-series known as
Roots by Alex Haley is more myth than a reality.
TheGermans and History essay argues that the twelve year
period of Adolf Hitler reign should not define Germany since
Hitler had inconsistent views towards the unification of
Germany. He strongly supports for Sudetenland annexation
while stating that Hitler preferred Benito Mussolini as he
ignored Tyrol. In the second last essay, Black Education:
Achievements, Myths, and Tragedies, Sowell discusses his early
schooling days at Dunbar High School in Washington D.C and
the later deterioration into a prominent early Black education
center which he argues was an eventual effect of the U. S.
Supreme Court decision in the Brown versus Board of
Education. Finally, History Versus Visions, the author criticizes
the benefits of multiculturalism that it is supposed to replicate
the society that it presents.
Through these essays in the book Black Rednecks and White
Liberals, he brings the most enlightening results of his not less
than two decades of groundbreaking and fearless research on
cultural issues and racial discrimination. Sowell advocates for
justice and fairness on races, economics, politics, education and
culture. He believes that these fields play a significant role in
the life of a human being and any misuse may be undermining
the value of human life. Sowell is an advocate of spectrum
issues profoundly supported by factual data to drive his ideas in
particularly on racism and slavery.
In some ways, he courageously challenges racial orthodox that

3. existed unchallenged from the 1960s involving media and
academic elites. He explored the real history of slavery and
challenged historians why they produced large volumes of
Africans enslavement by the Whites. He also explored the world
slavery historical and sociological fallout particularly in U.S
while ignoring the fact that slavery was everywhere in the world
including the Western Africa. He stroke parallels between the
Jewish history tragedy and Armenians in the Ottoman Kingdom
and other minorities.
Sowell applies critical theories that critique the society, systems
of power, social culture and boosting egalitarian change. He
also uses various theories socio-exchange theory, rational
choice theory, and game theory to explain his ideas on the
subject matter. He resolves societal problems by providing his
point of view and what he believes the society should behave.
Sowell’s essays are a raft of facts, myth destruction and a cold
bath of logic. He has priceless qualities of a scholar and a
writer; he is fearless. His work presents him as a person who
does not jockey and doesn’t care about popularity since they
won’t affect his status. Sowell doesn’t care about reputation and
talks what he finds is true and the damn consequences. He talks
about what man people fear doing. The book exposes the blatant
misconceptions poisoning race relations during the 19th
century. In all these essays, he aims at unfolding the common
myths especially those that discriminate the minorities. The
essays summarize conclusions of more than two decades on
cultural and racial issues.
Through his work, I see him as brutal but unflinching: self-
indulgence, braggadocio, brawling and disregards the future.
His work may sound like stereotypes, but he cares less as he
forges ahead with logical ideas. He gets dismayed by the
redneck culture or the cracker culture that equates Blacks
identity. He finds the whites as liberally guilty since they
abetted and aided perpetuation of self-destructive and
counterproductive lifestyle amongst the Black people.
I am in agreement with almost all the premises presented in his

4. work particularly when he straightforwardly explains that
Western was unique in slavery opposition and its tremendous
efforts against it. He doesn’t spare the most recent slavery
practices in Africa. Concerning slavery, he states that it was an
issue of the Western civilization against the world and what
seemed peculiar of the western is that in didn’t participate in
the trade but it denounced the practice later.
Sowell believed that all human beings despite their race or
origin were equal before the law. He vigorously criticized the
legal and racial discrimination in the southern states, and by the
twentieth century, a good number of Blacks were slowly
catching up with the whites regarding income, skills, and
education. Sowell committed his work on economics through
advocating for the establishment of stable economies throughout
the world. He integrated his economic skills to a wide range of
interdisciplinary studies that focus on politics, culture, and
race. Through his work, he challenges and undermines most of
the dominant ideological myths present today. Sowell’s work is
quality and readable in any learning environment thought it
requires a clear understanding for one to conquer with his views
which are often presented with facts.
Sowell takes on all the issues that are difficult to handle. As
both a scholar and writer he chews nails, and many people may
not agree with him, but his work is reckoned. He pens every
issue line after line and only him who could have written what
he wrote. Sowell is one kind of writers who provide masses with
alternatives for their failure and blaming other people for their
success. Such people would hate themselves after reading
Sowell’s work. Through this book, one can easily identify that
the work is well researched with factual ideas to support his
claims. I believe that over the past few decades, Sowell
establishes himself as one of the few writers who present well
though, insightful and brilliant conservative ideas in various
fields in the U.S and globally.

5. Book List
Sociology 1010
Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Studyby
Thomas Sowell
Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite by Bernard
GoldbergBlack Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas
SowellClimate Confusion: How Global Warming Hysteria Leads
to Bad Science, Pandering Politicians and Misguided Policies
that Hurt the Poor by Roy Spencer
Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the
Media, Politicians, and Activists by Joel Best
Diversity: The Invention of A Concept by Peter Wood
Dumbing Down Our Kids : Why American Children Feel Good
About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add by Charles J.
Sykes
Economic Facts and Fallacies by Thomas Sowell
Equality: From Theory to Actionby John Baker
Feminism and Its Discontents: A Century of Struggle with
Psychoanalysisby Mari Jo Buhle
Feminism Is for Everybodyby Bell Hooks
Hating America : The New World Sport by John Gibson
Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus by
Dinesh D'Souza
Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America by JOHN H.
McWHORTER
Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended
to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It by Richard
Sander, Stuart Taylor Jr.
Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global
Povertyby Deepak Lal
Revolution From Within: A Book of Self-Esteemby Gloria

6. Steinem
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan
Kozol
Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black Americaby
Jesse Lee Peterson
Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests
that Divide Americaby Larry Elder
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and
Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven
Levitt and Stephen Dubner
The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
The Case for Socialismby Alan Maass
The Closing of the American Mindby Allan Bloom
The Cynical Society: The Culture of Politics and the Politics of
Culture in American Lifeby Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
The Death of Right and WrongbyTammy Bruce
The END OF RACISM: Principles for a Multiracial Society by
Dinesh D'Souza
The Hidden Face of Eve: Women in the Arab Worldby Nawal El
Saadawi
The Last Intellectualsby Russell Jacoby
The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family
in America Today
byAndrew J. Cherlin
The Michigan Affirmative Action Casesby Barbara A. Perry
The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sexby
Warren Farrell
The New Thought Policeby Tammy Bruce and Laura C.
Schlessinger
The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills and Alan Wolfe
The Power of Privilege: Yale and America's Elite Collegesby
Joseph Soares
The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell

7. The Ten Things You Can't Say in Americaby Larry Elder
The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves
America's Poor and What We Can Do About Itby Star Parker
Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Updated and
Expanded Edition by S. Fred Singer
What's So Great About America by Dinesh D'Souza
Who Stole Feminism?by Christina Hoff-Sommers
Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap --
and What Women Can Do About Itby Warren Farrell
Women and Men at Workby Irene Padavic and Barbara Reskin
Woman in the Muslim Unconscious by Fatna Sabbah
Women's Progress: How Women Are Wealthier, Healthier, and
More Independent Than Ever Before by Michelle D. Bernard
You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties
from Antidiscrimination Laws by David E. Bernstein