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Black Rednecks and White Liberals
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Adam was telling me about this book, and about the amazing man that is Thomas Sowell. Read his bio -- he's led a very interesting life. It's interesting that many of the "undesirable" qualities of the South, e.g. working to feed the family when needed, rather than having a steady work ethic and income, may have come from original settlers from wilder areas like Ulstead County, Ireland, and Wales, and Northern Scotland, where many of my ancestors are from! (Back in the 17th-18th centuries, they were known as the rednecks and crackers.) Thanks for being such a wild, ferocious, touchy people!
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It was good, but it was a little bit of a hard read. Luckily by the time I was getting bored with one of the essays, it was near the end and there was another one to read. I learned a lot from the book, about the "Middle Man" ethnic groups and various groups getting angry with them, it didn't just start with the Jews and the Holocaust, and tensions are still happening today. Then there was an interesting essay on the Germans. And of course, the Black Rednecks and White Liberals essay. It doesn't read like a Twilight book, but I learned a whole lot about history from Thomas Sowell's able mind. I've also heard from some people that they enjoyed "Economic Facts and Fallacies" even more than this book, but I haven't read it yet. Hope that helps. :-)
Good to know. I marked Economic Facts and Fallacies. My to-read list is getting so ridiculous. It's more like a "what I would love to read if I could read and sleep at the same time" list.
