'Sometimes I sarcastically, perhaps cynically, say that I'm glad that I received virtually all of my education before it became fashionable for white people to like black people," writes Walter Williams in his new autobiography, "Up from the Projects." "By that I mean that I encountered back then a more honest assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Professors didn't hesitate to criticize me—sometimes to the point of saying, 'That's nonsense.'" Walter Williams

This article is a must read;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704881304576094221050061598.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

You seem to be hung up on the false science term "race".

Perhaps you should pause and contemplate your navel awhile.

Yougot Problems Wrote:
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> You seem to be hung up on the false science term
> "race".
>
> Perhaps you should pause and contemplate your
> navel awhile.


Well, I read the entire OP and I didn't see the word "race" anywhere, so maybe you should actually read first before posting, unless by "you" you're talking about Walter Williams, who is a black conservative.

tomahawk Wrote:
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> Yougot Problems Wrote:
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> > You seem to be hung up on the false science
> term
> > "race".
> >
> > Perhaps you should pause and contemplate your
> > navel awhile.
>
>
> Well, I read the entire OP and I didn't see the
> word "race" anywhere, so maybe you should actually
> read first before posting, unless by "you" you're
> talking about Walter Williams, who is a black
> conservative.

If I had a chance to meet any two people in my life Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams would be the two bar none. I have read nearly everything published by these two gentlemen and have become a better not to mention smarter person in the process. These guys are priceless.

Why not take his courses?


http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/index.html

My first impressions of Prof. Williams were favorable. After I listened to him hosting Rush Limbaugh a few times I was far less impressed. This probably isn't fair because hosting is more about entertainment than serious discussions and analysis.