Around the World in 80 Ways: Affirmative Action Around the World (Hi-Res)

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  • In the United States, affirmative action policies, first implemented to address the historical grievances of black Americans, have long been controversial. But the debate over affirmative action has generally ignored such action as practiced by other countries around the world. Has affirmative action proven to be more or less effective in other countries? What common patterns do these programs share? How can the study of these programs help our understanding of affirmative action in America?
    Published originally on September 11, 2008 - • Around the World in 80... .
    Republished here at a higher resolution.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 138

  • @visiontransformation
    @visiontransformation 3 роки тому +102

    When was this first aired?

    • @petonovy
      @petonovy 3 роки тому +18

      Book came out in 2004 so soon after that

    • @jemccoy7246
      @jemccoy7246 3 роки тому +28

      Peter looks about 17 years old.

    • @PP266
      @PP266 3 роки тому +7

      May 2004.

    • @k14pc
      @k14pc 3 роки тому +5

      that book released in 2004 so i guess around then

    • @alexlocatelli2876
      @alexlocatelli2876 3 роки тому +25

      Looks like at least 15-20 years ago, Robinson looks quite young. As for Dr. Sowell he never ages, so it's difficult to make an estimate. 😎

  • @ransakreject5221
    @ransakreject5221 3 роки тому +86

    Got in 96 percentile in Math.
    My black friend (who got 80% percentile) and who literally lived next door. And who had 2 parents & way more money than me with a single mom raising me.
    He got a full ride scholarship & I got nothing.
    We were on the same wrestling team & I was a 2x sectional champ and state finalist. He has a 500 record.
    We live in the north & i have no ancestor that was anywhere near slavery.
    My grandparents were all in Ireland

  • @johnnguyen8521
    @johnnguyen8521 3 роки тому +194

    This man woke me up from my liberal slumber. Thank you Thomas Sowell.

    • @cjohns1117
      @cjohns1117 3 роки тому +13

      He did the exact same thing for me

  • @duncanw9901
    @duncanw9901 3 роки тому +138

    "They'll probably be expecting that [affirmitive action will be temporary] 25 years from now"
    -Thomas Sowell, roughly 25 years ago.

  • @anthonychaffeemd
    @anthonychaffeemd 3 роки тому +112

    Professor Sowell is the most brilliant and well developed thinker that America has ever produced. Hands down.

    • @Zepllica
      @Zepllica 3 роки тому +5

      Hands down. Agreed.

  • @TheFirstTriplefife
    @TheFirstTriplefife 3 роки тому +77

    I lost out on a job due to affirmative action. I found out later from people I had worked with that the only reason they hired the lady they did hire was because she was Mexican. The lady couldn't handle her duties, she was a new hire and she could barely speak any English.
    It really hurt at the time because I had just gotten married and need the full time hours. To bad though. Apparently they needed more diversity more than they needed a good worker.

    • @frankharrington8528
      @frankharrington8528 3 роки тому +14

      Ireland, is commencing this now in the public service. Ireland owes nothing to any foreigner as they were used and abused by the British for 800 years. Blacks, browns and yellow skinned have been pushed onto a homogenous population.

  • @etiennem.3191
    @etiennem.3191 3 роки тому +125

    "If you confine yourself to the united states that may sound plausible, that is the very reason i did a worldwide study.". Seems to me that there is not enough room in the world to hide truth from Thomas Sowell. Thank you.

  • @abhcoat
    @abhcoat 3 роки тому +178

    Dr. Sowell is a national treasure.

    • @TonyHogan
      @TonyHogan 3 роки тому +3

      Many should know his works but they won't educate about him.

    • @thegameschanged1248
      @thegameschanged1248 3 роки тому +6

      I would love to see Thomas Sowell debate the squad

    • @leemartin9579
      @leemartin9579 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely!

  • @logic_matters
    @logic_matters 3 роки тому +49

    Come to South Africa, and see how AA demolished our national power supplier, our railroads, our industries, our government... Basically, and I'm not exaggerating, EVERYTHING.

    • @frankharrington8528
      @frankharrington8528 3 роки тому +10

      Not only South Africa. Look at all of Africa. All their leaders are not fit for purpose. They're corrupt and useless. Since the Colonialists left, the indigenous aren't capable of managing those countries. God help South Africa and Rhodesia. The natives showed themselves up for what they are.

    • @NathansHVAC
      @NathansHVAC 3 роки тому +1

      Is south africa going to try socialism?

  • @FirstSuiGeneris
    @FirstSuiGeneris 3 роки тому +133

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure! Thomas Sowell knowledge should be taught in every classroom, no matter what grade level.

    • @jimfischione2743
      @jimfischione2743 3 роки тому +6

      Agreed. Too bad even intelligent people ignore him.

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 3 роки тому +9

      Hes a genius. I have a theory that what makes a person intelligent is the ability to simplify things. He breaks everything down so well that i end every video thinking why i didnt know this already.

  • @jbisntme
    @jbisntme 2 роки тому +8

    It cannot be overstated how brilliant Mr. Sowell really is.

  • @skeptigal8899
    @skeptigal8899 3 роки тому +46

    Thomas Sowell always speaks the unvarnished truth.

  • @elsenored562
    @elsenored562 3 роки тому +40

    23:30 Sowell: There's no political payoff for looking at the facts.
    24:17 Graduation is what it's about: it's not about being on campus so the administration can gush about diversity.

  • @kham6006
    @kham6006 3 роки тому +28

    I watched one of Thomas’s last videos and he said if Biden became president this country was doomed , it scared me and he was correct,, would love to hear what he thinks now

  • @tjaartvanderwalt8461
    @tjaartvanderwalt8461 3 роки тому +8

    Please send this brilliant man to South Africa to share his knowledge in person. Our nation is going down the tubes...

  • @elsenored562
    @elsenored562 3 роки тому +12

    2:09 India
    6:04 Malaysia
    11:11 Sri Lanka
    15:55 United States

  • @masoudsarvin6117
    @masoudsarvin6117 3 роки тому +11

    A nation with such luminaries as Thomas Sowell, Milton Friedman, Victor Davis Hanson, etc, shall always be the beacon of freedom to all people.
    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
    Thank you all, most sincerely. 🙏🏽

  • @Kunfucious577
    @Kunfucious577 3 роки тому +25

    I love these interviews with sowell and fear the day this man retires.

  • @paulosoares7034
    @paulosoares7034 3 роки тому +18

    A brilliant mind ... Thomas Sowell.

  • @grahamt5924
    @grahamt5924 3 роки тому +12

    Affirmative action ended up ethnically cleansing Zimbabwe and South Africa is now doing the same thing.

  • @benharrell3002
    @benharrell3002 3 роки тому +17

    The weather in Houston has been awful for over a week. It’s a nice treat to have some more footage of Dr.Sowell uploaded today.

  • @e.g.7612
    @e.g.7612 3 роки тому +13

    Finding a new sowell video makes my day.

  • @pepperorchid
    @pepperorchid 3 роки тому +30

    Thomas Sowell is one of the most attractive men in the world.

  • @benlloyd2223
    @benlloyd2223 3 роки тому +17

    Someone needs to identify and upload all the classic Uncommon Knowledge episodes

  • @SalivationNation
    @SalivationNation 3 роки тому +10

    Oh boy, another Sowell vid I can add to my Thomas Sowell playlist of over 150 vids!

  • @lexle6203
    @lexle6203 3 роки тому +18

    Sowell is a legend.

  • @stevenator0281
    @stevenator0281 3 роки тому +9

    The man is a National Treasure.

  • @rocco1267
    @rocco1267 3 роки тому +3

    Uncommon Knowledge has great guests but Peter Robinson is an outstanding host! Proud to have had worked as a builder at Stanford University to include the courtyard of the Hoover Tower. Did not know then what kind of amazing thinkers were inside this institution.

  • @johnfuzz704
    @johnfuzz704 3 роки тому +37

    GOAT Thomas Sowell

    • @johngilmore6688
      @johngilmore6688 3 роки тому +1

      Sorry mate, but anyone listening to this articulate educated man, would conclude that YOU are the GOAT, John Fuzz.

    • @filianablanxart8305
      @filianablanxart8305 3 роки тому +1

      John Fuzz is using GOAT in the 2021 popular culture context of an abbreviation/ acronym of Greatest Of All Time .
      In this context , GOAT ( in all capitals ) is a very high complement .

  • @BullittGT40
    @BullittGT40 3 роки тому +3

    Thomas Sowell is a great American and a brilliant individual that does not get enough recognition regardless of race, color, or any other nonsense.

  • @geraldgroulx6937
    @geraldgroulx6937 3 роки тому +3

    Are there any more gems like this that we can unearth? Sowell is such a learned and convincing individual. He should have been an advisor to every administration that has existed in his lifetime. Robinson has an interviewing style that keeps a tight focus on the subject at hand. His interviews are compelling and they keep the interview moving along. He knows when to respectfully "jump in" to elucidate a term, acronym or expression that might otherwise go over the head of (frankly) people like me.

  • @ryssery
    @ryssery 3 роки тому +5

    If you click on "SHOW MORE" you will see that it was originally aired on September 11, 2008

  • @jimluebke3869
    @jimluebke3869 3 роки тому +15

    More Thomas Sowell, please. =)

  • @elingrome5853
    @elingrome5853 3 роки тому +5

    This man is ridicuously wise

  • @aaronlim7324
    @aaronlim7324 3 роки тому +8

    Thomas Sowell is absolutely accurate about affirmative action policies in Malaysia 🇲🇾.

  • @bharathj9540
    @bharathj9540 3 роки тому +7

    Such insightful book and interview. Thank you.

  • @kevinnyamai7263
    @kevinnyamai7263 3 роки тому +15

    With the untouchables in India ,affirmative action only exacerbated the hate/violence against the Dalitts that was existent based on the Indian Caste system

  • @movableorigins4194
    @movableorigins4194 3 роки тому +4

    He should be made supreme leader of the United States, for life and and the position to be diminished after him. This will solve your problems out there!

    • @pragavirtual
      @pragavirtual 3 роки тому

      If all problem got solved, you dont need politicians anymore.

  • @MCR1565
    @MCR1565 3 роки тому +5

    A classic! Great interview!

  • @kingcrazymani4133
    @kingcrazymani4133 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for digging this one out of archives. 23:00. Mr. Sowell articulates the once common sense notion of the role of elected public servants better than I have heard in 20 years. And, of course was early enough and right about elected officials’ taking a policy that was widely recognized as a failure and rolling it over instead of trying something else. A real counterpoint to another video I saw this am from Hoover of Bill Buckley’s interview of JK Gall-bwraith. Ouch.

  • @rcook.4781
    @rcook.4781 Рік тому

    Nice upgrade on this video--you know your audience well! Thank you!

  • @purpleivory2
    @purpleivory2 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite Sowell book. Brilliant!

  • @chefpreme3602
    @chefpreme3602 3 роки тому +4

    The man, the myth, the legend

  • @nitinnahar7801
    @nitinnahar7801 3 роки тому +5

    In India this has gotten so bad, that every group even if historically affluent is violently agitating to qualify for affirmative action. STEM seats are subject to 50% reservation. This is leading to our best and brightest either being left behind, or moving out of the country.

    • @ransakreject5221
      @ransakreject5221 3 роки тому +3

      Look forward to getting surgery performed by a doctor that didn’t qualify
      For medical school on his merits.
      Airlines even have AA programs in hiring pilots now. The train is gonna become popular again when they start crashing

  • @visiontransformation
    @visiontransformation 3 роки тому +23

    Is the full uncut interview available?

  • @donnyboon2896
    @donnyboon2896 3 роки тому +6

    May Thomas Sowell be studied for centuries. 🙏

  • @alexmentes1348
    @alexmentes1348 3 роки тому +3

    The book they are discussing was published in 2004. This is an old interview

  • @1234abcd...
    @1234abcd... 3 роки тому +2

    Great interview thank you.

  • @patriciakimball8150
    @patriciakimball8150 3 роки тому +1

    You guys are terrific.

  • @garrettchristensen8074
    @garrettchristensen8074 3 роки тому +7

    Why isn't he profiled on mainstream media. Never mind😵😵

  • @Milos.L
    @Milos.L 3 роки тому +1

    This is awesome, thanks you!

  • @Rogerholberg
    @Rogerholberg 3 роки тому +1

    I believe that Brennan said that, although neither the words of the Civil Rights Act nor its legislative history would allow the affirmative discrimination at issue in the Weber case, the "spirit" of the law did. I must have missed the day in law school where courts would even try to ascertain the "spirit" of a law let alone allow the "spirit" to override the express wording and legislative history of a statute.

  • @riowanaha1946
    @riowanaha1946 3 роки тому +2

    Woww this is classic. Thank you

  • @hubristicmystic
    @hubristicmystic 3 роки тому +6

    Is there a chapter in the book on New Zealand? We invented affirmative action systemic racism. Wonderful interview thank you

    • @sudansoudah8070
      @sudansoudah8070 3 роки тому +1

      I thought South Afrika was going to be their first example

  • @ClementPoh
    @ClementPoh 3 роки тому +4

    Singapore vs Malaysia... Enough said 😝

  • @thanksfernuthin
    @thanksfernuthin 3 роки тому +3

    Twenty five years from then... OVER twenty five years from then and this racist policy is still in place... and growing exponentially.

  • @kevt9189
    @kevt9189 3 роки тому +4

    There is no political pay off to look at the facts classic Sowell

  • @loobkooblai3591
    @loobkooblai3591 3 роки тому +6

    This video was uploaded 23 minutes ago.

  • @travisstotts1107
    @travisstotts1107 3 роки тому +9

    To bad young blacks look up to biggie smalls instead of this great man

  • @t.lloydrobertson8325
    @t.lloydrobertson8325 3 роки тому +1

    I Admire this Fellow Trememdously.. Bigly So.

  • @mrniceguy7168
    @mrniceguy7168 3 роки тому

    What a pleasant surprise

  • @grahamcombs4752
    @grahamcombs4752 3 роки тому

    Not long ago I spoke with a young woman, an engineer at a German-owned firm in Troy, MI, who grew up in Bangladesh. I noted an "auto-rosary" on the rearview mirror in her car and she said was Catholic. I asked how many Catholics there are in that country, she said about a half a million (out of, I believe, over 150 million ). I was stunned. Then she said this. The Muslim elites send their children to Catholic schools. I was really stunned (and I had been the sole non-Catholic graduate of a Catholic school myself). In this country, at least when I graduated from Bishop Foley HS in 1970, Catholic schools were still for the working classes; that included this son of Hazard, KY parents. My father's father was a coal miner. Now my old school is $11,000 a year, not a few hundred dollars, and over 1/3 are non-Catholic and the students, Catholic and non-Catholic, are more likely to be the children of Ford executives. Affirmative action cannot overcome culture. I connected strongly with J.D. Vance and his elegy for my people. His book was praised, the film was not. Words are one thing, images another. As Dr. Sowell knows, there is a parallel black culture. America is a tragic country, and increasingly an absent-minded and reckless one.

  • @CiscoZero
    @CiscoZero 3 роки тому

    No way!!! A younger Peter Robinson!

  • @tommypain
    @tommypain 3 роки тому +1

    It would be very helpful if you posted the dates of these old recordings, so the viewers would be able to put that into the context of the dialogue.

    • @ELee-zv5ud
      @ELee-zv5ud 3 роки тому

      Look in the Show more, that is where extra info is placed.

    • @karlseastrand7678
      @karlseastrand7678 3 роки тому

      They did. Read the words posted under the video.

  • @blacksocrates1
    @blacksocrates1 2 роки тому +1

    I am not sure how thomas sowell works can exist and yet there is still an adherence to failed policies that is meant to promote equality. But then again, there is perhaps no limit to human imagination; therefore, no limit to bad ideas

  • @Inwoodarts
    @Inwoodarts 3 роки тому +2

    Our own American beloved philosopher.. focused on reawakening our society's common sense, critical thinking + rational inquiry. Politik irrelevant .

  • @thenewmayorofcrazytown7392
    @thenewmayorofcrazytown7392 3 роки тому +2

    Wow they look so young

  • @GilesMcRiker
    @GilesMcRiker 11 місяців тому

    Thomas Sowetill still very relevant in July 2023

  • @shaneemanuelle6243
    @shaneemanuelle6243 3 роки тому +2

    When was this interview conducted? Seems it could be 15 years old.

  • @mikeissweet
    @mikeissweet 3 роки тому +1

    Was this filmed recently?

    • @HooverInstitution
      @HooverInstitution  3 роки тому +1

      Published originally on September 11, 2008 - ua-cam.com/video/99CYQRtEGMw/v-deo.html.
      Republished here at a higher resolution.

    • @mikeissweet
      @mikeissweet 3 роки тому

      @@HooverInstitution Thanks Hoover!

  • @jakebarnes28
    @jakebarnes28 3 роки тому

    "Effective" vs. Moral "right and wrong".
    How does a nation adjudicate a crime for which there is no recompense?

  • @extendedclips
    @extendedclips 3 роки тому +1

    👏🏽✨ 📚

  • @ivanandreevich8568
    @ivanandreevich8568 3 роки тому

    Was this filmed 25 years ago yet?

  • @kathygill5714
    @kathygill5714 3 роки тому +2

    Thomas Sowell for President

  • @basics1007
    @basics1007 11 місяців тому

    Overturned eventually!

  • @jakebarnes28
    @jakebarnes28 3 роки тому +3

    If you don't like something, you can find reasons to justify your dislike.

  • @giovannipisapia6618
    @giovannipisapia6618 3 роки тому +8

    South Africa?

    • @craftycraff7938
      @craftycraff7938 3 роки тому +3

      Do you even need to ask?

    • @bdcycling1528
      @bdcycling1528 3 роки тому

      Walter Williams

    • @anthonychaffeemd
      @anthonychaffeemd 3 роки тому +1

      Walter Williams has written extensively on South Africa

    • @dougstevens1877
      @dougstevens1877 3 роки тому +3

      Yep.. just ignore South Africa where 8 percent of the population are forced to affirmatively defer to the other 92 percent.... and a large segment of that majority are from neighbouring countries like Zimbabwe and as far north as Somalia. South Africa probably has the largest and most useless civil service compared to the tax base of any other country in the world.

  • @Sheeshening
    @Sheeshening 3 роки тому

    TS uberchad

  • @sw.7519
    @sw.7519 3 роки тому

    You should help weaker persons. This is our cultural Christian DNA. What you should not do put the weakest persons before the majority. This will corrupt the whole system. Since the weak will fear a right to be above the needs of majority. They will develop better and become the mass not being able to sustain the society. It is a Ambivalenz.

  • @dewetmaartens359
    @dewetmaartens359 3 роки тому +1

    Has ruined South Africa!

  • @user-tj9bg6tz2p
    @user-tj9bg6tz2p 3 роки тому

    it's malays, not maylays

  • @hegel5816
    @hegel5816 3 роки тому

    India has one of most successful affirmative action programs...
    Through affirmative action people(majority) who were historically denied education could get college degrees and when India changed its policy from socialism to liberalism in 1991 India could afford more employees for the MNCs and that’s how Indians became more techie people...😂...
    Within 30 years 400-500 million Indians were brought out of poverty...

  • @anandkapdi4822
    @anandkapdi4822 3 роки тому +1

    Sad to say but Dr. Sowell don't know about affirmative action in India as well as he should before making these remarks

    • @davidyetter5409
      @davidyetter5409 3 роки тому +9

      My guess is that he most likely knows it better than you. He's studied it from an outside perspective, weighed the pro's and con's and verified the facts. Most likely he's traveled there for first hand information. He doesn't take the jaded interpretations of government historians shading the truth.