BlackRednecksandWhiteLiberals

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Thomas Sowell Encounter Books SAN FRANCISCO Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Sowell All rights reserved, Encounter Books, 665 Third Street, Suite 330, San Francisco, California 94107-1951. First edition published in 2005 by Encounter Books, an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc., a nonprofit corporation. Encounter Books website address: www.encounterbooks.com FIRST EDITION Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sowell, Thomas. Black rednecks and white liberals / Thomas Sowell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59403-127-4 Stereotype (Psychology). 2. Ethnic relations—History. 3. Race relations— History. I. Title. HM1096 .S683 2005 305.8’00973—dc22 2005041506 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 We do not live in the past, but the past in us. — U. B. Phillips Contents Preface ix Black Rednecks and White Liberals 1 Are Jews Generic? 65 The Real History of Slavery 111 Germans and History 171 Black Education: Achievements, Myths and Tragedies 203 History versus Visions 247 Notes 293 Index 357 Preface RACEANDRHETORICHAVEGONETOGETHERfo......