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Why Do Conservatives of Colour Love Quoting Thomas Sowell?
Just asking..
They are all at it.
Kemi Badenoch, during her failed bid to be leader of the Conservatives, made sure that she name checked the former protege of Milton Friedman in her sales pitch to the rank and file of the party.
Vivek Ramaswamy, in his townhall meeting which was covered by CNN, also did quote the African American academic, in his rejection of diversity for women.
And it is worth pointing out that these two aren’t alone using the nonagenarian as a fig leaf for their offensive views: Suella Braverman, Larry Elder, Candace Owens have all been known to refer to Sowell.
Clearly, there’s got to something compelling about this bloke right, and I have taken the liberty to reproduce a few of his quotes:
What ‘multiculturalism’ boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture — and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
Racism does not have a good track record. It’s been tried out for a long time and you’d think by now we’d want to put an end to it instead of putting it under new management.
Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every…