Sowell: Time has come to stop looking for progress from racial leaders

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"The moral claims advanced by generations of black leaders - claims that eventually touched the conscience of the nation and turned the tide toward civil rights for all - have now been cheapened by today's generation of black "leaders," who act as if it is all just a matter of whose ox is gored."

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Thomas Sowell Asks "Who Is Racist?"

By Tyler Durden

Created 07/14/2013 - 23:06

"I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white;" Thomas Sowell begins in this poignant essay amid the protests across the nation this evening. Apparently other Americans also recognize that the sources of racism are different today from what they were in the past. According to a recent Rasmussen poll, 31 percent of blacks think that most blacks are racists, while 24 percent of blacks think that most whites are racist. The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.

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