Race And Culture

“For those who appreciate a robust, neo-conservative romp through the minefield of contemporary race relations, Mr. Sowell's Race and Culture has much to commend it.”—New York Times

“Thomas Sowell has produced a book that will compel every careful reader…to rethink their most confident views on matters of race and culture… the reader cannot help but find reasons to hope for a better world, culturally and racially, in this grimly realistic assessment.”—National Review

“Unmatched in the breadth of its scholarship and the decisiveness of its arguments, Sowell’s book is a splendid demarche against the Zeitgeist—which is the best recommendation an intelligent reader could want.”—Commentary Magazine

“This footnote-studded study is a welcome contribution to sober thinking about race. Sowell reminds us that appreciating a group's special and changing stock of ‘cultural capital’ does not constitute prejudice.”—Booklist

“Valuable.”—Library Journal

“Sowell has no match in his breadth of knowledge on these issues…. Race and Culture is ultimately a cautionary tale of human history with broad implications for current public policies directed at racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.”—Lisa Chavez, president, Center for Equal Opportunity

“One finishes reading this book awed with Sowell’s capacity to bring together so much material in such a readable fashion.”—Myron Weiner, political scientist

“Thomas Sowell’s views on race and culture must command the respect of any informed, unbiased person…. The book is a tour de force that will set the standards on this important and complex subject for years to come.”—Rondo Cameron, author of A Concise Economic History of the World