Thomas Sowell - Intellectuals and Race

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV

This series of short columns written by Thomas Sowell explains how intellectuals approach issues around ethnic and racial differences.  It provides historical context for the counter argument to inequality explained in race and ethnicity terms.

"The desire of intellectuals for some grand theory that will explain complex patterns with some solitary and simple factor has produced many ideas that do not stand up under scrutiny, but which have nevertheless had widespread acceptance -- and sometimes catastrophic consequences -- in countries around the world."  Thomas Sowell