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Downvoted for several obvious reasons. Seriously, just fucking THINK of the quote in this context a little bit!
Are you assuming that Thomas Sowell is defending, say, racial discrimination? If so, then you'd be wrong. He's talking about things like affirmative action which are intended to help disadvantaged groups, but which he contends have had the exact opposite effect.
If you meant something else, then please say it instead of assuming that it's obvious.
Oh, sorry! I did indeed assume just that (and some things about the general racial supremacist attitude of Western societies before decolonization, etc), while totally overlooking that he's an American and that they indeed have that curious issue. In fact... yeah, not to defend my brashness or anything, but mentioning "race relations" in that context so off-handedly is indeed bound to make people think of one as a Segregationist or something!
He also happens to be black, if that's relevant.
Can you expand on what additional information you believe you're providing when you "explain" a downvote in this way, rather than just downvoting silently?
From where I sit the "explanation" seems purely an attempt to shame Viliam_Bur in public, and by extension to shame anyone who might agree with that quote or think it at all compelling. Is that what you have in mind?