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For this episode, we depart from our focus on Sowell and the American education system to reflect on the unexpected altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at this year's Academy Awards ceremony on March 28, 2022.

In particular, we will weigh in on this incident through the lens of Thomas Sowell’s 2005 classic book “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”.

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The Will Smith Slap and Sowell's "Black Rednecks and White Liberals"

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