The reason was because 'north' had 4x more schools than the south (Dutch, 2005).
He commented that racism in the north began when ghetto blacks moved to north, being that both whites and blacks were not much comfortable with the redneck culture within their own community. Also, it was due to the migration of the blacks from the South to North after the liberation of the slaves that racism became common in the north as well as there were many black slave holders, particularly in the southern regions of Louisiana (Dutch, 2005).
He further noted on the history of slavery, which according to him was the Western civilization itself that took a stand against slavery around the world, and spent enormous amount of time and effort in order to impel this ideology to free slaves from South America into Africa and throughout the world. In his book he specifically noted that the Britain was the primary force behind this movement.
Furthermore, he highlighted the fact that America was the only country that used the issue of black/white-slavery as a political based on race. However, slavery was never controlled to one race in other countries as well (Amazaon). For example, the Arabs incarcerated Europeans, while Asians imprisoned other Asians. All this is still happening in some parts of Africa.
Conclusion
To conclude, Sowell's "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" is an indispensable guidebook to the state of many Black Americans and most White Liberals. It is suffice to say that this book is just might Thomas Sowell's best work to date on a subject like contemporary racial, cultural and ethnic studies.
Works Cited
Martin, Dutch. A review on "Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell"
September 2005. Intellectual Conservative.Com. www.intellectual.com
Amazon.com. "Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell." www.amazon.com
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