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'''Thomas Sowell''' (born June 30, 1930) is [[America]]'s most famous African American [[conservative]] author. His book ''A Conflict of Visions'' contrasts the political beliefs of the modern left and right.<ref>[http://www.conservativemonitor.com/top-ten/conflict-of-visions.shtml A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell]</ref> Sowell has a Ph.D in [[Economics]] from [[Harvard University]], and is currently a Senior Fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s Hoover Institution.<ref>http://www.tsowell.com/cv.html</ref>
Sowell, who cites [[George Will]] as a personal influence, prefers writing for popular audiences over writing for more "academic" settingsettings, saying that "writing for the general public enables him to address the heart of issues without the smoke and mirrors that so often accompany academic writing".<ref>http://www.capmag.com/author.asp?name=3</ref>
Sowell wrote a well-researched book criticizing "[[black redneck culture]]"<ref>[http://www.tsowell.com/Rednecks.htm Black Rednecks & White Liberals]</ref> in which he points out that, "some blacks resent anything that suggests anything negative about themselves."<ref>[http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4296 Black Rednecks and White Liberals: Who's a Redneck?]</ref>
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