Carolina QuotesNeither in nature nor among human beings are either equal or randomly distributed outcomes automatic. On the contrary, grossly unequal distributions of outcomes are common, both in nature and among people, in circumstances where neither genes nor discrimination are involved... The idea that it would be a level playing field, if it were not for either genes or discrimination, is a preconception in defiance of both logic and facts.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
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p. 17.
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- Discriminations and Disparities (2018)
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- 2018
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- p. 17
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“Neither in nature nor among human beings are either equal or…” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-45FF113973. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/45ff113973
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