Tom Sowell's "Black Redneck" Theory—Ingenious, But Insufficient
By Steven Sailer
- The claim: Sowell's theory that gangsta culture stems from the Scotch-Irish of the South is false because it completely disregards their native African heritage.
- He refers to the assumption that Africans came to America as blank slates, "The Black Slate Theory."
- This would suggest the very opposite of Sowell's premise in Black Rednecks and White Liberals
- Again, historical misconceptions influence the way we understand different cultures today.