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Books like Controversial Essays

Explore 24 books like Controversial Essays by Thomas Sowell — a handpicked selection united by Commentary & Opinion, Minority Studies, Political Economy, and Race & Ethnic Relations.

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Top related books to Controversial Essays

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Controversial Essays.

Poorer Richard’s America What Would Ben Say?

Tom Blair

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Political Economy • Economic Conditions

White Flight Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism

Kevin M. Kruse

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Conservatism & Liberalism

Please Stop Helping Us How Liberals Make it Harder for Blacks to Succeed

Jason L. Riley

Themes: Economic Conditions • Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination

Discrimination and Disparities

Thomas Sowell

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Political Economy • Economic Conditions

The Radical Mind The Destructive Plans of the Woke Left

David Horowitz

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Political Economy • Race & Ethnic Relations

The Color of Our Shame Race and Justice in Our Time

Christopher J. Lebron

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination

The Hispanic Republican The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump

Geraldo L. Cadava

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Conservatism & Liberalism

Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

Themes: Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination • African American & Black Studies

Somebody’s Gotta Say It

Neal Boortz

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Conservatism & Liberalism • American Government

#10

The Grift The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

Clay Cane

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination

#11

American Whitelash A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress

Wesley Lowery

Themes: Race & Ethnic Relations • Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination

#12

Dispatches from the Race War

Tim Wise

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination

#13

America’s Cultural Revolution How the Radical Left Conquered Everything

Christopher F. Rufo

Themes: Race & Ethnic Relations • Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination

#14

Pity the Billionaire The Unlikely Comeback of the American Right

Thomas Frank

Themes: Political Economy • Economic Conditions • Conservatism & Liberalism

#15

Managing Inequality Northern Racial Liberalism in Interwar Detroit

Karen R. Miller

Themes: Minority Studies • Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination

#16

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee My Faith, My Family, Our Future

Keith Ellison

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Race & Ethnic Relations • African American & Black Studies

#17

Black Liberation in Conservative America

Manning Marable

Themes: Conservatism & Liberalism • Discrimination • African American & Black Studies

#18

White Guilt How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era

Shelby Steele

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination

#19

Sundown Towns A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

James W. Loewen

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination

#20

Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution

Elie Mystal

Themes: Commentary & Opinion • Race & Ethnic Relations • Conservatism & Liberalism

#21

Despite the Best Intentions How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools

Amanda E. Lewis

Themes: Minority Studies • Educational Policy & Reform • African American & Black Studies

#22

Capoeira, Black Males, and Social Justice A Gym Class Transformed

Vernon C. Lindsay

Themes: Minority Studies • Educational Policy & Reform • Discrimination

#23

Arab Detroit 9/11 Life in the Terror Decade

Nabeel Abraham

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Economic Conditions

#24

Keeping Faith Philosophy and Race in America

Cornel West

Themes: Minority Studies • Race & Ethnic Relations • Discrimination

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Commentary & Opinion, Minority Studies, Political Economy — the same threads that run through Controversial Essays by Thomas Sowell. Among the authors featured: Tom Blair, Kevin M. Kruse, Jason L. Riley, Thomas Sowell, and others.