In his appearance on the most recent episode of Uncommon Knowledge — timed to coincide with the new edition of his landmark book, Basic Economics — I asked Tom Sowell to rebut New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s assertion that modern race relations are still poisoned by the legacy of slavery. This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has ever been within range of Tom’s voice, but he managed to do so without so much as breaking a sweat. Herein his response: