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Discrimination is simply the act of choice. Scarcity requires us to choose scarcity is the cause of discrimination!

Walter E. Williams

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Walter E. Williams
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Died: 2020
Died: December 1
Columnist
Economist
Journalist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Williams
Walter Edward Williams
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Maybe I'm overly pessimistic, but most of Africa is a continent without much hope for its people... What [Africa] needs, the West cannot give. ...what Africans need is personal liberty...[and] guarantees of private property rights and rule of law.
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