One of the reasons Sowell infuriates them is that he draws international comparisons, which they consider to be irrelevant in understanding the problems black people face. His book The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective analyzes groups such as “the overseas Chinese” and “European emigrants.” They wonder what possible relevance the experience of other races could have in understanding their unique problems. When analyzed, it turned out that “the arguments and connotations were closer to being universal than unique.” That was why Sowell famously observed that, “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”