Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Review

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(More customer reviews)Many of those who claim to admire Dr. King and quote from his I have a dream speech seem to have never read his books. This book is the best of all the books King has written and probably the least read. In it, Dr. King critiques himself for giving the then youthful leaders of the Black Power Movement too overly optimistic views of the progress of integration. He also presents the pros and cons of Black Power. He states the need for White America to do much more to improve race relations other than declaring racism to be wrong. He calls for the teaching of African-American history, and for the nation to focus more on helping the poor over military spending. This book should be mandatory reading for high school students, college students, teachers, public officials and business leaders.

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The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten Review

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(More customer reviews)Molefi Asante's Ancient Egyptian Philosophers: From Imhotep To Akhenaten is a timely redressing of a serious omission in the human history -- the antiquarian contributions of African philosophers to medicine, philosophy, science, and the birth of civilization itself. Beginning with a chronology of Ancient World Philosophers, this scholarly, superbly crafted survey covers Imhotep and the "emergence of reason", Ptahhotep and the "moral order", Merikare on "common sense", as well as the contributions and insights of Akhenaten, Amenemope, and others whose work was ignored, suppressed, or simply unknown to the academia based on Greco-Roman sources and histories. Ancient Egyptian Philosophers: From Imhotep To Akhenaten is highly recommended reading for students of Black Studies, philosophy, and the history of science.

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Traditional Eurocentric thought assumes that Greece was the origin of civilisation. This book dispels this and other myths by showing that there is a body of knowledge that preceded Greek philosophy. The author documents how the great pyramids were built in 2800 BC, 2,100 years before Greek civilisation. The popular myth of Hippocrates being the father of medicine is dispelled by the fact that Hippocrates studied the works of Imhotep, the true father of medicine, and mentioned his name in his Hippocratic oath. Eleven famous African scholars who preceded Greek philosophers are profiled: Ptahhotep, Kagemni, Duauf, Amenhotep, Amenemope, Imhotep, Amenemhat, Merikare, Sehotepibre, Khunanup, and Akhenaten. These scholars' ideas on a variety of topics are discussed, including the emergence of science and reason, the moral order, books and education, and the clash of classes.

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Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora Review

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(More customer reviews)Stephanie Smallwood has written a book entitled "Saltwater Slavery" that aims, as she says, to provide a linear analysis of the commodification process that transformed Africans into slaves. Her focus is on enslavement in the Gold Coast and trans-Atlantic trade during the 17th and early 18th centuries.
The book is broken into three sections - Capture and enslavement in the Gold Coast, transformation from human to commodity, and the African Diaspora in America. The first section is necessarily short and merely sets the tone for Smallwood's argument - that the enslavement process was a matter of commodifying humans into marketable objects.
The second section, the commodification of these people into objects, is well researched and eminently readable. Smallwood is especially powerful when evoking images of the horrors that individuals underwent during the process.
The third section, the African Diaspora, is also short and to the point, but does not benefit Smallwood's argument as much as the first two sections do.
Overall, this is a good book, but has some minor flaws - first, the Diaspora section is (as previously mentioned) a little weak, and the fact that Smallwood focuses on the Trans-Atlantic Commerce between the Gold Coast and the British Caribbean leaves something to be desired, since both Virginia & South Carolina were important colonies that had slaves during this period, but are largely omitted from the work.

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Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal - America's Racial Obsession Review

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(More customer reviews)Honesty above all else must the motto of author Erik Rush. Nothing is held back, and if you don't care for the truth, that's too bad. In the foreword, Mr. Rush addresses "black folks" and "zealous white progressives" that will most likely be upset by his book: "If you believe that The View is a television program that reflects the American majority perspective, that Jesse Jackson is a righteous man, and that Barack Obama is a great leader, then you're set in your beliefs." He goes on to say that those groups will probably not be swayed by the logic or evidence in his book. Reverse racism is exposed in the book as well as the black activists like Jesse Jackson that feed off of reverse racism. In the last chapter, the author states that, "We currently have a situation in which 90 percent of black Americans are politically aligned with that which is profoundly evil, people and forces that are poised to transform our society into something wholly other, the antithesis of its intention, and something with which when completed, Americans will not be pleased." He goes on to warn that by then it will be far too late to save our country. Mr. Rush claims that the rest of us have been intimidated into "abject fear of criticizing or opposing black Americans and their benefactors and allies". The author's hope is to expose the truth before it is too late. Included in the book are many examples of the racism practiced by the Democrats in the past. I remember most of them and have always wondered why blacks were so attracted to such a racist party. Read the book and you will gain a different perspective on race.

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Negrophilia studies the undue and inordinate affinity for blacks (as opposed to antipathy toward them) that has been promoted by activists, politicians and the establishment press for the past 40 years and which has fostered an erroneous perception of blacks, particularly in America. The book dissects the dynamic of race relations and race politics with an emphasis on same since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, how these are likely to develop given a Barack Obama presidency, and how conscientious Americans may discern the deeper truths of these matters and thus develop healthier perceptions.

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