Enough
Author: Williams, Juan
ISBN: 9780307338242
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Oct 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
For readers of provocative critiques of black culture, including those by conservative writers like John McWhorter (Losing the Race, Authentically Black) and Stephen Carter (Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby); readers of books on contemporary African-American issues for a general audience by authors like Ellis Cose (Rage of a Privileged Class), Randall Kennedy (Nigger) and Michael Eric Dyson (Is Bill Cosby Right?)
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER .An impassioned clarion call to return to the traditional values that served generations of civil rights heroes in order to overcomethe obstacles faced by black Americans today
"Written in the tradition of DuBois and King,Enoughis an impressively powerful and courageous book."-David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofBearing the Cross
Half a century after brave Americans took to the streets to raise the bar of opportunity for all races, Juan Williams writes that too many black Americans are in crisis-caught in a twisted hip-hop culture, dropping out of school, ending up in jail, having babies when they are not ready to be parents, and falling to the bottom in twenty-first-century global economic competition.
Williams makes the case that while there is still racism, it is way past time for black Americans to open their eyes to the "culture of failure" that exists within their community. He raises the banner of proud black traditional values-self-help, strong families, and belief in God-that sustained black people through generations of oppression and flowered in the exhilarating promise of the modern civil rights movement. Williams asks what happened to keeping our eyes on the prize by proving the case for equality with black excellence and achievement.
Reinforcing his incisive observations with solid research and alarming statistical data, Williams offers a concrete plan for overcoming the obstacles that now stand in the way of African Americans' full participation in the nation's freedom and prosperity. Certain to be widely discussed and vehemently debated,Enoughis a bold, perceptive, solution-based look at African American life, culture, and politics today.
ISBN: 9780307338242
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Oct 2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
For readers of provocative critiques of black culture, including those by conservative writers like John McWhorter (Losing the Race, Authentically Black) and Stephen Carter (Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby); readers of books on contemporary African-American issues for a general audience by authors like Ellis Cose (Rage of a Privileged Class), Randall Kennedy (Nigger) and Michael Eric Dyson (Is Bill Cosby Right?)
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER .An impassioned clarion call to return to the traditional values that served generations of civil rights heroes in order to overcomethe obstacles faced by black Americans today
"Written in the tradition of DuBois and King,Enoughis an impressively powerful and courageous book."-David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofBearing the Cross
Half a century after brave Americans took to the streets to raise the bar of opportunity for all races, Juan Williams writes that too many black Americans are in crisis-caught in a twisted hip-hop culture, dropping out of school, ending up in jail, having babies when they are not ready to be parents, and falling to the bottom in twenty-first-century global economic competition.
Williams makes the case that while there is still racism, it is way past time for black Americans to open their eyes to the "culture of failure" that exists within their community. He raises the banner of proud black traditional values-self-help, strong families, and belief in God-that sustained black people through generations of oppression and flowered in the exhilarating promise of the modern civil rights movement. Williams asks what happened to keeping our eyes on the prize by proving the case for equality with black excellence and achievement.
Reinforcing his incisive observations with solid research and alarming statistical data, Williams offers a concrete plan for overcoming the obstacles that now stand in the way of African Americans' full participation in the nation's freedom and prosperity. Certain to be widely discussed and vehemently debated,Enoughis a bold, perceptive, solution-based look at African American life, culture, and politics today.
