Category: Race

The United States has major populations of virtually every race, culture, and national origin in the world. In addition to native populations, our economic prosperity and rule of law have made us a magnet for immigrants, brought here either by the desire to share in that prosperity and stability, or during the dark years of our history as involuntary slaves to provide that prosperity to their owners. While diversity of race has resulted in rich cultural heritages, there are also many challenges surrounding issues of race. These books can help a President to understand those issues related to race and the potential solutions.

  1. Enough by Juan Williams

    Reviewed by: Joshua Steimle on June 29th, 2010 Categories: Race Comments: 0

    General Description (from RandomHouse.com)
    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.

    In Enough, Juan Williams issues a lucid, impassioned clarion call to do the right thing now, before we travel so far off the glorious path set by generations of civil rights heroes that there can be no more reaching back to offer a hand and rescue those being left behind.

    Inspired by Bill Cosby’s now famous speech at the NAACP gala celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Brown decision integrating schools, 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 … Read the rest of this entry »