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The Black Book Review
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Summer 2000
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Black
Genius African-American Solution to African-American Problems
Edited
By Walter Mosley, Manthia Diawara, Clyde Taylor, and Regina
Austin Norton
W.W. Norton
$14.95, paper
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 Black
Genius is a skillfully written collection of critical essays
by America�s most controversial leaders in entertainment,
medicine, political activism, literary arts, print, and television.
While the title seems pompous, rest assured that this book
is for everyone, regardless of class, race, gender, or cultural
background. Black Genius offers viable solutions to a plethora
of socio-economic ills. It provides insight into the minds
of some our greatest African-American thinkers who�ve shattered
the glass ceiling in the realm of corporate America. Angela
Davis, author and activist; George Curry, editor-in-chief
of Emerge magazine; Spike Lee, filmmaker and CEO of 40 Acres
and a Mule Productions; Haki Madhubuti, founder of Third World
Press; and Jocelyn Elders, M.d.; contribute to this literary
map of economics, politics, and creative freedom. |
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Respect An Exploration
By Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Perseus Book, $15.00, paper
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 Respect
An Exploration offers an exceptional explanation of how to build
professional bridges between diverse cul-tures of race and class.
Respect gives read-ers a rare view into the everyday lives of
economically challenged communities of color that long for the
opportunity that money and education provide. She shows how
service providers can use respect as a platform from which to
empower patients, the true heroes in this book. Scholars and
activists might ask, Why should we cele-brate in text, the introduction
of a basic human right that every living being deserves? Respect
is a must-read for those who need to learn the basic of cul-tural
sensitivity. |
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