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Summary: Speak the truth.
Review: Speak the truth and let the chips fall where they may.Elder confronts the sacred cows of PC belief head on. He takes on racism, sexism, the medical industrial complex, the decline of marriage, the liberal media, and other "unspeakable" topics without flinching. He describes going to a library in a poor section of LA. Outside several "oppressed" youth are skateboarding on the sloped landscaping. Inside only Korean kids study, not a single "oppressed" minority kid. The largest part of the book is about the black racism and black victimology, combined with white condescension. Elder well describes how these forces combine to keep so many blacks from achieving decent lives. Elder goes on to confront the myth of the "Glass Ceiling" and the faux medical crisis. He shows how these myths create huge problems for society with their lies and faux victims. Other topics where "what everyone knows" is ripped apart are the war on drugs, gun control, the welfare state. Neither is Elder just spewing a republican or democratic view. One chapter is entitled "There isn't a dime's worth of difference" and he blasts both parties for failing utterly to address any of the most important social issues of our time. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but perhaps that is because I agree with Elder on virtually ever issue. I don't know if anyone who wants to continue believing the status quo cultural myths will read and learn, but they ought to.
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Summary: God
Review: The spotlight review says it all. This guy backs up everything he says. Quite a breath of fresh air from all of the banter.
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Summary: Loaded with cool tidbits and facts
Review: This book is great. A must have to use as a reference book because there are numerous quotes that are hard to find elsewhere. Elder devotes much of the book to issue of racism (the first chapter takes up about a 1/4 of the books space.) But Elder ties it in wonderfully with other issues he touches upon. Try the book. Read it if you are liberal with an open mind, you might be suprised about what you learn.
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