Paved With Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America

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Summary: Changed my life forever
Review: As a journalist I read dozens of political books, Left and Right and most are all the same, an endless rant by some "political anylist" dronning on about what's wrong with America.

But I've never seen anything like this!!!

Taylor breaks down the facts about race relation in America. As Thomas Jefferson said, "Nothing is more certain than that these people shall be free; and being free these two people cannot live under the same government."

As Taylor demonstrates, 150 years after slavery blacks and European Americans have proven incapable of living together. Yes I too believed that race problems were just caused by mis-understandings, but as Taylor shows the problems go much deeper to the point that we must agree to disagree and go our seperate ways.

As hard as it is to accept, we must embrace the horror that integration has destroyed this country. This is not a conclusion Taylor arrives at lightly nor would I ever have reached it if not for his book.

Some conservatives wine about Taylor being a bit extreme and warned me about this book. But by the end I agree with Taylor 100%.

Taylor is a ver talented writer. It moves smoothly yet quickly I was suprised how fast I finished it.

If you are unsure of his writing style try reading, 'The Color of Crime' which is free online at many web sites.

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Summary: Good but wrong conclusions
Review: Good book on the current problems on race relations in America but Taylor conclusions are dissapointing. While effectivily shredding the myths of instituional racism and white racism to be blamed for all black failure. However the only real solution to this problem of multiculturaism and third world immgration in the broad sense is the drop it right now building collectivist group serving politcal organziations and structures(Partitions should be created). Lets face it the entire Western world is on the brink of diaster and unless we drop these ideologies of multiculturaism and de-ethnicized indvidualism we will not survive as a people and civilzation. But Mr. Taylors real mistake is his refusal to accept Dr Kevin Macdonald's books. His refuses to talk about the " Jewish question" in this book and his (American Renassiance)magazine will be his most fatal mistake. Every one who reads this i urge you to read " The Culture of Critique" by Dr. Kevin Macdonald it explains to you why we are in this situation in the first place, who is responsible, and what we need to do so we can survive the next century.

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Summary: Fascinating book!
Review: I heard Mr. Taylor on a talk radio station some years ago and became interested in this book. This book not only is a great read which I was not able to put down, but also contains fascinating information on the taboo subject of racial differences. Read if you dare!

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Summary: Publishers' Weekly Lies
Review: I would simply like to clarify the [editorial] Weekly review on this website. Amazon shoppers beware the reviewer never bothered to read this book.

I've read this book threee times, it's pure gold. Nowhere does Taylor mention anything about death sentences for drug dealers or anything about no appeal death sentences....

Talyor also does not ignore the claim of "insitutional racism." He addresses it in great detail showing how its proponants offer on evidence to back it up. Taylor does not just blame black for their problems as [the review] sugests. Taylor simply asks for people of all colors to take responsibility.

The...review is erronous. Amazon.com shopper deserve better.

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Summary: A must read for white americans
Review: Jared Taylor does a masterful job exposing and documenting cases of minority, but mainly black racism and violent crime against whites. Racism and hate are a double edged swords as J. Taylor clearly shows. Although this book is simply an objective report on contemporary race relations(and not white nationalist) it is still a powerful antidote for whites who have been conditioned by schools, Christian churches, and the mass media to believe that they are responsible for poor race relations in America and that, if not for white racism all would be well.

However, I feel the reader is left with the notion that if we simply pursued different policies that this multiracial stinkpot could somehow be workable. I felt the author should have gone on the attack and launched more broadsides against affirmative action, mass immigration and multiculturalism in general. All in all this is still a very good book and a good source of facts and information to argue effectively against left wing and moderate airheads.

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Summary: The reviewer of 10/28/97 stole my thunder...
Review: Judging from the positive reviews Paved with Good Intentions has garnered, author Jared Taylor has succeeded in repackaging his racist and white supremacist views in a format more palatable to mainstream readers. Make no mistake; Paved with Good Intentions is social Darwinism (i.e., eugenics) at its worst. Mr. Taylor argues that "welfare mothers" should accept a five-year implantable contraceptive device in return for government assistance. At least that would be easier to promote than "forced abortion" on those whom society deems "less fit."

Who is Jared Taylor? Mr. Taylor, who heads the New Century Foundation and edits American Renaisance, envisions a "clear conception of the United States as a nation ruled by and for whites." American Renaisance has published numerous articles linking IQ and race and using selective breeding to "improve" the genetic stock (i.e., eugenics). In Paved with Good Intentions, Mr. Taylor acknowledges Wayne Lutton, who has written articles for the Holocaust-denying Journal of Historical Review and the racist American Mercury.

The only thing more disturbing than Mr. Taylor's disgusting views is that this book has gained acceptance and even respectability among educated, otherwise mainstream Americans.

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Summary: well written
Review: Paved with good intentions was a really great book for me to read because it basically proved what I've been thinking for a long time that racism in America has gone way down and there probably more then enough goverment programs to help improve racial equality. The fact of the matter is that black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean earn more then whites and their children do better in school then whites. Racists do not differentiate between black Americans and Caribbean and African blacks. In addition, Asians do better economically and educationally then blacks even if they immigrant to this country knowing little or no English! Racisist notions such as banks not giving credits to blacks is not held up when asians are taken into consideration because asians get approved more then whites and no one is saying the banking system is biased in the favor Asians. Jared Taylor does a really good job tackling the ideas of affirmative action and double standards and how they are interfearing with the idea of being color-blind (which was the point of the civil rights movements) by saying that we need to judge people differently on the basis of race and that people cannot be judged against people of other races but only of people of their own race.

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Summary: To an Open Dialogue on Race
Review: This book is one of many that emerged in the early to mid-1990�s concerning issues of political correctness, race, and immigration. I read several of these books; Dinesh D�Souza and Martin Gross are the first that come to mind. David Horowitz is another who covers these issues in some of his writings. These books are still important because even though we don�t hear about these issues as much today, they are even now stalking the American landscape. Jared Taylor�s book seems to be the best one I have read to date. �Paved with Good Intentions,� written in 1991, is Taylor�s manifesto on the corrosive and divisive issue of race relations in modern America.

�Paved with Good Intentions� is not a racist tract, but is a calm, expertly documented approach to the race question. Taylor writes with neutral reasoning as he covers every aspect of the problem. Taylor�s purpose is not to denounce blacks and other minority groups, but rather to open a dialogue on an issue that threatens to destroy the country. I don�t think anyone denies that race is a big problem in America. Taylor explains that this is the result of obfuscation by guilty whites, fast buck hustlers, and misguided do-gooders who have more to gain from racial tension than peace.

Some of things you will discover while reading this book:

Crime: blacks commit the vast majority of crime, with most of the crimes directed towards other blacks. Far more racial crimes occur when blacks victimize whites�especially rape, which is overwhelming black against white. The media tends to play up crimes where the perpetrator is white and the victim black, while downplaying (or just plain ignoring) racial crimes committed by blacks against whites.

Affirmative action is bad: economic policy favors minorities and excludes whites. Minorities get breaks in education, business, housing, hiring, and a host of other areas. Instead of raising the living standards of blacks, affirmative action has worked to instill in blacks a hatred of whites, while making little difference in the lives of many poor blacks. Schools exclude better qualified whites in preference for minority students. Many of the under qualified students end up dropping out of school when they discover they lack the necessary skills to compete. Entrance tests to schools and jobs have been altered, or dumbed down, in an effort to raise test scores. This occurs in important occupations (police, firefighting) where the best people are needed, but are not getting the jobs.

Racism: there is a constant cry of racism over the most ridiculous issues. Like �Peter and the Wolf,� these constant cries desensitize the public and cost minorities credibility. Taylor does an excellent job revealing the truth about racism, namely, that it doesn�t exist in the levels that it once did. The claim of �institutional racism� is shown to be a falsehood, to say the least. Taylor shows that government agencies employ a large percentage of blacks, which are unlikely to engage in any sort of institutional racist programs. Claims that AIDS or drugs are a racist conspiracy by whites to destroy blacks are equally fallacious. According to Taylor, if whites are so bent on destroying blacks, why would they waste time using methods that cause harm to the white community? Why would they waste billions of dollars to improve minority positions in society?

Jared Taylor doesn�t hate minorities. His writing shows a real concern for these issues. He seems to want a return to Martin Luther King�s idea of a colorblind society, an idea that is subverted daily by those who seek to profit from racial animosity. Until an open, honest dialogue emerges, these problems will only get worse. I think for many people really don�t understand the full picture when it comes to this issue. Books like this could open eyes when voters find out what the politicians are really up to in Washington. I recommend this book to those amongst us who have an open mind, and to those who want to start thinking for themselves.