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Summary: A man of honor, duty, country; philosopher, leader, Patriot!
Review: Ward Connerly is continuing the quest and the dream of his Uncle James. A man who knew that it took sacrifice, tenacity and perseverance to reach any goal.Ward's Uncle James also knew that sometimes it takes the ultimate sacrifice by one generation or even two or three to provide that golden opportunity, which America offers to those who know the prize that waits at the end of that long road of trial and tribulation. The prize that can and does wait for the next generation, or the next, or the next of every American who can still dream. This is a realization lost at most levels of government and social activism today, but not by average Americans and those special immagrants who flock to our shores and our boarders"legally." Ward was able to more easily live and fulfill the American Dream, for himself and his family due primarily to the efforts of his Uncle and others like him. In this book and in this ground breaking and rediscovered ideology and philosophy from our founding past, within the minority community, Ward elevates himself to equal status with many great historical figures of our past like Patrick henry, Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. In addition he joins ranks with the likes of Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, JC Watts, Clarence Thomas and so many others over the past 200 years. In short those who refuse to claim victim-hood but who rather claim full and equal citizenship. They do not hate America, they love it, and search for the brass ring wherever it may present itself, not just at the top of the economic ladder. These giants of the minority community looked at the timidity of those around them, who knew a wrong was being ignored, allowed, permitted and yes even encouraged by segments of society and decided to stand on their own two feet. They bravely turned away from the spiritually, morally, professionally and civilly deficiencies of the victicrates of the modern civil rights movement and took a courageous and decisive stand against them. They claimed full citizenship and full responsiblity for their own destinies and actions and thereby took their place among the great Americans of our time. In defiance of the thought police, the status quo, political correctness and reverse discrimination. Mr. Connerly led a crusade to battle racism, quotas, preferences and anti-American social corruption, which had seeped into the very fabric of the American education system, mainstream thought, politics and high-society. As more and more Americans now turn away from the belittling hypocrisies and bigotry of the progressive movement in this area of preferences that claims eternal victim-hood. Ward Connerly needs to be recognized and remembered for his Paul Revere like gallop across the Aemrica scene exposing the degenerative affects upon our country and our freedoms and liberties by this now mutated, oppressive and ineffective force called quotas and preferences. Creating Equal is an inspiring book, about a family with a commendable and praiseworthy past who chose the path of honor, duty and country. It is a book about a true American Hero who had "True Grit," who has definitely joined my list of highly respected American authors. A book with a revelation for the future and those not so reasoned, rational and patriotic, those minority icons stuck in the past and filled with vengeance, greed and hate. A great read.
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Summary: Powerful thought
Review: Ward Connerly speaks the truth. Whenever audiences get a chance tolisten to this man's eloquent arguments uninterrupted by protests andhectoring, the simplicit y of his message is apparent. Hisdetractors, many of whom have exposed their tw isted and convolutedagenda by attacking his character in the most fascistic manner, havespent much of their time trying to silence him rather than win on thebattlefiel d of ideas. Ward Connerly has the capacity through hisspeeches and writings to change minds by validating common sense. Thisis obviously very threatening to some. The beauty of Ward's message isthat there is a path to racial harmony if one is prepared to t hinkfor one's self outside of current civil rights dogma [eg:] ...'Americais racis t and there is no hope except for remedies that themselvesare discriminatory'. Also, 'to transcend race one must immerseoneself in racial thinking'... These notions are in direct conflictwith the ideas of 50 years ago that shaped the direction of civi lrights legislation. Like Ward, I grew up in the "civil rightsera", being taught citizenship 101 at an early age by parents who didnot tolerate conscious, knee-jerk, or otherwise cowardly prejudicialthinking. A lot of intellectual capital I'm afraid has beensquandered by subsequent generations who've been spoon fed neo-racism(non-whites can't be racist) and revisionist history (nothing haschanged since slavery). The current heirs of this capital (what Wardcalls the "civil rights establishment") have retained only the moralposture of a once great movement, not its enduring ideas . The popularculture buys into this faux morality because we are either lazythinkers or guilt ridden sheep. Americans have become obsessedwith race at a time when all indications are that race is receding asa determinant of success. Curiously there are those as Ward says,"Look through the rearview mirror of our racial past rather than thewindshield." In the arena of political thought, skepticism ISgood. There ARE hidden agendas. But to read Ward's book is tounderstand his motivation and the process he uses to r each hisconclusions. This book I think lays to rest any thought that Connerlyhas motives other than his genuine concern with digging ourselves outof our national obsession with race and victimhood. A thinkingperson has no choice but to judge Connerly 's arguments on theirmerits because the integrity of this man's life and his efforts arebeyond reproach.
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Summary: Fine, engaging account of struggle against race preferences.
Review: Ward Connerly, a University of California Regent, forced the school to become 'color blind' in its admissions policies, promoting both praise and condemnation for his actions. Here he tells of his commitment to racial justice and his family background, from his interracial marriage to his proud back family's struggles. Creating Equal is a fine account of his beliefs and struggles against race preferences.
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Summary: A Real Hero
Review: While not completely convinced by his arguments, I was greatly impressed with his own life story and the integrity which shone through this book. The cowardice and underhandedness of those on the other side of his fight is disheartening.
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Summary: A Voice of Reason
Review: [This is] a story of one man's path intersecting with a modern-day moral, political and legal dilemma about how we continue on the road to equality. Do we do that, as Connerly titles his book, by creating equal? People forget there's more than one way to do achieve equality, and it doesn't necessarily have to be by the way of "affirmative action" as we've come to know it. Connerly's book shows us another way, not a perfectly smooth or risk-free road but one whose virtues are too easily dismissed by Connerly's fearful and hysterical detractors....Click on that "buy" button and decide for yourself.
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