BLACK BOURGEOISIE

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Summary: Now I understand!
Review: Frazier's book brings to light what the term meritorious manumission really means- reward those who desire to act, emulate, or outright be like the masters who have controlled their minds from the onset of the Black American experience in Amerikkka. Frazier's story tells of those who would rather tip-toe around Amerikkka's racial problems and because of their status in White Amerikkka these individuals have evolved to become the Black wealthy class who believe there is no race problem in Amerikkka-as long as you pull your boots up and prepare to bootlick the very people who have denied you and your ancestors the right to freedom, justice, and equality that our blood, sweat, and tears worked for over 300 years as free labor and another 100 years as underemployed labor.

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Summary: I would recomend this book to all blacks to read
Review: I really enjoyed the book, it opened my eyes to a lot of things, that I have heard people talk about for years. every since l was a young girl. it explains and answed alot of questions I had wonder about.

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Summary: A Must Read/ A Must Own
Review: If you consider yourself a black scholar, then this is a book that you should have read and owned. It covers the rise and myths of middle class black in America.

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Summary: Eye opener, but think for yourself
Review: Many of the points made in the book have good merit. It provides extensive historical information about the key segments of the black society prior to 1957-the church, business, higher education, the press, etc. However, especially in the last few chapters, the author writes irrationally, or as if he is obsessed with only one point of view. Franklin paints the entire black middle class with the same broad strokes. Also, he is intent about only laying out the negatives. He writes as if he's in a debate or a street fight, rather than providing the results of objective research. This author must have used words like DELUSIONAL, PLAYING POKER, INFERIORITY, MAKE BELIEVE WORLD, hundreds of times to describe the black middle class. He seemed to be of the opinion that none of the black institutions were doing anything right. According to him, they were all basically self-serving and constantly engaging in conspicuous consumption.

I do not agree with the extent to which he portrayed the negatives of black middle class, although admittedly a lot of it is still relevant. Overall, I learned a heck of a lot from the book, because I can read such a book and then make up my own mind. I would definitely recommend it.

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Summary: A true eye opener!
Review: Once again through the pages of racism comes another great novel, `The Black Bourgeoisie.' The author Edward Franklin Frazier whom has written many other books such as: Negro Family in the United States, E. Franklin on Race Relations and Race and Culture Contacts in the Modern World has truly captured writing.

Through this novel Frazier deals with race among his own people. One can see through the words that it is a very passionate subject that he speaks of. Bringing the reader as close to his understanding as possible. Frazier does this quite effectively through the descriptive words that he uses. The novel tackles all the issues and questions that many black individuals need to know or are curious about. Why some black individuals act like they are better than some of their black people and the Oreo issue.

This book is quite the read and worth the time for black individuals as well as Caucasians. It is a novel that opens the mind to a different way of dealing with the issue of selling out and what the term actually means. Frazier leaves no doors unclosed, explains and ventures the race issue in America. Through the reading of this book one can learn a lot, widen their horizon and relate upon the issue of racism.

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Summary: AN INDISPENSABLE COMMENTARY ON THE HUMAN CONDITION!
Review: This analysis of the condition of the descendants of the African Slave Trade are right on the money. The most obvious points being that money (having, not having, getting, or loosing it) has become the dominating factor in the consciousness of the "Black Middle Class", and more recently, the majority of the entire race!

Edward Franklin Frazier proves that the so-called "Negroe's" pursuit of a College Degree is not to increase one's academic proficiency, or contribute excellence to a particular filed of endeavor, or even to pass the knowledge on to our offspring, but simply to make more money.

This book has made me ponder why so many of my acquaintances that have Master's Degrees, never pass along anything they learned, or even discuss the knowledge they have gained, for any reason other than vocational?

I have no doubt that had he lived, he would have continued to accurately predict the social conditions that spawned the terms: "Money makes the world go round", "You can't live on love", "Cash Rules Everything Around Me (CREAM)", and "I love the dough, more than you know".

I am saddened that his gifted insight did not allow him to suggest a viable, detailed solution to these problems.

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Summary: Brings major understanding to Black life
Review: This book is excellent in that it gets dead on to the point on a major problem that faced Black America in 1957 and that it STILL faces today-too many Black Americans have internalized the racist beleifs said about us and are filled with self-hatred as a result. One cannot hope to find solutions to Africa-America's problems unlesss you get to the source, and this book does exactly that. Read it, think, then act.