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Summary: It's alive!
Review: Although many readers will want to resist its relevance, I think it offers a remarkable assessment of racism in education. Woodson says it is the duty of teachers to revolutionize the social order in behalf of the well being of their students. The father of black history is also a remarkable philosopher of education.
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Summary: Excellent beginning
Review: An excellent beginning reader for those who need guidance such as secondary students. It should not be delayed until college because of its economic and social relevance to high school students and people in general. The information contained, will help students and others make beneficial decisions based on what is important and needed by various communities across the US. One of the most important books ever!
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Summary: DON'T BE TRICKED BY SOME REVIEWERS
Review: As I read through these reviews, it's funny to me how some of the biggest enemies of black people are on a never-ending campaign to mislead and give negative reviews to books that provide positive solutions for the black community.Let me ask possibly unsuspecting readers of those reviews this one question: HOW FAR, OR TO WHERE, WOULD YOU FOLLOW YOUR ENEMIES? But don't decide on who your enemies are just yet. Read this great eye-opening book, and when you see the value it provides for yourself and your community, THEN YOU DECIDE - FOR YOURSELF - WHO YOUR REAL ENEMIES ARE. (MIND YOU THIS BOOK DOES NOT BASH WHITE PEOPLE. IT MERELY POINTS OUT SOME OF THE MISTAKES WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT HOLD US BACK, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS...NOW ASK YOURSELF, WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD BE AGAINST THAT?
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Summary: Each One Teach One
Review: Before picking this book up to read I was aware of the knowledge I needed on African American's in the Education system. After reading it I felt empowered and sad. Empowered because now I had a little more knowledge and saddened because now I know what was kept from me all my school years. It amazes me how we were not taught any of our history not even in college. It also amazes me how people got away with not educating us.Dr. Carter shows us how 30 years ago the system was designed to keep us ignorant and as experiments. Quote from Dr. Woodson "Negroes, being objects of charity, have received them cordially and have done what they were required." To this day they are still using the same system but I think we are smarter now and know where the resources are to get what we need. Reviewed by Missy
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Summary: Ending African-American dependence on white America
Review: Carter G. Woodson's constructive critique of the how the education system in America plays a pivotal role in ensuring African-Americans' dependence on white America. This is not book of protest. In fact, Mr. Woodson proposes that, "One should rely upon protest only when it is supported by a constructive program". The writing here is clear, concise and compelling. I often don't finish reading books. This one was very difficult to put down. This book is a MUST READ for all African-Americans. You didn't hear me...READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Insightful
Review: Dr. Carter G. Woodson has out done his self, his prospective of the education system gear towards black was head on. He was by far greatly ahead of his time. This book will help enlighten and give you a reality check. This is a must read book.
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Summary: Every African-American must read this book and re-educate.
Review: Every Negro should read this book and be re-educated. Actually, the book is not just for all Afro-Americans but for all "minorities" such as Chicano, etc. This is a great book; especially it is to be read by those Negroes that are in public office making decisions that can change the fate of members of the so called minorities in America. Currently there are Negroes appointed to positions where they have to make decisions in cases like for Civil Rights, Discrimination, Courts of Justice, etc. However, those Negroes are not making the correct decisions in their cases, they have to work on, because they are mis-educated. There are Negroes that are actually punishing minorities, including their own members, by applying, blindly, rules and policies that have been created to keep minorities at the bottom of the ill social strata created in America. Not to say, but tue, those policies and laws were designed to exclude minorities from the American society because, in the background, minorities are not considered made of human beings but they are just "minorities," or beings of an inferior capacity. Thus, those Negroes "in charge" cannot use their own barred intelligence to see their own wrongdoing in their use of the policy or law; they think, in their stage of mis-education, that as Negroes they would be doing something wrong in a system where they are placed precisely to make decisions and serve justice but in paradox they actually hurt minorities. I think this book brings to retrospection the self-identity of every Negro. The reading puts them in a "Y" path where they must make a decision on which path to walk on for the rest of their lives to assure that those labeled minorities in America should not be treated as minorities but just as citizens with equal rights to those of any other citizen despite color, origin, gender, age, and any other classification used in America to discriminate against other than whites (OTW). I recommend this book for a five-star rating; this for the value and significance that it aids in assuring that the intelligence of the Negro will be used in America for good cause. "Other Than White" (OTW) Copyright © 2000-2002 Guillermo Ramirez.
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Summary: Life changing!!
Review: Few historians, educators and sociologists can do what Dr. Carter G. Woodson has done in this masterpiece. I have often wondered what makes my people work. Now, I know better. I know what doesn't work.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I agree with most of the authors points. This book although old is still relevant today. It should be Black people's "bible."
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Summary: This is a wonderful book and a neccesary reading!
Review: I am a twenty-four year old African American man and I read this book six years ago, and even at that young age I found it "On point". Dr. Woodson wrote this book over 60 years ago and his observations of social and educational conditions hold true to this day. This book was my introduction to my continuing studies of African American history, and I recommend that anyone beginning their studies begin with this book. There will be many instances when you will nod your head in agreement with what is stated, and other times when you will learn things about your own behaviors that you could not previously understand. The only reason that I couldn't give this book five stars is because it is a scholarly text and it is a little difficult for less sophisticated readers.
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