基本信息·出版社：St. Martin's Press ·页码：336 页 ·出版日期：2008年02月 ·ISBN：0312367333 ·International Standard Book Number：0312367333 ...
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基本信息·出版社：St. Martin's Press
·页码：336 页
·出版日期：2008年02月
·ISBN：0312367333
·International Standard Book Number：0312367333
·条形码：9780312367336
·EAN：9780312367336
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Is life unfair for black Americans?
Is racial equality the answer to every question of public policy?
Are a huge group of citizens being kept down by “the man”?
Radio host and bestselling author Larry Elder has made a career out of being a thorn-in-the-side of the conventional wisdom crowd. He deflates the pompous and points out the completely logical truths hidden behind the nutty rhetoric and out-of-control pandering of many of the politicians and so-called leaders of a variety of special interest groups. In Stupid Black Men, he takes on the mind-set that always captures the most media attention—as well as masses of public money—in this country: those who rail against racism as the root of all problems, and who end up hurting precisely those they claim to be helping.
Whether they are demagogues like Al Sharpton, established politicians like Hillary Clinton, or entertainers like Danny Glover, no one escapes Elder’s cogent arguments and rapier wit. His sometimes hilarious and always infuriating examples of wrong-headedness skewer not just politicians for their smugness and hypocrisy, but also actors, educators, religious leaders and the “mainscream media” for keeping the story in the headlines.
But Elder has a positive message, too: though they are fewer—and generally not as loud-mouthed—there are leaders and role models today who want to sweep away race-based whining and urge everyone in America, to share in the hard work, smart thinking and optimism that make this country great.
作者简介 Larry Elder is the host of The Larry Elder Show, which originates on KABC-AM Talk Radio in Los Angeles, where it is a consistently top-rated program. He also writes a column for Investors Business Daily and a syndicated column in a variety of newspapers across the country.
文摘 Preface
“The greatest challenge we face . . . is the oldest, and in some ways today, the newest: the problem of race,” said President Clinton at his historic “race relations” speech in 1997. “Race plays a part of everything in America,” says famed O. J. Simpson defense attorney Johnnie Cochran.
Nonsense.
These statements would be funny, if not so tragic. Americans want safe streets, good schools, and economic opportunity. But safe neighborhoods, especially urban ones, need community support of the police and of the criminal justice system. Good schools place high standards on students, demand homework, and expect parental involvement. Good economic opportunities require a skilled and motivated labor force, a safe location for employees, and a business-friendly environment of low taxes and limited regulation.
The civil rights movement properly demanded justice—by government. Many of today’s so-called black leaders seem incapable of distinguishing between equal rights and equal results. Results stem from hard work, focus, education and training, and the assumption of the consequences of one’s own actions.
Yet racism, say “black leaders” with their co-conspiring Democratic Party, remains the real roadblock—the moat, the ditch, the barrier—to self-improvement.
On today’s vital issues of crime, education, and employment opportunities, where does the “black leadership” stand? Unfortunately, they’re usually AWOL, stuck in a time-warped, decades-old “fight against racism” that vacuums up time, energy, and resources.
In reality, the formula for success is simple: work hard, make sacrifices, focus on education, delay gratification, avoid bad moral mistakes, and maintain optimism.
Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the Social Security mess, the health care “crisis,” unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy
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