Black Lies, White Lies The Truth According to Tony Brown by Brown, Tony - 1997

New York U. S. A.: Harper Paperbacks. Very Good 1997. Softcover. Marfree, tite early prtg as shown, few margin ticks not o/w marked-in, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. Was Prof W Jean-Pierre’s (Rutgers Black Hist Chair) . ; 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches; 379 pages; From Publishers Weekly Like a series of talk shows (the author hosts Tony Brown's Journal on PBS) , this somewhat disjointed book raises both interesting and half-baked ideas, with no one topic fully developed. Brown's basic theme on race relations is sound: blacks shouldn't expect whites to rescue them, but whites must also see that their fate is linked to that of all fellow Americans. A prominent black Republican, Brown has harsh and sometimes appropriate criticism of black leaders, but he undermines his case with a broad-brush assessment of the black community (which he divides into four "tribes") and exaggerated references to black leaders' support for (and America's drift to) "socialism. " Also, Brown argues that AIDS is misidentified and connected mainly to drug use, sees "cultural diversity" (defined vaguely) as a cure for institutional racism and proposes the Internet as a new frontier for black entrepreneurship. And he may run for president, riding an idea for self-help associations "within electronically-linked neighborhoods. " Copyright 1995 Reed. Midwest Book Review PBS commentator and show host Brown provides a strong challenge of both black and white leaders' lies in Black Lies, White Lies as he attacks self-victimization trends and condemns integration efforts. Black Americans must take control of their own lives instead of waiting for white structures to assist, Brown maintains: his hard-hitting ideas and controversial opinions provide much food for thought. .