|
|||||||||
Better Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
I Am a Man!: Race, Manhood, and the Civil Rights Movement by Steve Estes  (1)
$19.95
|
A Testament of Hope : The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King  (14)
|
Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity (Reconfiguring American Political History) by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
$20.70
|
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series) by Audre Lorde (9)
$11.53
|
The Struggle for Black Equality, 1954-1992 (American Century Series) by Harvard Sitkoff  (3)
$13.50
|
When African American writers come together to discuss the cultural importance of Minister Louis Farrakhan, says editor Amy Alexander, "loving him or hating him is not really the issue." The fact of the matter is, Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (NOI) have had a demonstrable impact on American society, particularly African American society, which any assessment of his worth must acknowledge.
The essays here approach Farrakhan from varying standpoints. Some contributors, such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Michael Eric Dyson, try for total journalistic or academic objectivity. Others, recounting their personal experiences in NOI, have generally positive things to say about the minister and (most of) his teachings. (As the more ambivalent Louis Pitts Jr. observes, "Of course, I don't agree with everything he says" is a euphemistic way of saying, "Of course, he gets really crazy sometimes about the Jews.") And some authors are explicitly negative: Stanley Crouch labels Farrakhan's rhetoric as a "political medicine show," and Irene Monroe tears into the misogynistic and homophobic elements of NOI doctrine as elaborated by the minister. Although The Farrakhan Factor can't tell you what to think about one of the late 20th century's most prominent African American leaders, it will certainly give you plenty of food for thought. --Ron Hogan
From Library Journal
Black journalist Alexander has collected a series of essays on Farrakhan by African American writers ranging from famed New York culture critic Stanley Crouch to teacher and writer Derrick Bell and Harvard graduate student Irene Monroe. The essays vary in tone from qualified praise to unqualified condemnation. Editor Alexander, for example, argues that "the idea of Farrakhan as Dangerous...[is] a ridiculous proposition"; instead, she sees him as "a familiar and handy repository for all that we [blacks] cannot vocalize." Journalist Leonard Pitts says blacks must get beyond the rage Farrakhan symbolizes. All the essayists admit that Farrakhan's in-your-face rhetoric is appealing, especially to younger black males. Recommended for most libraries.?Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
Product Details
Would you like to |
