Lynched: A Conservative's Life on a New York City School Board [Paperback]

Frank Borzellieri (Author)

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Publication Date: January 26, 2009

In Lynched: A Conservative s Life on a New York City School Board, Frank Borzellieri documents his eleven years as the only conservative and Eurocentrist on this ultra-liberal school board. In these pages, he documents how the New York City political and educational establishments tried their best to destroy his career for daring to speak the truth about the racial, cultural and educational issues that are destroying this country. For the leftists on the school board and in the establishment, it was not enough to defeat Frank on policy. They were determined to silence him completely and destroy his career. As far as Frank s detractors were concerned, one voice of dissent was one too many. Lynched reveals: *The battle against multiculturalism - how Frank exposed and fought against anti-American multicultural materials in the schools which spouted horrible attacks against Western culture. *Frank s constant need of police and security escorts to and from school board meetings because of threats against him. *While the school board used tax dollars to fund books like I Hate English and Jambo Means Hello: the Swahili Alphabet, they blocked Frank s attempts to add 15 pro-American books to classrooms and libraries like Paul Revere s Ride. *The school board was funding programs for illegal third-world aliens which Frank tried to stop. *Frank voted against all funding for bilingual education in a district where children could barely read and write in English. *Frank s resolution was defeated that would require that the district s books and curriculum emphasize the superiority of Western culture -- stating, for example, that free market capitalism was superior to communism, and George Washington superior to Che Guevera. *Frank s struggle to stop ebonics (black English) from infiltrating the school district. *Frank Borzellieri was the only voice trying to stop the grotesque homosexual infiltration into District 24. When a radical homosexual district teacher was discussing his perversions in front of his fourth grade class, Frank Borzellieri was alone in trying to stop him. *Reckless liberal spending in the district was out of control, with Frank Borzellieri the only school board member to oppose all federal monies as unconstitutional.

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About the Author

Frank Borzellieri is an American author, professor of journalism, political columnist and former elected member of a New York City school board. He is adjunct professor of journalism at St. John's University and has been published in major publications such as USA Today, the New York Daily News and Newsday, and has also been a columnist for the Leader-Observer newspaper chain in New York City. In addition to Lynched: A Conservative s Life on a New York City School Board, he is the author of The Unspoken Truth: Race, Culture and Other Taboos, and Don t Take it Personally: Race, Immigration, Crime and Other Heresies. He is also the author of The Physics of Dark Shadows: Time, Travel, ESP, and the Laboratory. Frank Borzellieri is also the co-author of It Happened in New York. He has appeared on many radio shows and television programs including Leeza Gibbons, Ricki Lake , ABC s20/20 , Geraldo Rivera, Fox Sunday Morning, the Jackie Mason Show, Good Morning America, Good Day New York, the Richard Bey Show, and Michael Moore's TV Nation. On radio he has been a frequent guest on the Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes, Bob Grant, and Curtis Sliwa shows. A sports fanatic, he has appeared many times on the Ann Liguori radio program on WFAN in New York.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Cultural Studies Press (January 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981540716
• ISBN-13: 978-0981540719
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,948,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great, Great Read, April 4, 2009

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Cindy Melanson (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lynched: A Conservative's Life on a New York City School Board (Paperback)

I also read Frank Borzellieri's two previous books about race and immigration, which were both a collection of his newspaper columns, and realized that he was truly a talented writer. But this book is different in that it tells what he personally went through as a school board member in a very liberal city such as New York.
At first I couldn't believe that he could even get elected in New York. But the book explains that his district was a conservative white area. He also explains that the other whites on the school board hypocritically promoted multi-racialism and integration, but lived in white neighborhoods.
What is most fascinating about the book are the details Borzellieri explains in each individual controversy. He reports how he needed a police escort out of a raucous school board meeting when he was verbally (and viciously) attacked for four hours. The cops later told him that they supported everything he was saying.
Whether it is about liberals banning pro-American books, liberals promoting failed bilingual education programs, liberals opposing a resolution that stated that Western culture was superior to all others, or liberals defending a gay teacher who discussed his lifestyle in front of his class, this book tells the story of all those battles. I would add that Borzellieri freely and painfully admits that he lost almost every vote on the board. But still he battled courageously for the values he and his community believed in.
Other reviewers have detiailed the individual controversies, so I will simply point out that Borzellieri was clearly, if you add up the votes, the most popular vote-getter in his district, once gaining three times the votes of the second-place finisher.
What also stands out about the book is Borzellieri's sense of humor. He destroys his opponents' arguments (what one reviewer referred to as their "babbling idiocy") with biting humor and straight-forward quips.
I can't recommend this book enough. A great, great read.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A School Board's Happy Warrior, February 19, 2009

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Gary Westhoff (College Point, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lynched: A Conservative's Life on a New York City School Board (Paperback)

This is a fascinating memoir, a quick-read, and a brilliant case study in a plight of one of New York's city's few ideologically pure conservatives.

With a clear, concise, and humorous style, Borzellieri chronicles his experiences serving on the School Board of District 24 in Queens. Any conservative will admire Borzellieri's vigilance in standing up for conservative values against almost unimaginable hostility. Borzellieri's writing style is conducive to empathy: indeed the reader feels as though he or she is at often raucous and boorish school board meetings. Borzellieri is ideologically aggressive at these meetings, but usually the only gentleman....

Few will agree with all of Borzellieri's political and ideological positions. But this really misses the point. Anyone will heartfelt political convictions, who stands against the tide, can relate to Borzellieri's plight, and his steadfastness in pursuing what he knows is right.

Indeed, the most fascinating aspect of the book is the hypocrisy of Borzellieri's opponents. Therefore, this books serves as an interesting read not only for conservatives, but for anyone who is intellectually honest, and believes that ideas should rise and fall on their own merits.

A great book!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lynched, July 9, 2009

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This review is from: Lynched: A Conservative's Life on a New York City School Board (Paperback)

This book should be read by everyone that is interested in our government school systems. As a former school board member, I can attest to the fact that this treatment is alive and well in all school districts. People need to know what is being taught. They need to know how most board members get elected. The union and the left control our schools.