What's Right for All Americans (Hardcover)

by Ezola Foster (Author), Sarah Coleman (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist
South Central Los Angeles public school teacher Foster differs from most of her citizen-activist neighbors in that she is a conservative. (Coleman is one, too, but here just helps Foster write.) Like many of her ilk these days, she is also a staunch populist whose prescription for Americans includes those perpetual populist tonics--self-reliance, family solidarity, community responsibility, fellow-feeling, pragmatism, religious faith, patriotism, and moral certainty. Of course, she wouldn't be a real conservative if she didn't say what's wrong for Americans, too. Those ills include, besides the usual conservative bugbears, one that may surprise many, especially white, readers of this black Republican. Foster disputes the portrayal of American black life before the mid-century civil rights movement as overwhelmingly miserable and oppressive. Without denying the realities of institutionalized and terroristic racism, she cites the happiness, the community security, and instances of white kindliness and decency she recalls from her own childhood to belie what she feels are the divisive distortions of black liberals. Hers is a good, zingy black conservative manifesto. Ray Olson

Review
Los Angeles schoolteacher Foster goes against the popular black establishment line in asking readers to reconsider who speaks for black America. Current black leadership, Foster maintains, is media-created and centered: in reality it is a peddler of the welfare state, leaving teachers to pick up the wreckage. Foster promotes traditional American values and a color-blind system of measurement. What's Right for All Americans is an important alternative view of a contemporary issue. Unbank the Fire Janice E. Hale Johns Hopkins 0-8018-4822-9 $14. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: Wrs Pub (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567960588
• ISBN-13: 978-1567960587
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,911,439 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could change the country, September 26, 2001

By	Awesomeguy (Atlanta, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews

If Ezola's views were widely accepted by the population as a whole, America would be a much better place. Everything in her book makes perfect sense. If Mrs. Foster and Pat Buchannan had taken the White House, this country would be on the track to greatness. Alas though, that didnt happen. I have heard her being called a ridiculous name like "Aunt Tom." After reading her book one can tell she is extremely proud to be black and wants more than anything to help her community. It is very sad that people like Mrs. Foster dont get the respect or recognition they deserve. A GREAT BOOK BY AN AWESOME WOMAN!!!!!

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Title Should Be a Tip-off!, March 15, 2001

By	Suzann "Suzann" (Oskaloosa, IA United States) - See all my reviews

I'm going to try to be objective here, because I strongly disagree with Ezola's politics and her decision to run as Pat Buchanan's running mate. However, there is no escaping the fact that this book is poorly written. She jumps from topic to topic, but the soapbox speech is the same every time. Her arrogance is distracting. "What's Right for All Americans"???? Come on, who would profess to know such a thing? The clincher for me is when she writes an open letter to Rosa Parks, suggesting that the icon is a fraud and unworthy of our respect. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it in print.

And I was going to be objective! All in all, I would expect something so revolting to be a more interesting read.