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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.

 



About the Author

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.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition ~1st Printing edition (February 5, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312367333
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312367336
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #325,663 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Media malpractice: the shameful willingness to provide a megaphone for baseless, outlandish charges of racism; the failure to highlight the tremendous progress of minorities over the past forty years; and the unwillingness to seek out minority voices to counter the histrionics of the Jesse Jacksons, the Al Sharptons, and their willing liberal conspirators in the media and the Democratic Party. Read the first page
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New Orleans, Democratic Party, Los Angeles, Jesse Jackson, Stupid Blacks, Republican Party, New York, United States, President Bush, Stupid Black Leaders, Nation of Islam, Reverend Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina, White House, Kansas City, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Harold Ford, Supreme Court, Uncle Tom, Jim Crow, George Bush, Danny Glover, Rodney King
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89 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent point of view, February 13, 2008
Elder advocates personal responsibility and hard work in this book, as opposed to the constant victim ideology espoused by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Elder's call is very similar to those by Bill Cosby - instead of using white people as scapegoats, let's fix our OWN problems first! Great book and a message the black community desperately needs to hear and apply.
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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars There's nothing "stupid" about the message, March 8, 2008
With a title like Stupid Black Men and the state of our PC society, it is no wonder author Larry Elder is experiencing (as he writes in an essay for Town Hall) difficulty in securing bookings to promote his book. He says, "Bookings to promote my new book Stupid Black Men: How to Play the Race Card--and Lose," have been difficult. Many media outlets--television, radio, magazines--flatly turn me down, because they find the title `offensive.' The unwillingness to offend, to avoid the appearance of racism, proves one of the main points of my book--that white racism no longer poses a significant problem in American life." Author Elder is a problem for the PC crowd who thrives on controlling the black community through fear mongering. He decries the cottage industry of some black leaders that make victims out of the black community. As a black man, he has experience and as a learned black man, he points out the flaws in the victim mentality.

Elder discusses the race issue openly and debunks the ideas set forth by those in the black community (and society at large) who would say the `man' is keeping the community `down.' He doesn't leave anyone behind in delivering his message. He takes on the liberal media, Hollywood celebrities, Al Sharpton, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Danny Glover and others.

While Elder is witty and sometimes downright humorous, there is no mistaking his seriousness. And he follows up his assertions with facts and figures. He successfully tackles the state of `race' in America and also delivers a message of hope. Work hard, think, make good choices and be positive.

Armchair Interviews says: Larry Elder's Stupid Black Men is a must read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Free-Thinkers: Feed On This, February 12, 2008
Those who say there is no room for this perspective on race are unwittingly propogating the failures of recent history to "prop up" the black man who "needs your help". For how many more decades can we say that America has not given everyone a fair shake? This country was built on the "can-do" attitude of the literate and illiterate. If American minorities continually accept others' "help" and constant labeling as "in- need" and "unskilled", they embrace the same negative lables that conote "lazy" and "second-class". A first-class human helps themselves as much as they can, and even rejects kind-hearted help out of a sense of pride. Where is the pride in taking another persons' job just because you were born with different skin colors? Where is the pride of getting into college not because of performance, but because of DNA? Racial profiling is legal and considered just in this country. If you won't question these facts, how can you call yourself a free thinker?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Now how to get those who think my identical views are not racist
Wow!!! I could not stop reading this book. I felt I was reading what I had believed all along but did not have the facts to back them up. Just personal observations. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tominator

4.0 out of 5 stars He really lays it out in simple terms
Mr. Elder doesn't pull any punches here. He cites multiple example of the double standard that exists in America, specifically regarding race. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ben Dover

4.0 out of 5 stars Larry is only telling us what most of us already knew.
As a Latino American male, this book was an eye opening fact filled reading experience. I may not agree with all of Larry Elders politics but I would recommend this book to any... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Steven Lopez

2.0 out of 5 stars Elder is just as guilty of racial pimping.
Depending on a particular audience, I am often considered both a conservative or a liberal. I hate such labels as mostly they are used to divide the populace and keep them... Read more
Published 6 months ago by mjaytee

5.0 out of 5 stars Elders Gets It Right Once Again
This has to be one of the funniest books I have ever read. Larry Elder really hits the nail on the head with this one by verbalizing a lot of what so many of us are thinking but... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jinger Jarrett

4.0 out of 5 stars Larry Elder classic! Playing the 'race card' puts black men into false sense of security!
Larry Elder, one of today's best black
Amer-I-can authors lays it bare present-
ing case after case of where the political
left leads unaware black American men... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ricahrd A. Salzer

5.0 out of 5 stars A message that needs to be heard.
Larry Elder has once again placed a spotlight on the real enemy of the black community...ourselves. This book not only points out, in great detail, where we have gone wrong but... Read more
Published 7 months ago by E. Byrne

5.0 out of 5 stars get smart and win!
thank you larry elder for your superb treatment of our social ills as concerns the issues that you addressed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by David Mapes

1.0 out of 5 stars Larry Elder is a stupid black man...
Racism is not dead, nor is it gone, it is simply internalized and harder to see... especially for rich white-acting men like Larry Elder. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Alex G. Holmes

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't have said it better
Larry Elder is a conservative black man, who, like Bill Cosby, is not afraid to criticize his own people and he does it with facts that will astonish the casual reader. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Bradford H. Bryant

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