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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •Great book.
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •it's a long ass book, but really interesting!
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •^^^^^
It'll really give you a macro perspective on everything that's a trend LOLOL, from fashion, to politics, to business to love to society to psychology you name it. Definitely a good book to keep you grounded & sane LOL.
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •good review of the book
The title of this book intrigued me as a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in sociology with a concentration in sociology of education. I do not shy away from books or articles I suspect a priori are going to be contrary to my own beliefs...doing so would certainly limit my ability to be well rounded in any respect.
I read McWhorter's book. I though long and hard about McWhorter's arguments. I see the appeal of his perspective. But his arguments have an insurmountable flaw: He provides little to no reliable, empirical evidence to support his claims. In fact, he dismisses the efforts of social scientists who meticulously design studies (both quantitative and qualitative) with randomized samples, clear research questions, and well-crafted agendas for answering the questions they set forth. How can McWhorter do so when he provides no reference to RELIABLE empirical evidence to support his own claims? Most of his references (because yes, I am obsessed with flipping to the "Notes" pages) come from the public realm (i.e. newspapers and periodicals) and speeches by well-known public figures who share his point of view.
I am not suggesting information from the public realm is not worthy of attention or not worthy as reliable sources. However, when trying to explain something as complex as the current social and economic position of African-Americans in the US, sole reliance on such sources just will not do. There are many, many academic researchers out there working hard to come up with explanations of the social phenomena McWhorter refers to as "self-sabotage." His three "cults" seem too simplistic an explanation for the many layers (i.e. history) and socio-economic interactions involved in explaining the social position of African-Americans.
People call it "blaming the victim" or ascribing Arican-Americans to a "culture of failure" when it comes to education...years ago it was known as the "culture of poverty." I do not in any way discount the role of culture in shaping the lives of any member of society. Culture is real, powerful, and important for any attempt to understand better the societies in which people live. However, the STRUCTURE of society is similarly powerful, real, and important for any attempt to understand better the societies in which people live. Culture tends to change at a rate faster than social structure. Social structural change is historically slow...but to discount the effect of social structure on the social position of any group within American society is foolish.
I know there are African-American students who are uninterested in school. I know there are white students uninterested in school. My question is: for the majority of white students uninterested in school does this disinterest stem from dilapidated school buildings? from overcrowded schools filled well beyond maximum capacity? from schools with 6 bathrooms in which only 1 is operational? from having teachers with less education, less experience? from out-dated textbooks and lackluster technology from which to learn?
For disengaged white students, I believe the answers to these questions are no. However, for disengaged African-American students, I believe a great number of them would agree that structural conditions at schools to which they must attend has a significant effect on their desire to learn.
Think of it this way: if your job lacked a bathroom, had rats, had HVAC systems that make rooms stifling hot, had a boss with little qualifications to lead you, would you look to yourself as the explanation for why you do not like work?
I doubt it.
This is something McWhorter should think about before overgeneralizing an entire group of people within our society.
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •Also have the Metu Neter on standby. I was introduced to this one in the early nineties by one of my homeboys brothers but I never read through the whole thing. I'm about to go ahead and lock it in after I'm done with Malcolm though.
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •I'm reading this book now...I swear I can't put it down I've read over 100 pages in 2 days..really good book
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •The Magic of Thinking Big
Think & Grow Rich
Ask and It Is Given
Outwitting the Devil
As a Man Thinketh
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •Hoodlum Preacher (recommended to me by an i.c member)
Jack Johnson 'Unforgivable Blackness'
Monster
Mr Nice (biggest weed dealer ever)
Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
Assata
Malcolm X
Ice Man (crazy crazy crazy book)
Bill Bryson - Made In America
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1 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether 1GOAT LOL •Thanks for the drops, gonna check out some of the books you recommended, Ive been needing some new reading material...
@ Hyde Park, been meaning to buy The Prophet, good looks on reminding Me
@ TheChozen un, I think My bredren read The Game, He was telling Me about it while ago, something bout offering A chick chewing gum when you first meet and stuff haha
@ Alkindus, whats up breda, gonna check that 'Casimir graaf von Schlippenbach book if I can find English version lol
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0 • Wack Feelings Nosign Cosign Ether GOAT LOL •its an autobiography, dude is a well known serial killer/mafia hitman... he died in prison not so long ago, its no more falsification than any other autobiography... he killed pauly castellano at sparks...
another good book i finished few months ago is 'slash' the autobiography of the guitarist from guns n roses
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