I am going to start this review by telling you this is a book you should read. It is a book that educated me as to what is going on concerning rights of blacks in the United States.
Don't turn me off. It is not just that. It also concerns the political handling of civil rights.
Recall the statement made by our President Trump when he told the black voters who were supporting democrats that they were opening themselves up to bad schools, high crime and higher unemployment that they should join his campaign for "What the hell do you have to lose?"
This book attempts to answer that. And I feel it does a good job. It is not an easy book to read and Williams does not sugar coat his analysis .
He starts by tracing the Civil Rights problem way back to the start which would be during the civil war when the black was not allowed to read or learn things, being thought being intellectually incapable. And then the treatment after the freeing.
I feel the white population fort eh most part don't know the history of the black person whose history intersects and strives to melt with European History.
What we have is a story of alternate universes. There are radicals in both groups who deny it or are ignorant at best. I feel the movement known as Black Lives Matter could have been avoided if the Europeans in American government had paid attention to the history steam of other nationalities, but not to the extent they blend and disappear.
By ignoring the other histories, we have enabled the so called supremacy of both groups to emerge.
Williams looks at the issue in six areas. Voting rights, Education, Public Accommodations, Black Voices, Employment, and lastly, Housing. He doesn't shout or blamer. He just states the facts.
I may have already said it. This is not an easy read if you are looking for something that will calm you.
It has the subtitle "Trump's War on Civil Rights". When we are asked what is Trump doing for the blacks in America? we must answer with Williams, he is ignoring it. His banner for the 2016 election was to Make America Great. And now it seems to be Make America Great Again. Does that mean, turn the system back to before the civil rights movement or even to the civil rights of the days of the civil war?
I will allow you to come to your own conclusion after you read the book.
It is published by the Hachette Book Group. The copyright is 2018. And it retails for $27.00.
