Robert L. Woodson Sr.Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers

What a great read about the failures and the triumphs of America. There are so many inspiring stories about our country that are never mentioned by our leaders or news media. The stories of black men and women who endured and prospered despite racism are truly inspirational.

Robert Woodson Sr. Is the founder and President of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (NCNE) It emphasizes the importance of self empowerment and self management approaches for ending poverty. Woodson worked for the National Urban League, and he was a research fellow with the American Enterprise Institute before leaving, in 1981, to found NCNE.Woodson, and the individual essay writers he has gathered here, acknowledge endemic hindrances to Black achievement in the United States. Their main focus, however, is in describing how young Black Americans can use their own personal, real, abilities to raise themselves out of the negative consequences of the generational failure that seems to permeate Black life in the United States.Simply put, stop thinking of yourself as a “victim”, doomed to failure. You are not! You will only fail if you live your life as a victim, blaming others for your perceived failures. Even with the negative consequences of slavery, and Jim Crow and Segregation, seeing yourself as a “victim”, and blaming fate and others for your position in life, doesn’t make you strong. In fact, it makes you weak. It makes you even more dependent on the “generosity”, the magnanimity, of politicians and “hustlers” who make their living—a very good one, too—promising Black Americans to raise them out of the situation in which they find themselves.To me, accepting this line of thinking is a fascinating event, because the same people, or their fathers before them, have been promising Black Americans—I’ll call it—salvatio if they only vote, and support, them. This has been going on for over sixty years. Nothing, in all that time, seems to have changed-except the collapse of the Black family and the general failure of Black education. Following that line of thinking, in short, has ended badly.Anyway, the book’s essays are well thought out, intellectually honest, and are an honest response to the current “salvation” method: Critical Race Theory (CRT). It’s definitely a motivating, worthwhile, read—even though it will, probably, not overcome the current racial grand issue (CRT), it does intelligently describe another way.But, after all is said and done, I’m a caucasian, so I probably shouldn’t be believed as far as the way out of poverty is concerned. Anyway, read the book.

This book was an easy read, most people can finish in two hours or less. Unfortunately no matter what you read in our current environment someone will make a political play to further their own ideology and self preservation. I am an upper middle class Black person in my late 40s and I can honestly attest that 1776 nor 1619 means much to me when it comes to understanding race and America. The majority of my friends 99.9% have multiple degrees and/or are highly successful entrepreneurs and we rarely talk about race in America or a hatred for life in America. Most of us truly cannot relate to either of these crowds. It seems 1619 and 1776 are a bunch of folk on both sides who are peddling race to further what they believe to be the American experience. The only folk that seem to care appear to be dwindling in size as America grows older and progresses.- Robert Woodson Sr & Dr. John Sibley Butler by far had the most informative essays. Robert Woodson even talked about the big taboo in America, on the subject of generational poor whites. Dr. Butler dropped the mic on facts about the Black bourgeoisie.- Carol Swain could have been left out. This is a self-absorbed, angry, bitter Black conservative who bashes diversity and equity after she has directly benefited. In addition plays her "woe is me" liberal academia cannot accept me and that is why I was fired. Apparently self-accountability for her own actions don't apply to her situation. Not to mention this woman used the word "I" at least 100 times or more in one essay...she is completely all about her 5 degrees and appointment at Princeton. Ignoring the fact it took her 5 degrees to accomplish what most white men in academia did with only two degrees. So she plays the misunderstood Black conservative..Black card. Smh and bashing liberals is nothing new. Hermann Cain played that role all the way to his death believing a conspiracy theory about the virus that took his life COVID. Now this woman thinks that she is the only Black person who has ever been poor and somehow managed to find success...or that her story is worth telling in 2021. Now she is spreading a conspiracy theory about reparations.- John McWhorter and Shelby Steele are still talking about white guilt...yawn! I have not met any white folk today Liberal, Progressive, Conservative or other that feel guilty about anything their forefathers did. They have basically made this up and is a theory only. These folk wonder why most of their audiences are filled with folk who believe 45 actually won the election. There are billionaire Liberals and poor Conservatives. So obviously politics does not truthfully have anything to do with why some achieve and others do not. Yet let them tell it Black people who are poor, is because of liberal policies. Liberalism does not explain generationally poor white Conservatives.American history does not need rescuing as most people after grade school don't even think about the history of the US or their state as life priorities take hold and Holidays no matter the reason have become good for travel, relaxation or fun. This book will go in the shelf with all the others.

This book of essays devastates what you have been told about race history in the US. Essays like the 1619 Project are based on Neo Marxist Fascist feelings rather than facts.This book is edited by a true Civil Rights pioneer (Robert L. Woodson) and blows the lid off of the mainstream Media's narrative regarding US race history with indisputable facts instead of highly charged emotional revisionism.Only read this book if you want to learn what really happened on this subject!

I'd never heard of this wonderful organisation until I read this book. It confirms what Thomas So well has been saying all his life. Black people don't need governmental intervention but they do need to be left alone. It contains a fine essay by Shelby Steele. I'm English but I am an admirer of the US.