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Black Genius [Hardcover]

Walter Mosely (Author), Walter Mosley (Editor)
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These essays are taken from a symposium held in New York University's Africana Studies Program, whose participants included gifted writers and thinkers from the upper echelon of Afro-American achievement. The organizer, novelist Walter Mosley, writes, "The intent of Black Genius was to assemble a group of black intellectuals, artists, political activists, economists who have broken the visor and seen beyond the fallacies of race.... We wanted to present the stories of women and men who had made it in spite of the system." Farai Chideya delivers an on-point analysis of the media's misrepresentation of blacks and offers a blueprint for more up-front and behind-the-scenes representation in the newsroom. Critic Stanley Crouch body-slams the negroidal nihilism and black "gansta" mentality in rap music, while Angela Davis delivers a nightmarish assessment of the growing African American prison population. Others--including Julianne Malveaux, Randall Robinson, Spike Lee, and Anna Deveare Smith--take aim at health, the film industry, Wall Street, and the state of African-descended people around the world. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Conceived as a community colloquium of "black intellectuals, artists, political activists, and economists" sponsored by NYU's Africana studies department, this volume reprints discussions on economics, political power, work, authority and culture. Genius, according to Mosley, refers to "that quality which capitalizes the hopes and talents and character of a people" and is "something we all share." Poet Haki Madhubuti urges black independent entrepreneurship based on his experience as founder, in 1967, of Third World Press and of the New Concept School in Chicago. Feminist scholar bell hooks decries the toxic effects of "hedonistic materialism." Stanley Crouch's clear-eyed, scathing and exciting "Straighten Up and Fly Right" centers on personal responsibility and laments both the "narcissistic" self-destructiveness of rap artists and the "celebration of rednecks" in America at large. Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Emerge editor George Curry (on the necessity of computer literacy) and performance artist Anna Deveare Smith add their voices to the collection. Perhaps because of the inclusive nature of the project, the quality of the selections is uneven, and the whole is no greater than the sum of its parts. But the best pieces are original, thoughtful and passionate. Photos not seen by PW.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Diversity of Opinions and Backgrounds very welcoming, Oct 18 2000
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Too many times the Black community is treated as if we all believe only one idea or follow one way of doing things. "Black Genius" brings out the qualities our many talented Kings and Queens by providing personal narratives with solutions to many concerns that effect the Black Community daily. I highly recommend this book. If you are concerned about issues in the Black community you wont be dissapointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Appetizing Food for Thought, Feb 27 2000
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This is some of the heaviest reading I have chosen in a long time. While I must say I did not agree with several of the viewpoints of the collective writers, the writing was done with conviction and the ideas were thought-provoking. I recommend this book to any students of African American history, Journalism or Economics. I thought a better title for this work would have been Collective Black Genius.
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5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT!, Oct 5 1999
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The only reason I bought this book is because Walter Mosley's name was attached to it. Mosley is one of America's most valuable treasures, and I jump at any opportunity to experience his words. However, while his essay is excellent, the other authors more than hold their own.

I don't know who the intended audience is for this book, but I think it should be required reading for everyone. From age 15 through 90. Liberal, conservative, egalitarian, libertarian, agnostic, spiritual, what have you.

I cannot put my respect for this book into words. I am saddened with the realization that this book will go unnoticed by many because of a number of reasons. This book deserves much more recognition than it has received to date.

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