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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (129131)	2/25/2001 9:57:52 PM
From: RON BL	Respond to of 769667

Ken did you notice that I said all they needed was the door opened. Once the door was opened black athletes didn't need any programs by whites to help them out. Years ago I marched for civil rights. I remember saying to some white racists what are you afraid of ? All they are asking for is the chance to compete. All they want to know is that if they do the right thing they will be rewarded. Now that is not the case is it ? Ken it is time for you to read some other perspectives on this issue. That is if you still have an open mind. Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America by John H. McWhorter. (by the way in the book he states that he knew he never had to do as well as his white counterparts and that in essence that knowledge cheated him) "Is school a "white" thing? If not, then why do African-American students from comfortable middle-class backgrounds perform so badly in the classroom? What is it that prevents so many black college students in the humanities and social sciences from studying anything other than black subjects? Why do young black people, born decades after the heyday of the Civil Rights movement, see victimhood as the defining element of their existence? " Here is a reviews on the book. From Booklist McWhorter makes compelling arguments for the failure of African Americans to achieve academic success. He posits three causes of this failure, which he characterizes as victimology, separatism, and anti-intellectualism. McWhorter's "cult of victimology" is the "transformation of victimhood from a problem to be solved into an identity in itself." Such action keeps the victims and others from acknowledging that progress has been made. The "cult of separatism" is the attempt to self-protect by only engaging in activities that are for blacks. The "cult of anti-intellectualism" is the attitude that any authentic black person would not desire intellectual pursuits but rather consider such efforts alien and suspicious. McWhorter stresses that his position about the challenges faced by African American students is based on cultural issues within the black community and not on economic factors. This book will surely enrage and shock many. A cogently written academic look at a very emotional and debatable topic. Lillian Lewis Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved