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From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today
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From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today is a no-holds- barred analysis of contemporary liberalism and the havoc it is wreaking in American culture. From race to abortion, to feminism, immigration and education, the ideas and public policies produced by the Left are hindering self-government and damaging lives, say Peterson and Stetson. Through the prism of Jesse Lee Peterson's fascinating life experience and his history of grassroots community work on the streets of riot-torn south-central Los Angeles, Peterson and Stetson examine the violations of common sense and sound thinking that the civil rights establishment and its amen chorus of liberal lobbies constantly perpetrate against the American public. Peterson and Stetson point the way out of the statist mentality steadily overtaking our public life, advocating a new culture of self-responsibility and moral renewal able to resuscitate the sagging spirits of an American public accustomed to looking everywhere but within themselves for the solutions to their personal and political problems.
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Pages 132
Dimensions: Length: 9.24" Width: 6.23" Height: 0.64"
Weight: 0.88 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 1557787883
EAN 9781557787880
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 | A Very Great Man Oct 21, 2006 |
| Jesse Lee Peterson is the epitome of bravery and greatness. He is one of the few people who's truly color blind. He also recognizes that today's racism is more residual than prevalent. He confronts the true issues haunting the black community and it's NOT institutional racism from whites. It's a propensity toward crime (blacks are 13% of population yet commit more than 40% of ALL crimes), very high illegitimacy (nearly 80%!!of all black babies are born out of wedlock), sexual promiscuity/immorality (HIV/AIDS is not only rampant in Africa, it's growing exponentially among American blacks), sale and use of illegal drugs, and a lack of education (more than half are high school dropouts). Also at issue is the black rap culture which denigrates women, encourages violence, and further degrades society. In summary, the black community is plagued by an overwhelming moral malaise. All races and creeds should support Rev. Peterson in his cause. There's a victim mentality which is routinely perpetrated on blacks by so called leaders. This mentality breeds hate and despair. We all want the black community to succeed. But we need more George Washington Carvers, Frederick Douglass', Harriet Tubmans, Booker T. Washingtons AND Jesse Lee Petersons- and fewer Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons. | | |  | A Self-made Man Speaks Out Mar 11, 2006 |
Peterson is a self-made man and obviously is, and should be, proud of it. He is so proud of it in fact that he sees himself as the living paragon of black bootstrap success; the model that all blacks should strive for and emulate. Its the tired old "if I can do it, anyone can do it" model of black American success.
There is of course a lot to be said for this model; and it certainly does no harm to promote it as a template for black male success -- especially these days when there are so few models except for rich whiney athletes, hustlers, drug pushers and rap stars. However, like the liberals he criticizes so mercilessly, Peterson is also guilty of not being able to see beyond the idiosyncarcies of his own experience.
Terms like "systemic" and "structural" racism obviously have no place in his reasoning nor any real meaning to him. He would of course dismiss the idea that black Americans are not the worst off in this culture. Yet, it is true. Arguably, Native Americans are not just worse off, but are much worse off than blacks. They do not live cramped in the inner city ghettoes, rife with crime, drugs, and illigitmacy, and arguably are the most assimilated of all of America's minority groups, yet they are much, much worse off than blacks. How does Mr. Peterson begin to explain this phenomenon in terms of his bootstrap success model?
Surely he will use whatever cultural characteristics Native Americans have and exhibit, against them; that is, he will continue explaining away their problems by blaming their character. If so, then we can move on to poor white people, who in various pockets of America, are also as bad off, if not worse off than most blacks, and incredibly these very hard working high moral and religious people have all of the advantages of being members of the superior white race. Again, one would presume that Mr. peterson would have to find some clever way of attributing negroid behavior and character to them, and claim IT to be responsible for their lack of "bootstrapped" success.
I believe the poor, all poor, not just the black poor, must share some of the responsibility for their plight. Yet, there are indeed larger forces in play in our society which are determinative in many, if not most instances. And for that reason alone there must be an end put to these "blame the victim" testimonials masquerading as social theory and explanation.
Jessie Peterson's success is admirable on its face and he should justifiably be proud of it. But it does not explain anything but how he as one individual "lucked out." As much as we all wish it were true, his success is not a fail-safe template for U.S. success, writ large any more than the liberal welfare system was a template for raisng the poor out of poverty. These problems are just not that simple.
The point of systemic racism is that in gerenal, young white men, do not have to "luck out." For them success is a given, unless they screw up along the way; and even then they get multiple chances to correct their mistakes and move again onto the success track.
For young black men such as Peterson, the opposite is true: failure is a given unless all the stars of the universe happen to line up in the proper configuration, and even then white people must like you and you must have the right attitude, wear the righ clothes and speak properly.
Booby traps are planted everywhere -- specifically to snare you. One bad credit report, one too many traffic violations, one fist fight, one bad report card, one too many sick days, not to mention going to jail for even the most trivial reason, and your success story is over. What would be minor indiscretions for a young white, are life sentences for a black male youth.
I "lucked out" and so did Mr.Peterson, but I am willing to bet any amount of money, that as is true in my case, that in the same household as Mr. Peterson, with the same strong values and high moral codes that he seems so proud of, that very few if any of his other own siblings were able to "luck out" to success as he did.
Although there are many good aspects to this book, overall it is anti-intellectual, narrow-minded and a self-serving vehicle for morally questionable right-wing causes and propaganda. Clearly Mr. Peterson is cashing in on his radio show popularity. And even though his success story -- being an uneducated black man and yet making it in a very hostile American culture -- is one worth telling -- a little humility and less of the right-wing tripe -- would have made this a much more interesting piece.
Despite these shortcomings, I still recommend that blacks read it -- if for no other reason than to see what a narrowminded success story, and having a right-wing political pedigree and connections can do to swell the head of an uneducated black man. Two stars | | |  | Not as good as SCAM Apr 21, 2004 |
| This was not all that bad, but it is not as good as his book SCAM. This book doesn't really focus on the decietfulness of black leaders, but it does however, show the very anti-white statements that blacks make, like black authors, black entertainers, and that there are black groups that actively don't want whites to adopt black kids. Could you picture the outcry if there were a white group that tried to prevent blacks from adopting white kids? Such bigotry would never be tolerate in this politically correct culture. I didn't like his chapter on abortion, because to me it is like capital punishment; you already have you mind set up before coming into the debate. I did think his views on immigration were interesting. IN fact, I was kind of shocked to hear a black man speak out against illegal immigration. Peterson states taht it's already bad enough in LA and other major US cities that black males have higher unemployment rates, but add that with illegal immigrants who take their jobs. This also deters teenagers and young adults when illegal take low paying jobs, because those menial jobs are a good way to get experience, get a good work ethic and learn job skills. It's really not that spectacular. I would say pick up his book, "SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America" | | |  | You asked for it, well here it is Dec 31, 2002 |
This book really hit home for me. Peterson provides some fundamental reasons as to why the black community has not reached it's full potential. We are the only race that has completely politicized our culture. In return we have recieved promises and rhetoric, and yet the chasm that seperates the black community grows wider.
His assessment of our so-called leadership is also dead on. Unfortunately, many people will call him an "Uncle Tom" or self-hating black. However, one only has to honestly read the book, not from the perspective of politics, i.e. Democrats or Republicans, but from the perspective of honest self evaluation.
An excellent read. | | | | Can't stand Jesse Jackson? You'll love Jesse Peterson! May 5, 2002 |
| Jesse Peterson is exactly what all Americans need to get past racial tensions created by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.... Take care of your children, demand a quality education from the teacher's union, clean up your house and call the cops if someone is doing bad things beyond your control. Then we'll see how much racism there really is and begin to focus on what needs to be done to correct inequities and help the needy. | | | Write your own review about From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today
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