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Why Black People Tend to Shout: Cold Facts and Wry Views from a Black Man's World
by Ralph Wiley
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation (1991-03)
ISBN: 1559720735
EAN: 9781559720731
Dewy Decimal #: 305.896073
Hardcover: 200 pages
SKU: T070906-6169
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Very good overall condition. No writing, very tight binding. A stain on first two pages. Ships same day or next in a bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A collection of essays on popular culture as it relates to African Americans includes discussions of Spike Lee, Jackie Robinson, Bernhard Goetz, Marion Barry, ""What Black People Don't Like,"" and ""The Natural Superiority of Black Athletes."" Reprint.
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Customer Reviews
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Satire at it's best
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-02-06
3 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a white female teacher in a mostly black area, I often discover that the students are the worst stereotypers of each other. They call intelligent well-spoken kids "whitey," and often try not to see that there is value in education and knowledge. Ralph Wiley shows intellect, a gift of satire, and gets into their heads to vocalize what many feel but can't say. I teach his essays in English and encourage my students to use them in dramatic reading competitions, "freaking out" the middle class kids who also attend. My students and I admire his honesty, wit and in-your-face attitude. He not only "calls out" whites, but blacks who hold themselves down and who hold down others as well. As they remind me, he "keeps it real!"
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A Poor Writer Spreads Hateful Conspiracy Theories
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-04-23
5 out of 18 customers found this reveiw helpful
Understandably defensive about his unfocused and rambling writing style, the late Ralph Wiley used his limited talents to lower the standard of discourse on race relations in America. Wiley's various conspiracy theories, which comprise the bulk of "Why Black People Tend To Shout," don't withstand scrutiny, and they offer no solutions. His book has value only as a sociological example of one African American male's mindset in the late 20th century. The most accurate review comes from a paraphrasing of Wiley's own words: "A very unoriginal human being, this [Ralph Wiley]. Poisoned by the deciders in his youth, he learned his hate, and also learned how to pass off his own inadequacies on other people. If he didn't get something, it was somebody else's fault, not his. [Ralph Wiley] didn't leave such thinking behind in the seventh grade, like most everybody else. He had hit upon a business."
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Good Stuff
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-03-18
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I enjoyed this collection -- it was thought-provoking. I like Wiley's work a lot, and getting his take on topics unrelated to sports was a change. He's not compelled to find an answer for every problem, and he doesn't try to be fair to everyone all the time. Someone called Ralph Wiley "an authentic voice," and this collection justifies the description.
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Why Black People Tend to Shout is honest and forthcoming!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-11-19
5 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
Ralph Wiley is a genius! This book had me laughing and inspired all at the same time. I wrote to Mr. Wiley and congratulated him on his straight talk. He responded to me in good time. I was even more impressed. His passing caught me by surprise. I purchased his second book, What Black People Should Do Now. It was also good.
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Why Black People Tend to Shout: Cold Facts and Wry Views from a Black Man's World
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-10-13
1 out of 36 customers found this reveiw helpful
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