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A Challenge to Established Mindset

Revisado: 01-13-23

Its a wonderful experience when an author/researcher lays out information with which one is familiar and then challenges to a new reveal.

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Book Evolves Strangely

Revisado: 06-09-22

Had I known the author's ultimate conclusions I likely would have been interested. And, bought the TWO books. Author's history lesson is full of valuable information... possibly as selective as others I've read...but entirely thought provoking. Wish I had 100+ years to see how sapiens play out. Of course, we may not be sapiens by then.

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Of Universal Benefit

Revisado: 01-27-22

I am hard pressed to think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading this book

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The Will to Change: Great Exercise for Rethinking

Revisado: 01-05-22

Valuable. Time Well Spent. She does a good job of supporting her argument with solid references

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Pithy. Chronological yet Each Chapter Succinct

Revisado: 09-30-21

Certainly a complete and concise review of the world’s influential religions. Totally Worth the read.

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Dying of Whiteness

Revisado: 07-18-19

It's first.. I hope among many others to start the analysis of holding people in check hurts the "holder".
Biology, Anthropology, History of Civilizations, Genetics, and more, have determined, when free of most social bias, that humans are much like one another, with the same capacities..
If whiteness was absolutely superior no civil law would ever have been necessary to preserve the fact.
Certainly, hurting oneself in order to preserve an artificial construct is beyond reason.

A good read..

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Fascism

Revisado: 07-22-18

Great history lesson. Details from one who lived through a good bit of this 20th century period. Enough perspective on the paths to Fascism to give one pause.

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Messing with the Enemy

Revisado: 06-18-18

Very thought provoking. Interesting recap of the start of the influence of digital media...long before most of us would have believed. Clearly, as individuals and as a country we are unprepared for the effects, the potency and the social restructuring likely with this 'instant' technology.
What is equally interesting is that based upon the author's premise I think we would sacrifice our collective principles for immediate social/psychological gains. Once that cat is out of the bag we are ripe to 'fall for' whomever has manipulative skills. Oh wait..wasn't that always true..just happens instantly now. No need to buy me dinner!

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A Higher Loyalty

Revisado: 06-12-18

Enormous amount of facts for readers who would seek out additional corroborating information. Plain language encourages plain understanding. No doubt. by design Comey's delivery and word use give a feeling of authenticity. If fundamentally true the US is in for a rough ride.

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The New Jim Crow

Revisado: 03-13-17

An extraordinary work of analysis that does not short change the totality of US racial history while revealing the complexity of our recent 40 to 50 years right up and through the Obama years. We, students of history, have been aware that power re-invents itself as necessary in order to maintain itself yet too often understanding the means by which that occurs required a long wordy treatment. Alexander's contribution to my learning is a succinct e-opening nuanced education of times that I have lived through. I did not sleep through. I was alert and even participated.

Giving due respect to such thinkers as ML King, DuBois, Baldwin, others...she challenges us to acknowledge our limitations, to re-think what our results have been and I dare say to get out of the way ....

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