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Friend Thy Obadiah run out
If the point of this book is to inspire readers to realize what they don’t want, and to encourage them to take pride and passion in their own lives, and seize open opportunities, then its’ value is a treasure.
But if it’s about keeping readers fixed in the victim mentality, blaming perpetrators from a past era and former culture for who and what we are – and are not – today, the book is a dismal failure.
We all know well how many whites treated black slaves in the 1800s. But this is 2010, and congratulations to the many African-Americans who take to heart and soul, the passionate message of Martin Luther King. They move forward in their own lives with the same passion, pride and expectations of a good existence for themselves and their families.
Others are still slaves, bound by bitter recall that keeps them standing still, settling for less, or worse, going nowhere at all. If this book teaches them to free themselves of the imaginary, long outdated chains, then congratulations to the author for her valuable contributions.
It doesn’t matter what color I am, the message applies to everyone.