"Collectively, they paint a vivid picture of black people living the grand American experience, however bumpy the road may be along the way. But rather than a people apart, blacks are woven into the united whole that makes this nation unique in history. "
The message of the book Red, White, and Black to America is, "If blacks could achieve these great things of creating their own railroad, if we were able to build our own Wall Streets, if we were able to achieve in schools, and reduce the income gap … then we need to apply these old values to a new vision.”
Who is Bob Woodson?
Simon and Schuster' Bio...
Community activist Robert L. “Bob” Woodson has devoted his career to helping low-income people transcend their impoverished conditions. Woodson has used his own rise from poverty to assist him as the founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (NCNE).
Woodson received a prestigious “Genius Grant” from the MacArthur Foundation in 1990. He sits on the boards of the American Association of Enterprise Zones, the Commission on National and Community Service, and the Commonwealth Foundation. Woodson has also written extensively on issues of poverty and empowerment.
What is America really about?
Woodward believes America rewards grace and virtue. and that there’s going to be a revival coming soon, and that revival is going to come from low-income black neighborhoods because those neighborhoods are untouched by wokeness. No one there claims that fathers are not relevant.”
Race Fixation
Emphasis on race is "white progressive narcissism.' He believes white America needs to "some in the courage to stand up to these progressive bigots and pursue truth "
Woodson's Goal
Bob's hope for the future is that America can get race off the table, so we can deal with the moral and spiritual free fall that is consuming all races of people…the emphasis on race now is acting as a primary barrier for us to address the deeper malaise facing this country.
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