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Title: What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace by Walter Mosley ISBN: 1-57478-020-4 Publisher: Black Classic Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mosley call us to think, to speak, and to act.
Comment: The gift of the George W. Bush presidency is a wake up call. With What Next, Walter Mosley contributes beautifully and practically to that awakening. Written in a readable voice that is like having a long cup of coffee with Mr. Mosley, this book needs to be spread far and wide --- not just for his specific thoughts and ideas, but also for the inspiration it provides for us all to think for ourselves rather than simply accepting what we are spoon fed.
Buy several copies and help spread the word.
- Thom Rutledge, author of Embracing Fear (HarperSanFrancisco)
Rating: 3
Summary: REFLECTION ON PEACE
Comment: Walter Mosley is one who moves beyond the tag of being a mystery writer. In this slender volume he shares his reflections and thoughts on how to achieve world peace.According to Mosley African-Americans hold the key in achieving world peace due to their unique experience in America.
How does Mosley get to this idea? He shares with us a story told to him by his father. LeRoy Mosley shares his epiphany of being an American through his World War II experience. He states, "It was the Germans and the Americans who were at war... I didn't know I was an American until they ( the Germans) started shooting at me." The senior Mosley reveals the paradox of being Black in America. Blacks are seen as outsiders by the majority population but those who are America's enemies don't make a distinction between Black and White. Regardless of ethnicity, Americans are seen as the enemy.
Using his father's story as the launching point, Mosley looks at the events of September 11th and sees that blacks are identified with the oppressor even if they are considered outsiders. Since Blacks occupy a precarious position in the society they can understand the anger of the enemy. As Americans Blacks can no longer remain silent about world affairs. They must become key players for America's fate is tied to African-Americans.
Mosley calls for grassroots organization, the utilization of the media and political action in order for African-Americans to engage America in promoting piece. You don't have to be a political science major to realize the need for such actions. Mosley has some good thoughts but he rambles and at times you wonder how he got from point A to point B. He speaks about the silence of Blacks concerning 9-11 but fails to point out that the so-called silence was due to the media and not passivism on the part of African-Americans. His ideas are so general as to be useless. After all, haven't these steps have already been taken?
I applaud Mr. Mosley for starting the conversation about peace but he needs to add more depth and detail into what he feels African-Americans can do to achieve it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Great intentions
Comment: Very readable, but ultimately not very fulfilling. Mr. Mosley has lofty goals in this monograph which sets out to promote movement towards world peace. His stories are interesting and unique, but his prescription doesn't add much to the dialogue on issues of racism and violence.
Mr. Mosley says he is going to provide direction for real action, but his suggestions are vague and, sometimes, cliche. This is a very quick read, so I feel comfortable recommending it. If you are looking for insightful commentary and are willing to spend time reading it, I would suggest you look elsewhere.
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Title: Fear Itself: A Fearless Jones Novel by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0316591122 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Workin' on the Chain Gang : Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0345430697 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Man in My Basement: A Novel by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0316570826 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 05 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems by Walter Mosley, Manthia Diawara, Clyde Taylor, Regina Austin ISBN: 0393319784 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Six Easy Pieces : Easy Rawlins Stories by Walter Mosley ISBN: 0743442520 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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