false 22888 2 1 722786 0140168532 9780140168532 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177636143m/722786.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722786.Why_Black_People_Tend_to_Shout_Cold_Facts_and_Wry_Views_from_a_Black_Man_s_World 3.73 41 22888 3.73 99 15 722788 0803298161 9780803298163 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177636144m/722788.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722788.Serenity_A_Boxing_Memoir 3.92 12 22888 3.73 99 15 40727 1933060018 9781933060019 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169479897m/40727.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40727.Classic_Wiley_A_Lifetime_of_Punchers_Players_Punks_Prophets 4.44 9 ESPN.com and a former writer for Sports Illustrated, passed away on June 13, 2004, he left behind a rich legacy of written work. This volume brings together Wiley's best feature stories from Sports Illustrated, columns from ESPN.com, his 'Parting Shots' from the ESPN television show The Sports Reporters, and excerpts from his books and screenplays.]]> 22888 3.73 99 15 722787 0345380444 9780345380449 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177636144m/722787.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722787.What_Black_People_Should_Do_Now_Dispatches_from_Near_the_Vanguard 3.44 9 By the acclaimed and controversial author of WHY BLACK PEOPLE TEND TO SHOUT, this is an unblinking look at African-American life, including explosive essays on education, Rodney King, multiculturalism, and men and women. Part fiery polemic, part stinging satire, part lyrical testament to how Black people survive everyday racism -- Wiley leaves no stone unturned as he demands that all Black people think about where they are and what they really want to happen.]]> 22888 3.73 99 15 722789 0345409744 9780345409744 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223637339m/722789.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722789.Dark_Witness 3.33 3
*Mark Twain



Like his literary forebears *Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and yes, Mark Twain *Ralph Wiley has some information to purvey. The news is not always good. But with Wiley's electrifying take on subjects from the black intelligentsia to The Bell Curve to O.J., Dark Witness is certain to outrage, entertain, and ultimately enlighten.



The titles of his chapters say it all: "One Day, When I Was On Exhibit." "Why Black People Are So Stupid." "Why Niggers Steal, Are Violent, and Stay on Welfare." "Where Negroes Got All That Rhythm." "Whoopi-Do and Hughes 2." "Sin and Juice." Behind the explosive flash of these phrases simmer the intense honesty and searing self-reflection of a man burning for justice. Taking to heart Douglass's words that "it is not light that is needed, but

fire . . . not the gentle shower, but thunder," Wiley, heir to the long tradition of "writer as activist," examines some of the most hotly debated issues of black life today and turns them inside out.



No one writing today has the incisiveness, the fire to dissect the world the way Ralph Wiley does. In Dark Witness he proves once again that he is one of the most gifted writers chronicling life in the crucible that is late-twentieth- century America.



"Wiley brings to the debate his own inimitable style, a bold perspective that is without compromise and a voice that provokes laughter about society's weightiest dilemmas."

*Emerge



"Humor is a formidable weapon, and Wiley puts it to outstanding use in this sharp-edged book."

*Kirkus Reviews (starred review)]]> 22888 3.73 99 15 697167 1559720735 9781559720731 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/697167.Why_Black_People_Tend_to_Shout_Cold_Facts_and_Wry_Views_from_a_Black_Man_s_World 2.00 1 22888 3.73 99 15 6627241 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6627241-growing-up-king 0.0 0 22888 3.73 99 15 5602796 0345400550 9780345400550 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5602796.Dark_Witness 0.0 0 --Mark Twain
Like his literary forebears--Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and yes, Mark Twain--Ralph Wiley has some information to purvey. The news is not always good. But with Wiley's electrifying take on subjects from the black intelligentsia to The Bell Curve to O.J., Dark Witness is certain to outrage, entertain, and ultimately enlighten.
The titles of his chapters say it all: "One Day, When I Was On Exhibit." "Why Black People Are So Stupid." "Why Niggers Steal, Are Violent, and Stay on Welfare." "Where Negroes Got All That Rhythm." "Whoopi-Do and Hughes 2." "Sin and Juice." Behind the explosive flash of these phrases simmer the intense honesty and searing self-reflection of a man burning for justice. Taking to heart Douglass's words that "it is not light that is needed, but fire...not the gentle shower, but thunder," Wiley, heir to the long tradition of "writer as activist," examines some of the most hotly debated issues of black life today and turns them inside out:
Affirmative action: "Many times, it seemed the 'worst' black candidates were chosen in hopes that they would fail. People talked about increased productivity, but often they meant in the personal sense. When others succeeded or produced, they felt lessened--it is human nature to feel this, but for a 'white' man to feel inferior to a 'black' in America causes instant insanity."
O.J. Simpson: "Now I've heard it said that The Juice, owing to his choices in women and habitat, wanted to be 'white.' A bigger crock of crap I've never heard. Juice made 'whites' feel comfortable with his kind of 'blackness.' He didn't want to be 'white.' He wanted to be privileged. And he was."
Huck Finn: "There's a Mark Twain Middle School not three miles from my base camp. An administrative aide there, a 'black' man, had wanted to delete any reference to that archaic/contemporary word 'nigger' from Twain's book--the one place where such copious use of the word in society was first best put in perspective, where it was used to describe a condition, where it reflected on the speaker, not the subject. There is not one usage of nigger in Huck Finn that I consider inauthentic and I am hard to please that way."
No one writing today has the incisiveness, the fire to dissect the world the way Ralph Wiley does. In Dark Witness he proves once again that he is one the most gifted writers chronicling life in the crucible that is late-twentieth century America.]]> 22888 3.73 99 15 3077611 0805006702 9780805006704 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3077611.Serenity_A_Boxing_Memoir_A_Search_for_the_Boxer_s_Peace_of_Mind_from_Joe_Louis_to_Mike_Tyson 0.0 0 22888 3.73 99 15 722791 0609001078 9780609001073 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/722791.Dark_Witness 0.0 0 --Mark Twain
Like his literary forebears--Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and yes, Mark Twain--Ralph Wiley has some information to purvey. The news is not always good. But with Wiley's electrifying take on subjects from the black intelligentsia to The Bell Curve to O.J., Dark Witness is certain to outrage, entertain, and ultimately enlighten.
The titles of his chapters say it all: "One Day, When I Was On Exhibit." "Why Black People Are So Stupid." "Why Niggers Steal, Are Violent, and Stay on Welfare." "Where Negroes Got All That Rhythm." "Whoopi-Do and Hughes 2." "Sin and Juice." Behind the explosive flash of these phrases simmer the intense honesty and searing self-reflection of a man burning for justice. Taking to heart Douglass's words that "it is not light that is needed, but fire...not the gentle shower, but thunder," Wiley, heir to the long tradition of "writer as activist," examines some of the most hotly debated issues of black life today and turns them inside out:
Affirmative action: "Many times, it seemed the 'worst' black candidates were chosen in hopes that they would fail. People talked about increased productivity, but often they meant in the personal sense. When others succeeded or produced, they felt lessened--it is human nature to feel this, but for a 'white' man to feel inferior to a 'black' in America causes instant insanity."
O.J. Simpson: "Now I've heard it said that The Juice, owing to his choices in women and habitat, wanted to be 'white.' A bigger crock of crap I've never heard. Juice made 'whites' feel comfortable with his kind of 'blackness.' He didn't want to be 'white.' He wanted to be privileged. And he was."
Huck Finn: "There's a Mark Twain Middle School not three miles from my base camp. An administrative aide there, a 'black' man, had wanted to delete any reference to that archaic/contemporary word 'nigger' from Twain's book--the one place where such copious use of the word in society was first best put in perspective, where it was used to describe a condition, where it reflected on the speaker, not the subject. There is not one usage of nigger in Huck Finn that I consider inauthentic and I am hard to please that way."
No one writing today has the incisiveness, the fire to dissect the world the way Ralph Wiley does. In Dark Witness he proves once again that he is one the most gifted writers chronicling life in the crucible that is late-twentieth century America.


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