Summary: Come on People E-Book

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• Herausgeber: Political Book Summaries
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 18

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

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The must-read summary of Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint's book: “Come on People: On the Path From Victims to Victors”.

This complete summary of Cosby and Poussaint's book "Come on People" gives an overview of an important work that addresses American race relations and families and communities that feel left behind. They encourage these people by offering solutions to their feelings of abandonment and empowering them to become the victors, and not let these negative feelings impede their ability to move forward.

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Book Presentation: Come on People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D.

Book Abstract

In Come on People, Cosby and Poussaint lay out their visions for strengthening African American communities. They address the crises of black people in America who are stuck because of feelings of low self-esteem, abandonment, anger, fearfulness, sadness, and the belief that they are being used, undefended, and unprotected. These feelings often impede their ability to move forward and the authors aim to offer solutions and help empower people to make the daunting transition from victims to victors.

About the Author

Bill Cosby is one of the most popular entertainers of the last half century. Rising from a poor neighborhood in Philadelphia, Cosby became an American icon in TV series like I Spy and The Cosby Show. He is the author of numerous books, including Fatherhood, which became the fastest-selling hardcover of all time, spending 54 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. is a leading psychiatrist and a veteran of the civil rights movement. He is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Poussaint is also the coauthor of Raising Black Children andLay My Burden Down.

Summary of Come on People

Introduction

Black communities are in trouble. Over the last generation or two, African American communities have been dissolving as parenting skills have eroded. Black men, more than anyone, have suffered from this trend.

Since the 1950s, blacks have made many important advances – the Civil Rights Act, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Voting Rights Act, for example – that have dismantled officially sanctioned forms of segregation and discrimination. Certainly, civil rights leaders had every expectation that their efforts would help black men gain entry into the American mainstream. Instead, for many poor blacks, the situation has actually gotten worse.