Book Review – Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America–and What We Can Do About It by Juan Williams

Juan Williams’ original intent may have been to merely create the longest book title of all time when he wrote Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America–and What We Can Do About It, but the result is a phenomenal take on what has gone wrong with the civil rights movement when it comes to serving the poor black community.

Using Bill Cosby’s speech to the NAACP on the 50th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, Williams uses facts from news and research along with common sense to look at the problems facing black s in poor communities and while not excusing the government or racists, he points out that these are only part of the problem, and not the largest parts.

If you’re concerned about violence in our society, poverty, the welfare state, the breakdown of the traditional family, and any other number of issues afflicting this nation and poor black communities in particular, you’ve got to read this book. If you’re interested in a career in politics or government, you’ve got to read this book. Personally, I think everyone should read this book whether you’re black, white, rich, poor, religious, atheist, conservative, liberal, Republican,  Democrat, Independent, or anything else. It’s a healthy dose of common-sense real solutions for real problems, and I can’t praise it enough.