A Love Letter to Black People Audaciously Hopeful Thoughts on Race and Success
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A Love Letter to Black People: Audaciously Hopeful Thoughts on Race and Success
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However, in so many ways, Black people are a people in peril, a people losing ground rather than gaining it. Despite the fact that the most successful among us have never been more successful, in so many ways the Black community is struggling more than ever to succeed.
We are a people in need of love. How can we love ourselves enough to get out of our own way? How can we love each other enough to put each other first? How can we love our children enough to make their world dramatically better one than ours? These and many other questions are answered in Love Letter.
Love Letter is aptly titled because its inspirational feel strikes an excellent balance between tough love and self-congratulation, delivering its message by inspiring rather than scolding or patronizing its readers. The obvious nod to Senator Barack Obama in its subtitle foreshadows one of the central themes of the book, the notion that Obama’s success on America’s political stage reveals lessons which the Black community must heed.
Some of the most profound parts of Love Letter are the survey responses from young, successful Blacks (“YSBs”) weaved throughout each section of the book.The YSBs were asked to offer their opinions on provocative racially charged topics such as “acting white” and the “right way” to be successful and Black.The responses to these questions are powerful, insightful and sometimes more provocative than the questions themselves.Love Letter concludes triumphantly with a call to action that will leave its readers forever changed.