Author J Pierre Examines Racism in New Autobiography

Author J Pierre revisits and examines the complexities of racism and how it is to be an American. For him, there has been no choice-he had to contend with one while trying to do the other. Self-respect is a choice as well as something one defends. J Pierre relies honestly in what he knows in the Life Experience of a Self-Respecting Black Man-in it he analyzes what he has seen and felt as an African American and how racism still continues to be perhaps one of the most enduring crosses that America will bear.

J Pierre reflects the clear and balanced arguments of someone whose intellectualism was forged in the actual fires of racism. Yet, lest readers mistake him for a revolutionist, what he lays out in this book's many important points is a sane viewpoint. His passion is for America and its principles, not for a splinter group willing to make war on their own country to effect change. He unveils many truths about human nature itself and with these truths makes inroads into how American society can actually unmake the negative effects of the root causes of racism-it is a point that many historians of all political persuasions seldom address anymore, jaded by a lost cause that has robbed America of a significant portion of its youth.

Life Experience of a Self-Respecting Black Man thus discusses how racism is misunderstood and works in how the corollary values of education and the re-making of dignity that makes change can lead to the unification of all people. He is against judgment or condemnation but recommends, in addition to education, motivation and courage (the sort of courage that is willing to swallow pride or heroically take down the barriers to change). Pierre points out that history has been shaped by the mistakes and the misunderstanding of a few. His own victimization has not lead him to condemn but it lead him to the prior equation (education and motivation equals courage to change). For him, it is especially important to have highly educated police officers all over the United States. He further recommends prioritizing ethical standards before money and properties, especially as it affects the criminal justice system and American law. People must be taught to understand that stealing 25 cents is equivalent to stealing 25 million dollars that both are crimes of the same quality-defined by law according to a scale of values that ultimately reflects only financial concerns. Finally, the value of one human life must be more important than millions of dollars regardless of the situation. J Pierre writes with a believer's quiet but highly effective intelligence in a book that burnishes the many good qualities of American culture.

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Life Experience of a Self-Respecting Black Man * by J Pierre
Living in the United States of America
Publication Date: July 2, 2013
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