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A review by tallblackguy
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win by Shelby Steele
1.0
Wow. Shelby Steele strikes again, except this time in a more digestable form; the pocket novel. I disagree fundamentally with most everything he says, but that is not why I gave this book one star.
Like many other academics (including some liberal ones) he is in love with his vocabulary and cannot seem to make a cogent point without invoking some archaic point of reference or term. When he gets down to brass tacks, his analysis falls flat, largely because he fails to pass his opinions off as the de facto position and "common sense" persepctive.
But hey. He serves a purpose, and I have yet to read a black conservative present an argument that is thoroughly researched or thoughtfully presented. And that streak continues.
Like many other academics (including some liberal ones) he is in love with his vocabulary and cannot seem to make a cogent point without invoking some archaic point of reference or term. When he gets down to brass tacks, his analysis falls flat, largely because he fails to pass his opinions off as the de facto position and "common sense" persepctive.
But hey. He serves a purpose, and I have yet to read a black conservative present an argument that is thoroughly researched or thoughtfully presented. And that streak continues.