What I'm Reading Now

I have this thing where I read alot of books at the same time depending on how good they are and if they hold my attention which is pretty hard to do especially now-a-days . Like say I'll be reading a book then that book mentions another author or article or even a video. I immediately stop what I am reading hop on the PC google or youtube it which takes me to something else that interests me then by the time I finish reading, surfing and watching I am on to another book. I mean its good because I find out something new but if I really want to focus on something it basically has to keep me shocked the whole way through.  

So at the moment my attention is focused on Randall Robinson, lawyer and founder of Trans Africa. I put some of his vids up in the youtube panel. If you are a newcomer to his work I suggest looking him up on youtube at the Black State of the Union Cspan 2009. I recently have been reading all three of his books at the same time. 

The first one is The Debt is by far the best book to get if you want a beginners guide to African History and some information on the Reparations movement. Many a passage is unforgettable. This is by far one of my favorite books and I think every American should read it. 

The second is Quitting America: A Black Man's Departure From His Native Land. I learned so much about Haiti and the U.S. that I am kind of appalled to be American even though I never really felt like one. While I can understand why Randall left America to live with his wife and child in St. Kitts I do not think he will ever stop writing about America and I hope he won't. America is not the BEST country on Earth. We have little rights compared to what we could have, We vote against our own interests, Our public schools really suck, Our culture is oversexed and hyper violent and before you say why don't you leave-I would but unfortunately I am too broke to spare the costs. 

The third of Randall's Books that I am currently reading is called The Reckoning, which tells the very disturbing tale about the prison system and its relationship with black men. Before you assume he is making excuses for black you should really look at the statistics and see just how many of us, young black men are in prison for non-violent crimes, how many of us get longer sentences than whites for the same offense and then tell me this stuff is just another excuse. See what most of us don't know is that the prison system in this country like everything else is a business which means they are only interested in one thing: MONEY. So they build big prisons and overcrowd them so they can build more. Then they make the prisoners do labor and pay them crackers. Don't get me wrong crime is crime but when you live in the ghetto and its ingrained into you on the television screen and your peers---its just insane how bout that!  

 I for one wish to be just like this man: A lawyer, a crusader for human rights, a scholar. Well happy reading!