Come on, People: On the Path from Victims to Victors | 
| Authors: Bill Cosby, Alvin F. Poussaint
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 18355
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1595550925
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.8496073
EAN: 9781595550927
ASIN: 1595550925
Publication Date: October 9, 2007
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Product Description
Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint have a powerful message for families and communities as they lay out their visions for strengthening America, or for that matter the world. They address the crises of people who are stuck because of feelings of low self-esteem, abandonment, anger, fearfulness, sadness, and feelings of being used, undefended and unprotected. These feelings often impede their ability to move forward. The authors aim to help empower people make the daunting transition from victims to victors. Come On, People! is always engaging, and loaded with heart-piercing stories of the problems facing many communities.
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Just Getting Started but looks great July 21, 2008
I just bought this book off of the bargain table at a local book store. I am only a little ways into it but so far I am impressed. My concern, though, is that those most likely to benefit from this book will never read it or even find out about it.
Based on what little I have read, I would recommend this book to those who have become tired of the race hucksters (Sharpton & Co.) and would like to read some good ideas about what needs to be done to improve the lot of minorities in the inner cities.
One minor criticism: I haven't quite read a third of the book and Cosby has mentioned "institutional racism" twice. Rubbish! Institutional racism does not exist. Cosby should leave such nonsense to the Left.
 Alot of browbeating, preaching to the choir... July 17, 2008
The problem with these types of books is that the people that would most benefit from the ideals therein will never pick it up and read it without any coaxing. That's not to say that this isn't a good book and that readers shouldn't spread the word because it is and they should.
But let's be honest: the book is a summary of classical and common sense ideas
1. The importance of a classical nuclear family structure
2. Fathers spending more time (and dollars) on their children
3. Abstaining from too much of the idiot box
4. Staying involved in school via PTC's
5. Monitoring what we feed our mind body and spirit
This is all superficial fluff. We all know what the issues are and what needs to be done (or maybe we don't). Mr. Cosby's national calls to order in town hall meetings are more affective of change than reading this book because you get to hear powerful testamonials from people that are living the stories spoken in the book and how they turned it around.
In all, this is "Enough Part II". If you've read that book...you've read this one.
 common sense book July 9, 2008
Bill hits the nail on the head with this one. I hope some of the upcomming generation takes the time to read this. That is if they can.
Essential reading for black and white June 29, 2008
Mr. Cosby and Mr. Poussaint provide a simple and essential guide for black people in the 21st Century. A lack of stability in the black family can be traced to drugs, the media and a breakdown in a sense of community. Mr. Cosby brings up his own Christian upbringing as a stepping stone along with simple practical advice to save people. He adds documented evidence that shows that violence between black people and a gangsta mentality, perpetuated by the media, has crept in. His is a voice of much needed hope and clarity. Practical advice that black people, working together, can follow. I salute these gentlemen and pray that the black family regains its footing and disowns a dysfunctional image of itself, promoted by a media that too often focuses on the bad in human beings.
Who has the power? June 28, 2008
I've always been on Bill Cosby's side about making education cool again, dressing the part to get the job, knowing that there is a time and place to speak in slang, and that Black folks need to STOP hurting other Black folks (i.e. black on black crime). But in this book, he touched on a topic that was more personal to me, ADHD, specifically because two of my nephews had it. This book made me more interested in the disorder, and I ended up writing an article on ADHD and how it affects the Black community. I like it when books spark creativity in me. I can't say I disagree with anything said in the book. However, after awhile, I started feeling like I was reading the same thing. Cosby emphasized a point, but then he repeated it again in another chapter (prime example was the issue of Black vernacular). There was a lady on a BET show about top losers and winners in the African American community, and she said that Cosby needs to stop criticizing and start doing something. Honestly, I feel like Cosby was brave to go against the grain and speak out about the things we need to improve and to STOP tapping our fingers waiting to see what Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are doing. The purpose of the book was basically to say that every last one of us has the power to change, although we may not choose to use it. The book was a little too long to prove that point and could've been split in half. However, it was a good read.
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