by Norman West | Sep 21, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Education, Parenting & Families, Religion, Social Science
This book covers a tough subject with effects that run the gamut from subliminal to deadly. Ken Wytsma has exposed the muscle and bone behind racism and I believe that reading this thought-provoking book will help us shed our prejudices and begin to heal the rifts in...
by Dick Weissman | Jul 17, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Social Science
Periodically we hear about wealthy multi-millionaires and billionaires establishing foundations in order to give away substantial chunks of their wealth during their lifetime, or after they pass on. Callahan points out that there is nothing new about this, and he...
by Michael Barton | Jun 16, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Books About Books, History, Philosophy, Science & Technology, Social Science
Having previously written a book about literature and the Civil War, wherein he briefly mentions Charles Darwin in a section about abolitionism, Randall Fuller provides in his new book a fuller account of the influence of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species and its...
by Whitney Morton Woodcock | Mar 20, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Education, Parenting & Families, Social Science
I Wish My Teacher Knew started out as a classroom assignment gone viral. Teacher Kyle Schwartz, wanting to know her students better and teach them more effectively, handed out sheets to her third graders that said, “I wish my teacher knew _______” and the responses...
by Norman West | Mar 9, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Science & Technology, Social Science
We’ll start with a disclaimer and a reproof. Reproof first: the title is missing a couple of words and is, therefore, misleading. It should read “White Male Haters” since most of the hating begins with that group. The disclaimer is obvious. I am a member of the group...
by Sarah Hutchins | Jan 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History, Social Science
Thirty years ago, Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women by Kittredge Cherry was an insightful glimpse into Japanese language and sexism. Cherry breaks down the history and usage of 81 terms, sometimes bringing even more terms into the description. She...