About the Book
American Frankenstein is a timely response to the need for current-day Americans to revisit our country's history, and the variety of hurdles experienced by Black people in America. It emphasizes that until recently, a serious attempt to "reconstruct" African Americans would have fallen on deaf ears, as the nation’s White majority has generally not been ready or willing to acknowledge or accept the root causes of the African American condition. Also emphasized is the cause-and-effect connection between the deprived blighted history that Blacks have endured in America and the resulting self-destructive, hopeless existence of millions of African Americans today.
This book provides a reflective analysis for folks old enough to remember the highlights of the Civil Rights era and the consciousness it raised within White America about the unfairness in society. It also provides context for younger readers and foreigners for whom the only connections to these events are sketchy accounts in history books and “politically correct” periodic television programming during Black History Month.
Laced with reflective images and comprehensive historical details, American Frankenstein paints a clear picture of the causal factors resulting in today’s African American reality, which should educate the masses on the root causes for the African American condition and why African Americans represent either a vastly untapped pool of American human capital or a huge catalyst in the nation’s downward social spiral. It also has the potential to spark a new wave of debates about racial relations, history and diversity.