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Man Up! Nobody is Coming to Save Us | 
 enlarge | Author: Steve Perry
Publisher: Renegade Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 153084
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0970892926
Dewey Decimal Number: 362
EAN: 9780970892928
ASIN: 0970892926
Publication Date: May 1, 2006
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Man Up! is a hard hitting, hig, introspective look into what the Black community must do to save itself. Finally, a voice speaks to the complex relationship between personal and community responsibility. Steve Perry effectively calls to task organizations such as the NAACP and the Black church as well as talking heads like Michael Eric Dyson and Cornell West for their role in the retardation of the Black community. Ultimately Man Up! is about the simple solutions offered in each chapter.
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 Excellent!! Truthful and Accurate October 11, 2008
This is a must read if you or someone you know is interested in the African American experience. It's no secret that our people have "issues" beyond a mere discussion about us. We need to "Man up" and deal with the situations that have gone for the most part "unchecked" by our people. It has never been anyone else's problem but our own. Steve has done an excellent job in listing what ails us and offering at least a starting point for a solution. This is a must read.
 The Whole Truth & Nothing But The Truth August 14, 2008
I found this book so inspiring that I've bugan to purchase additional copies for friends and relatives. "Man Up," is a gut checking collection of facts designed to move one to take stock of him or herself, decide what needs to be improved, THEN MAKING THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS !! For too long we have blamed too many other people for our problems. "Man Up" offers critical insight into what is "wrong with us," and practical steps we as a people can take take to help get us back on the path to glory.
After my husband read "Man Up," he was inspired to become a Big Brother. We both contacted our local Board of Elections so we can volunteer to work the polls on Election Day. And no we are not retired; my husband is a corrections officer and I'm a secretary at a local hospital, but we both feel the need to take responsibility wherevever the opportunity presents itself.
I feel this book needs to be in every Black family's home, right next to our copy of the Bible. Every Black male should have a copy of this book right next to his condoms, and every Black mother needs to read it and pass it on to her daughters as a guide for what to look for and what NOT TO accept in a potential mate. This book should be in churches, bars, liquor stores, schools, on basketball courts, family reunions, and anyplace else Black folks gather en mass. This information here is too precious not to be passed on. I urge everyobe read this review to purchase a copy of "Man Up," read it, then pass it on to someone you know who can benefit from it, because we ALL have someone in our circles who needs to hear what Steve Perry has to say.
A Courageous & Timely Call to Arms ... to those who ask: Why Me? It is now time to ask: Why Not? August 13, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I wanted to read "Man Up: Nobody is Coming to Save Us" but never took the time until recently. I was cognizant of Steve Perry's reputation as principal and founder of The Preparatory Magnet School (in Hartford, Connecticut) and his commendable work preparing low income high school students for college. "Man Up", exposes raw nerves in the heart, head, and soul, of black communities across America. I suffered blunt force trauma while reading the author's views on black churches, high- profiled national leaders, and their part in maintaining the status quo. The truth hurts!
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (June 1987) warned us in his book, "Family and Nation" ... about family disorganization, increasing numbers of impoverished preschool children, illegitimate births, and the destructive influences they had upon all communities in America. For his heroic efforts, he was excoriated by national leaders and branded a kook, hate -monger, and racist.
Unfortunately, his warnings were ignored and conflicts have increased exponentially in black communities all across America. "Man Up" takes up the mantle of exposing these problems ... as a reminder they are still alive, well, and destroying the fabric of black families. It is a precursor to similar warnings outlined in Bill Cosby's and Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint's controversial book, "Come on People: On the Path from Victims to Victors".
I found this exquisite book to be an inspiring read, well paced, and exceptionally informative. Those who point out flaws in editing, should not quibble with the appearance of the messenger, but should concentrate on the relevancy of the message. Man Up does more than just state what is wrong ... it provides realistic (but tough) solutions to the problems at hand.
If we are to take back our children, schools, and neighborhoods ... from thugs, drugs, and criminal scrubs; we must start at the source and do everything in our power to educate, motivate, and discourage young girls from having out of wedlock pregnancies. Illiterate children are not capable emotionally, financially, and intellectually... of coping with the challenges of rearing families. The author is correct when he states we should stop looking for saviors from without and accept personal responsibility and accountability ... if we are to remain viable as a community in the twenty first century. Join me, purchase this marvelous book, and support his call for action ... now!
Reviewed by Reginald V. Johnson, Upper Saddle River, NJ
 Some good points....but not enough of them June 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book makes some good points, but to me, it discounts the affects of historical and present racism within the equation a little too much. One would think that Blacks in America are just inherently morally bankrupt from reading this book, and like my Grandfather always said "If your enemy likes what you are doing or saying, it's something wrong with what you are doing or saying". I'm sure that the racist elements within our society really LOVE what this author is saying and the way he is saying it. Mr. Perry, you are on the verge of becoming a sellout..............
Right on point, but not for the weak-kneed or faint of heart! May 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a hard-hitting, unblinking, tough love prescription for fixing the Black community. Steve Perry is a principal in an urban school in Connecticut, so he's no right wing, Ivy League windbag who lives in a mansion yet tries to tell people in the hood how to fix their lives. This man fights in the trenches every day trying to educate young Black people and give them a future. This book is definitely not for the sensitive, thin-skinned or faint of heart. There are plenty of "feel good" books out there like "The Audacity of Hope" for those who would rather keep on their rose-colored glasses, delude themselves into victimhood and point the finger of blame elsewhere. However, for those who are serious about cleaning up our own back yard and putting our people on the path to success, then this book might just be for you.
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