Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113469 in Books
• Published on: 1992-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 130 pages

Customer Reviews

Awakening the Natural Genius in Black Children
I have have read and digested Dr. Wilson's books for years. This book, however, is for educators in urban settings. As an elementary principal in Columbus, Ohio it is imperative to know how to seperate good literature from exemplary literature. This book is exemplary. The main reason is because it requires critical reflection from beginning to end. The author wrote in a manner as to provoke questioning of one's psychosoical value system and how this value system is subconsciously transmitted to our children during the educational process. As a result of institutional and covert racism, many teachers mistakeningly teach Black children strictly from a Eurocentric perspective. This method of transmitting knowledge is harmful to both teacher and pupil. Dr. Wilson's book is gut-wrenching, sad and extremely enlightening. It's is highly recommended- but not the fainthearted.

This book is valuable for cultural insight of Afro-America.
I found this book to be quite interesting from start to finish.It gives description to psychoneurological development in different genotypes in a way that desribes what may be the differences in learning styles.Prenatal development and its relation to stress and responses was also fascinating when drawn in correlation to fetal development.I would highly recommend this book to parents of Black children or those individuals that work in close contact with Black children RE.esp.Early Childhood Ed.

One of the best books I have read
To me few books are 5 star books, and I have never been compelled to write an online review of any book. But I must say that this book is so thought provoking and at the same time enlightening, that I had to write something. This book is a must read for any parent / teacher that wants to get a clear and intelligent perspective on how to properly teach / raise black children in the current society that we live in. It is not a long drawn out book, it is relatively short and to the point. As a parent of a two year old, I must say that after reading this book, I feel: motivated, educated, and stimulated to teach my child not just be "smarter" , but to be a better person overall.