Summary
Race Matters by Cornel West provides a detailed account of the African-American history within the United States. The book presents various controversies regarding the African American advancement. In chapter two and three titled The Pitfalls of Racial Reasoning and The Crisis of Black Leadership respectively, West discusses racial reasoning, its effect on African American leadership as well as how it reflects on the entire black community. According to West, racial reasoning is a concept that is based on the belief that for the struggle for equality to be effective, blacks have to speak with one voice and concentrate on ...