This book was an awesome read. Fraser was focused and expected nothing but the best from himself and others. He recognized the role that race plays in our society; however, he refused to allow it to limit his personal or business life. He offered insight on how to succeed as a minority in corporate America by encouraging and promoting racial pride, self-help, and self-development. This book will encourage anyone, however it should be required reading for all minorities. In spite of all of life's challenges, including the color of my skin, the author inspired me to push, dig, fight, and expect to win this game called life.

This book is tremendous. It actually exceeded my expectations. This is one of those rare times when a book lived up to it's hype. I have already read certain parts over again. It serves as a constant source of inspiration. It g ives you an opportunity to focus on the areas of interest to YOU. My favorite sections is the contact information in the back of the book, and the seven morals and principles of success.

"Race For Success" is the fuel necessary to participate in this marathon called "Life." An unsually powerful and unique combination of sound principles, historical perspective, motivation, knowledge and resources, the book is a true call to action. It is a tool for personal growth, economic empowerment, community revitalization, and much, much, more.

Entertaining from beginning to end. Aspiring writers will love the antics throughout the book. The characters, luminaries and exotic locales make this an enjoyable journey. Perfect for summer reading.

I not only enjoyed it I loved it - ate it up - devoured it. Also delightfully described.

This is a thoughtful and elegantly-written work. It is inspired by scripture as a source of wisdom, but non-believers may find much of interest too. The tone is temperate and heartful, and seems wise. I felt respected as a reader.

Black revels in the spiritual nature of true friendship while, at the same time, cautiously warning his readers that only friendship with God will ultimately satisfy their desires for true intimacy and tender affection.

Friendship is a sweet gift from God for our good. It is "an occasion for growing in grace, for learning love, for training the heart to patience and faith, and for knowing the joy of humble service" (p. 29). God uses our friendships to help us evaluate our own profession.

Black also proves that friendships can ennoble us and lift us higher than we would be if left to ourselves. Not only do they call us to loyalty and commitment to one another, they also are a help against temptation, providing positive peer pressure to keep us from the embarrassment and humiliation that comes from letting our friends down through our own personal sin.

But this all comes at a price and with a risk. However, the alternative is even worse.

Black is realistic in his assessment of how friendships are made and kept. He admits that friendships can't be forced. He also readily concludes that almost all friendships are unbalanced--usually one partner gives more than the other. But this should not keep us from forming friendships, because the real joy of friendship is in giving, not getting.

Black continually emphasizes that relationships demand much care, nurture, time, and attention. He notes that the reason that many of us have few friendships is that we are not willing to put in the time or effort. " We would like to get the good of our friends without burdening ourselves with any responsibility about keeping them friends" (p. 22). In order to prevent our friendships from dying due to neglect, we must pay attention to small details and learn to love our friend in big and little things alike--since life consists primarily of little things!

Throughout the book, Black emphasizes certain qualities that sustain a friendship. For example, friends should be honest and not flatterers. However, their candidness should always spring from a sympathetic and understanding heart. Friends must also be patient and forbearing with one another. No one can hurt us more than our friends.

Ultimately, human friendship is limited. No matter how much we long to give ourselves to others, there always remains an aspect of ourselves that we cannot give away, if for no other reason, because we do not understand ourselves well enough to do so in the first place. As much as we fill our lives with others, we ultimately remain a distinct and separate life.

Ultimately, all human companionship is fragmentary and partial. Human friendship is meant to lead to friendship with God. Human friendship is a valuable and sweet gift and is able to ennoble and elevate the soul, but ultimately, it is a reminder that only God can truly fill the human heart.

This is a great God-centered book on friendship--its ups, downs, limitations, and joys.

Why is it that a white guy writes the first review of this book, a year after its publication?

Mr. Price is absolutely right on the basics. Kids need to apply themselves in school. It teaches skills that are absolutely essential in life. How to acquire information, how to use it to form an opinion, and how to express that opinion. It also provides you with the foundation in mathematics and logic that is indispensable for thinking through problems both easy and hard.

His prescription is irrefutable. He calls for parents to be involved. Know what the school is teaching and how it assigns your child to a teacher. Know what the kids are doing after school. Know their friends. Know what they are watching on TV. Given that you can't keep them from listening to rap music, at least have an open discussion with them about the values being expressed.

He is right that black kids underperform kids of other races. They tend to become discouraged and adopt a defeatist attitude. More than that, kids who are not doing well spitefully drag down the kids who try, accusing them of "acting white." Everybody in education has wrestled with this set of problems, first to figure out what to do, and second to ascribe blame.

Here's where I take issue with Mr. Price. The blame invariably comes around to white folks. His book is full of charged words, among them racism, discrimination and low expectations. Many teachers of all races, based on their experience, come to have lower expectations of black kids. It is equally true that they are prudent to keep these opinions to themselves. But is this cause or effect?

Black authors, from Frederick Douglass through Larry Elder and Thomas Sowell, have made the same observations about African American students. Mr. Price points out that black kids tend to be channeled into special ed when the "act out" too much. He notes that after school programs are essential to keep kids from getting involved in crime and getting pregnant. He notes that there is a strong strain of anti-intellectualism in black popular culture. I cringe at the messages white kids pick up from black rappers and even from the Disney after-school programs with predominantly black casts. Was Bill Cosby the only black entertainer who offered a realistic and uplifting message? Do you ever hear of a similar problems with Vietnamese Americans?

Black students in the United States have higher levels of achievement than blacks anywhere else in the world. Brazil, with little acknowledged discrimination, is a disaster for blacks in terms of both education and income. Ditto the Caribbean, and the Caribbean coasts of Central American countries. The few native African scholars tend to work in the U.S. Some, like John Ogbu, embarrass the American black establishment with books like his " Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement." Price could have provided footnotes when he disparaged "scientifically discredited" theories of intelligence. Can he reference authoritative rebuttals to the works of Murray and Herrenstein, Arthur Jensen and Philippe Rushton?

The school systems in the Washington D.C. area are mostly headed by black superintendents. Most have largely black boards and black faculties. There are many factors to discourage white teachers from working in these systems. A well-meaning teacher was chased out by angry parents in the "Nappy Hair" incident. The Washington Post chronicled the unfortunate experiences of some Ivy League liberal white teachers starting in the D.C. system. Teachers, black and white alike, are often intimidated and occasionally beaten up. Whatever the problems, it is hard any more to lay them at the feet of white administrators.

There is no disputing the widespread discrimination that existed under Jim Crow. On the other hand, there is no disputing that talented individuals like Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Condi Rice, Kenneth Chennault, Mr. Price himself and many, many others have overcome these difficulties to make sterling careers for themselves. I would call on Mr. Price to abandon blaming the white guy because it just isn't useful. Society has changed a lot, and more name-calling isn't likely to result in further beneficial change. It obscures areas where progress can be made.

Teachers are only human. Each of us have only finite intelligence and finite energy. We allocate our energies to those efforts that will yield the greatest reward. Mr. Price is naïve to say "children are entitled to the best education possible." No, children will get the education they and their parents demand.

Mr. Price overlooks the excellent option of private schools. Most target about 10% of their tuitions for financial aid. All are committed to the vague term "diversity." They actively seek and give preferential admission to black students. The schools recognize that it is a stretch for the kids. The portion of tuition they still must pay is significant. They often have to travel across town. Kids and parents are cliquish, sometimes excluding or patronizing black kids. But the kids who can put up with this atmosphere gain the benefit of small classes and bright and well-meaning teachers. The schools go out of their way to arrange tutors and whatever other support the kids need. The kids learn the essential life skill of moving comfortably in white society. And even if, as is often the case, they do not do as well in school as the other kids, they find that their social skills and athletic abilities always earn them a respected place in the school community. I hope that Mr. Price can recognize that while it is certainly true that "achievement matters," different peoples realize disproportionate achievements in different fields.

The common denominators of success are hard work, respect for community and family values, respect for the individual, a willingness to see each person as an individual. Mr. Price is dead on when he talks about the importance of character. People of character don't blame others. They take responsibility for their lives.