Calling a Spade a Spade-Book Review

Karen Hunter's book “Stop Being Niggardly” loudly urges blacks to Stop all of the marching, all of the complaining and rise to action and fix what is wrong in our lives and our communities. This book is at its
inspirational best when it talks about the “Quite Heroes” in our
community and the need to “Write down the dream” in regards to setting
goals and a plan of action. “Stop Being Niggardly” is filled with solid
points to consider, statics to back up assertions and historical
references for perspective.

Early on in the book Karen Hunter states that anger was her impetus for writing this book, and the book does reflect that anger along with her frustration in powerful lines such as, “I believe that black folks
worry so much about what people are saying and calling us, but spend
little time on what we are saying and calling each other and even less
time on building out communities.”