Success Runs in our Race, written by George C. Fraser, was published in 1994 but revised by Amistad in 2004. At this time, African Americans were dealing with the case of O.J Simpson and Michael Jackson being accused of molesting a 13 year old boy. America witness the North American Free Trade go into effect but was devastated by an earthquake in Los Angeles causing 30 billion dollars in damage. This year like all other unit the books revising, America had its ups and downs.
George Fraser, writer of Success Runs in our Race, is the chairmen an CEO of FrasierNet,Inc. He founded this company with the goal of creating a global network for diverse human resources that would provide and increase opportunity for African American. George Fraser is considered the new voice of African Americans and a networking Guru. He has written numerous books including Success Runs in Our Race,2004; Journeys in the Canyon Land of Utah and Arizona 1914-1916,March 1,2005; Race For Success, Feb.1, 1999. Mr. Fraser has been written about in many magazines including the world renown Black Enterprise.
Through effective networking with all ethnic backgrounds and working together for the betterment of our race, African Americans can reach economic and social empowerment. Success Runs in Our Race was written to encourage and inform readers about the power that lies in networking. The key to success is in the willingness to ask for help. This book provides keynotes and tips on how to make networking a way of life. For African Americans, if effectively used, this can possibly be a movement in is our own generations civil rights. Its is said you go as far as your network.
The time span this book covers is from its publishing to now and forever. It speaks to all classes and encourages a connection amongst them. The topic of networking is a broad topic that touches all generations and carries itself to the next. No matter the time frame in which a person may dwell or their age factor, networking will be a topic that will forever present itself as important.
There are three parts of Success Runs in Our Race which include: Success Runs in Our Race, Party For a Purpose: The Power of Networking and Creating a Success Stereotype. Part one, Success Runs in Our Race discusses includes chapter 1’s Twenty Thousand Personal Guides to Success, chapter 2’s It takes a Village to Raise a Child and chapter 3’s Perceptions, Reality, and Excellence. Next, part two consist of chapter 4 Entrepreneurship and Networking, chapter 5 Getting Together to Get Ahead, chapter 6 Make Networking Work for You, chapter 7 The Art of Network Conversation, and chapter 8 Networking for a Purpose. Part three or Creating a Success Stereotype is followed with chapter 9’s Networking as a Way of Life and chapter 10 with Network at Work. Through many of these chapters, I found answers to the many questions about effective networking.
The literary technique used in Success Runs in Our Race is writer’s voice. While using the writer’s voice technique a combination of the various structures aspects of the authors writing style are shown. This style made Success Runs in Our Race understandable as well as easy to read and retain. The pattern noticed in this book is three parts broken down into chapters while chapters are broken down into topics. I truly enjoyed reading such a well structured book.
Success Runs in Our Race includes numerous documents, quotes as well as tips from other sources. Quotes used from Marilyn French Hubbard, Willie Jolley, Teresa Hairston and many other leaders and net workers are all words directly form them also known as a primary source. This well structured book provided no misstatements of fact to my knowledge. George C. Fraser also provides readers with experiences he has had personally in order to give some information written in this book.
The purpose of this book is to provide a complete guide to effective networking. As a person who has read Success Runs in Our Race, it is my word that the purpose is for filled. Success Runs in Our Race answers many questions that may be raised and gives information that may not have been considered. I loved reading Success Runs in Our Race because it is a straight forward way to show, teach and inform all readers about networking. This book is read and applied by all who read it, it has the power to form the new Underground Railroad. I recommend this book to people of all ages and classes. There is no one to young or old to climb the latter of success through networking.
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