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    Winter in America: The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation
    Winter in America: The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation
    Winter in America: The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation
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    Winter in America: The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation

    By Ruben Britt, Jr

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    With a focus on social and moral issues that have created decline, decay, apathy, dreariness and adversity in America, Winter in America covers a number of major issues such as racism, sexism, the educational system, greed and parenting issues.

    The author cautions that the love of power, greed, evilness and control must be cast away and replaced with love and respect, despite our differences, in order for us to transition into a season of warmth. When love replaces the love of power we will see this long period of winter dissipate and evolve into an America that reflects its creed and becomes an even greater nation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuben Britt, Jr
    Release dateMay 26, 2016
    ISBN9781311542786
    Winter in America: The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation
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    Ruben Britt, Jr

    Author, lecturer, career coach, and educator, Ruben Britt, Jr. is a native of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who has over 39 years of experience in education as both a teacher and as a career planning counselor. He has written a children’s book on cultural diversity, a career development guide for high school and college students and a book on self-empowerment and motivation.Ruben is a certified Master Career Development Professional who is a frequent speaker at professional conferences, meetings, and student lectures. He has written a number articles related to education, career development and social issues, as well as facilitated or conducted numerous seminars, and workshops.He attended the College of Sequoias and received his B.S. degree from Southern University and M.A. degree from Bloomsburg University. Presently, he is the assistant director of the Office of Career Advancement at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey.Other books by Ruben Britt, Jr.LakotaA children’s book on cultural diversity (ages 5 to 9)Black and Powerful: The Career Guide for Tomorrow’s Top LeadersA career planning guide for high school and college studentsReflection, and Restoration: Quotes for Self-Empowerment and MotivationA book on self-empowerment and motivation.

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      Winter in America - Ruben Britt, Jr

      Winter in America

      The Social and Moral Decline of a Great Nation

      RUBEN BRITT JR.

      Smashwords ebook published by Fideli Publishing Inc.

      © Copyright Ruben Britt Jr.

      No part of this eBook may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Fideli Publishing.

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This book is dedicated to my son Ruben Britt III and to my daughter Savannah Ida Louise Britt.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements

      A Special Thanks

      CHAPTER 1

      Winter in America

      CHAPTER 2

      Mass Control

      CHAPTER 3

      Reality TV

      CHAPTER 4

      The Education System in America

      CHAPTER 5

      Racism in America

      CHAPTER 6

      The First Black President of the United States

      CHAPTER 7

      Affirmative Action

      CHAPTER 8

      Black on Black Crime

      CHAPTER 9

      Parenting

      CHAPTER 10

      Omitted American History

      If We All Became Bitter

      The Epilogue Of Winter

      References

      About the Author

      Acknowledgements

      First and foremost, I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from whom all blessings flow and for giving me the foresight to write this book.

      Secondly, I would like to thank my father, the late Ruben Britt, Sr. and my mother, the late Ida Louis Britt. Also, to my loving wife Penny, for her love and support, and to my relatives the Britt, Douglas and Gunter families.

      Thirdly, much appreciation to my mentors, the late Gwendelyn Johnson, the late William Wimberly, Paul Clancy, Wayne Embry and Alfreda Harris for their encouragement and guidance.

      Finally, I would like to thank my spiritual mentors, Pastor Mark Broach, Pastor Keith Dickens, the late Bishop Perkins Broach, the late Louise Broach, Pastor James Dunkins and William Alexson.

      A Special Thanks

      Much love and thanks to the men and women who serve in our armed forces and to those who fought in both the Vietnam and Gulf wars.

      A special thanks to Reverend Goldwaite Sherrill and family, Mr. Jack Diadose and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Nichols, Ms. Fen LaSalle and family, Eliot Roundy, Joseph Rogers, Richard Dermody, Jack Welch and Sophia Fowler. Also, to Coach David Whipple and my high school teammates on the 1968–1970 Ipswich basketball team; to Coach Rich Morris and my McKenzie Raiders teammates. Finally, to one of the greatest basketball teams to come out of the playgrounds of the city of Boston, where I learned the importance of teamwork, toughness and brotherhood, my Roxbury YMCA Rulers teammates 1965–1969 (Anthony Pitts, William Durant, Allen Batts, Melvin Bullock, Horace Richardson. Deceased: the late Owen Wells, Tobie Goff, Richard Winslow, Ralph Monteiro, Herbie Winbush, and Larry Boyer).

      WINTER …a period like winter, as the last or final period of life; a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity. — Dictionary.com

      At the end of 360 degrees, Winter is a metaphor: a term not only used to describe the season of ice, but the period of our lives through which we are travelling. In our hearts we feel that spring is just around the corner: a spring of brotherhood and united spirits among people of color. Everyone is moving, searching. There is a restlessness within our souls that keeps us questioning, discovering and struggling against a system that will not allow us space and time for fresh expression. Western icemen have attempted to distort time. Extra months on the calendar and daylight saved what was Eastern Standard. We approach winter the most depressing period in the history of this industrial empire, with threats of oil shortages and energy crises. — Gil Scott Heron

      CHAPTER 1

      Winter in America

      The greatest human need is love.

      — Anonymous

      There is a spirit like winter that conveys a decline in human values, decay, dreariness and adversity in America today. With mass murders in our schools and public venues, the disregard of morals, human life, and the institution of marriage, a winter like storm has created an environment that is hazardous and damaging to its people.

      Amidst racial tension and scam artists steadily on the rise, the miseducation of our children; with priests, ministers and religious officials molesting and raping young children; people placing judgment on one another because they disagree; the strong oppositions to gun laws by civic leaders, entertainers and the wealthy has helped expand the sale of illegal guns in our cities which has created a war zone in once thriving neighborhoods; with a political party that is obstructive and more concerned about seeing the country’s first African American president fail rather than helping the country to recover from the worst recession since the Great

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