When Juan Williams set out to write his new book, "Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America," he had no idea what he was getting into. Williams' scathing critique of African American leadership in the post-civil rights movement era, as well as his emphasis on what he calls the "culture of failure" within the black community, catapulted him into the realm of controversy.

No sooner had the book hit the shelves than Williams was met with a hailstorm of criticism. In calling into question the overreliance on "victimhood" by today's African American leaders and instead promoting personal responsibility, education, achievement and the traditional family structure, Williams was treading dangerous waters. For it has become almost an article of faith among mainstream black Americans that racism is solely to blame for the problems afflicting the black community. To say otherwise is simply taboo.

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