Author Name: Christian-Michelle Dickerson
Book Title: “The Razor and the Mirror”
Published: July 2011
Book ISBN #: 978-0-615-17893-6
Genre: Non-Fiction
Hot Topic: Child Abuse
Why You Should Get a Copy of “The Razor and the Mirror”
In order for the story to come across the way the author wanted it to, he had to tell it just as it happened, word for word, incident by incident. This is, without a doubt, the most intimate story I have ever read, told from the heart of a child. One that will tug at the heart strings of the reader. The story about a child abused and abandoned by most. Befriended by a few and finding little salvation even from God. The Razor and the Mirror will haunt you for the remainder of your life. The reader will never again look at a child and assume that all is well in that child’s life. If the fact that this is a true story isn’t compelling enough, then dwell on, if only for a moment, what you have read and try to convince yourself that horrors such as those written about in this book no longer occur in today’s society. The language is at times jolting, the message however is abundantly clear. Never, never again should anyone be able to violate the innocence of children. Once read, those who will read The Razor and the Mirror will never again be able to see a brutalized child and not act, nor will they be able to hear the cries of a little one and remain silent. “Moving. Revealing. Powerful! Christian-Michelle is on a mission from God to eradicate the pain and suffering of abuse victims. Bobby’s story, The Razor and the Mirror, needs to be heard in every corner of the earth. His story is a rich and complex story that leaves the reader saddened but also hopeful. It is highly recommended to those that are empowered to become effective advocates for the sufferer.”
Author Bio:
He hails from New York City and was raised in Harlem during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement on 129th street between Madison and Park. There he was exposed to great men and women of color such as, Langston Hughes, who often sat with Christian-Michelle on the steps of his Harlem Brownstone and read to him, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, Willie Mays played stick ball with him, Etta James, James Baldwin, Claude Brown, Rose Morgan and the most honorable man that he ever met, Malcolm X, whom he saw often walking the streets of Harlem.
“I thought he was the greatest thing to happen to the Black Race,” Christian-Michelle once said. He went on, “After his death I could never again walk past Unity Funeral Home without remembering the horrible cold of that day I spent standing in line with hundreds of other people of color waiting to view his body. That day was so very cold and wet. I believe the movement became frozen in time, no more progress for men of color and the world of coloreds cried because life for people of color would never again be the same.”
“It was the beginning of the Vietnam War and the end of solidarity between the races of color. “They,” he stated, “fought to be integrated into a white world, then separated themselves by education and class and practiced segregation among one another. This affected me in ways that I never thought would occur in my life time. The battle had just begun, and they gave up what could have been the high ground, and lost the war. They are, without a doubt, divided and conquered.”
Listen to what Christian-Michelle Dickerson has to say about
- Bobby, the little boy in his book, The Razor and the Mirror
- What prompted him to write The Razor and the Mirror
- How clinical depression has affected his day-to-day life and his relationships with the opposite sex
- How child abuse is addressed by city state and federal government
- His views on the foster care system
- How his book has been received by the public
- How he feels about the way his book and mission have been accepted by the public
- What advice or words of encouragement he has to offer to a child who is basically alone, moved from foster home to foster home, and abused by very people who are assigned to care for him/her
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