While this book discusses race in the context of politics over 25 years ago, it is still incredibly relevant today. This book discusses key cultural issues that are being missed in much of the mainstream conversation on race (on the right and left) including: the nihilism and lack of love (and self-love) that comes from being in a white supremacist society, and the harm of individualism and loss of community connection from American capitalism, among other things. It deconstructs a few political perspectives and how they each miss parts of the economic and cultural changes - but he also builds on some of those that he critiques. There is a clear focus on self-love as well as solidarity in the solutions West is seeking. I do wish that it had been longer, to see some of what he said expanded on. 

I'm not sure if this is 4.5 star, 5 star, or somewhere in between - regardless, this was a great book and should be essential reading for anyone doing activism or discussing race in the US.