Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America Book

When I first started reading this book - I thought to myself - who was this book written for - thinking that most black (if not all) know we are not monolithic, and the information at the beginning of the book was something that is known, so was thinking this book was probably written for a non-black audience. But, as I read on - I changed my mind as in this book Eugene Robinson convinced me this is a book for all people and depending on which group was reading/discussing the book - they would probably focus on different aspects of the book to discuss - but there is much food for thought.
I thought the value of the book is - Recording what is known and give a baseline to either fine tune/validate/refine the current view of Black American and how can this knowledge be used to help understand how we proceed in this changing American society.
I liked how Robinson wove his personal history and the history/events of pre-Civil Rights Black American to help inform how Black America has changed from "one" into the "four".
This was a quick read due mainly to Robinson's writing style that flowed easily from one concept to the next and was able to concisely state his points.