The Fool Speaks: The Wise Man Listens A NEW WORLD: IF THE CREEK DON'T RISE questions life in America from the perspective of hyphenated Americans of all races and nationalities. Can true justice, peace and righteousness be found in the midst of a historical past that yielded strange humanistic fruit? Donald D. Warner realistically examines the influences of language dualities, scholarship, immigrant sojourners, local and national heroes, the family unit, education and religious institutions, accompanied by the new rise of hope seen in the President of the United States, Barack Obama, cast in the midst of a new globalization. The author queries, "Where is our hope?" Historically the United States Constitution promises definitive aspects of liberty and justice for all. Therefore, as the world shrinks in terms of the new globalization, will we, as Americans, finally strive to achieve a better world, filled with the peace assured by the God in us all?