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Against the wall : poor, young, Black, and male /
Too many young black men are trapped in a horrific cycle that includes active discrimination, unemployment, violence, crime, prison, and early death. This toxic mixture has given rise to wider stereotypes that limit the social capital of all young black males. Edited and with an introductory chapter...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | City in the twenty-first century book series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Strong men keep a-comin on / Cornel West
- pt. I. Facing the situation of young black men in inner cities : Against the wall: poor, young, black, and male / Elijah Anderson ; David's story: from promise to despair / Raymond Gunn ; Young, black, and male: the life history of an American drug dealer facing death row / Waverly Duck
- pt. II. Structural analyses of joblessness among black youth : The economic plight of inner-city black males / William Julius Wilson ; Blacklisted: hiring discrimination in an era of mass incarceration / Devah Pager ; The effects of immigration on the economic position of young black males / Gerald D Jaynes ; Immigration and equal opportunity / Douglas S Massey
- pt. III. Engaging urban youth in social institutions : Youth entrepreneurship training in the inner city: overcoming disadvantage, engaging youth in school / Luke Anderson ; Black male students and reflections on learning and teaching / L Janelle Dance ; Fighting like a ballplayer: basketball as a strategy against social disorganization / Scott N. Brooks ; "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": hip hop longings and poor young black men / Imani Perry
- pt. IV. Social policy matters : Social issues lurking in the over-representation of young African American men in the expanding DNA databases / Troy Duster ; "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": youth incarceration and reentry / Jamie J. Fader ; Suicide patterns among black males / Sean Joe ; Why are handguns so accessible on urban streets? / David Kairys ; What do we do now? Toward a brighter future for young African American men / Peter Edelman.