This book follows the life course of two African American teens from the urban Midwest - best friends who have followed very different paths. Challenging popular stereotypes about black youth, it discusses the complexities of their everyday lives and their transition from boys to young men.
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A Short Interesting Look at Black Teens,
By Donna Keiko "Little Donna" (North Tonawanda, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban America (Paperback)
I read this book for a class about education. It is an interesting book for people who are interested in marginilized black teens. It is a short and easy read, but it really does change the way non-urban and non-minority people perceive low-income black teens. It is in fact a fairly positive look at black teens. I have met the author as my teacher knows him and so Greg came to our class to talk about the book. He is still in touch with Tony and both men have families now. I strongly recommend this book for people who would be teaching or working with teens or in urban settings. This book seriously challenges stereotypes and I have learned I still have some ways to go to address my uses of stereotypes.
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Hub City, Struggling Towards Success, Thinking Beyond Traditional Schooling, Social Support, Job Corps, Vice Lords, Junior Egyptian Lodge, Youth of the Year, Black P-Stone, Urban America, Blackstone Rangers, Gangster Disciples, African Americans, Miss Jackson, While Tony Browse Sample Pages:
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- Learning to Labor in New Times (Critical Social Thought) by Nadine Dolby in Back Matter
- Ideology, Curriculum, and the New Sociology of Education: Revisiting the Work of Michael Apple by Lois Weis in Back Matter
- $7 an Hour Ain't No Job: The Second Emancipation of the Black Race by Malcolm D. Carter in Back Matter
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