Against the Wall : : Poor, Young, Black, and Male /

Against the Wall : : Poor, Young, Black, and Male / / ed. by Elijah Anderson.

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Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleTypically residing in areas of concentrated urban poverty, 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 ri...

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MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Elijah,
Anderson, Luke,
Brooks, Scott N.,
Dance, L. Janelle,
Duck, Waverly,
Duster, Troy,
Edelman, Peter,
Fader, Jamie J.,
Gunn, Raymond,
Jaynes, Gerald D.,
Joe, Sean,
Kairys, David,
Massey, Douglas S.,
Pager, Devah,
Perry, Imani,
West, Cornel,
Wilson, William Julius,
HerausgeberIn:
Anderson, Elijah,
TeilnehmendeR:
West, Cornel.
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]
©2008
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:The City in the Twenty-First Century
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 14 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: Strong Men Keep A - Comin On
  • Part I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities
  • Chapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male
  • Chapter 2. David's Story: From Promise to Despair
  • Chapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row
  • Part II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth
  • Chapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner - City Black Males
  • Chapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration
  • Chapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males
  • Chapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity
  • Part III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions
  • Chapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School
  • Chapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching
  • Chapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization
  • Chapter 11. "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men
  • Part IV. Social Policy Matters
  • Chapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases
  • Chapter 13. "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": Youth Incarceration and Reentry
  • Chapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males
  • Chapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets?
  • Chapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for African American Men
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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