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Against the wall : poor, young, black, and male /

Edited and with an introductory chapter by sociologist Elijah Anderson, the essays in Against the Wall describe how young black men have come to be identified publicly with crime and violence.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Anderson, Elijah
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2008]
©2008
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The city in the twenty-first century
Subjects:
African American men > Psychology.
African American men > Social conditions.
Inner cities > United States.
Urban poor > United States.
Social sciences.
Sociology, other.
Sociology.
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812206951
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Summary: Edited and with an introductory chapter by sociologist Elijah Anderson, the essays in Against the Wall describe how young black men have come to be identified publicly with crime and violence.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: 14 illus.
ISBN: 9780812206951
Index Number: E185
CLC: D771.262
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword: Strong Men Keep A - Comin On /
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 /
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 /
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 /
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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