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[269]-278) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword: Strong Men Keep A - Comin On /$rWest, Cornel --$tPart I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities --$tChapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male /$rAnderson, Elijah --$tChapter 2. David's Story: From Promise to Despair /$rGunn, Raymond --$tChapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row /$rDuck, Waverly --$tPart II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth --$tChapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner - City Black Males /$rWilson, William Julius --$tChapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration /$rPager, Devah --$tChapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males /$rJaynes, Gerald D. --$tChapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity /$rMassey, Douglas S. --$tPart III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions --$tChapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School /$rAnderson, Luke --$tChapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching /$rDance, L. Janelle --$tChapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization /$rBrooks, Scott N. --$tChapter 11. "Tell us how it feels to be a problem": Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men /$rPerry, Imani --$tPart IV. Social Policy Matters --$tChapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases /$rDuster, Troy --$tChapter 13. "You can take me outta the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood outta me": Youth Incarceration and Reentry /$rFader, Jamie J. --$tChapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males /$rJoe, Sean --$tChapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets? /$rKairys, David --$tChapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for African American Men /$rEdelman, Peter --$tNotes --$tContributors --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Typically residing in areas of concentrated urban poverty, too many young black men are trapped in a horrific cycle that includes active discrimination, unemployment, violence, crime, prison, and early death. This toxic mixture has given rise to wider stereotypes that limit the social capital of all young black males. Edited and with an introductory chapter by sociologist Elijah Anderson, the essays in Against the Wall describe how the young black man has come to be identified publicly with crime and violence. In reaction to his sense of rejection, he may place an exaggerated emphasis on the integrity of his self-expression in clothing and demeanor by adopting the fashions of the "street." To those deeply invested in and associated with the dominant culture, his attitude is perceived as profoundly oppositional. His presence in public gathering places becomes disturbing to others, and the stereotype of the dangerous young black male is perpetuated and strengthened. To understand the origin of the problem and the prospects of the black inner-city male, it is essential to distinguish his experience from that of his pre-Civil Rights Movement forebears. In the 1950's, as militant black people increasingly emerged to challenge the system, the figure of the black male became more ambiguous and fearsome. And while this activism did have the positive effect of creating opportunities for the black middle class who fled from the ghettos, those who remained faced an increasingly desperate climate. Featuring a foreword by Cornel West and sixteen original essays by contributors including William Julius Wilson, Gerald D. Jaynes, Douglas S. Massey, and Peter Edelman, Against the Wall illustrates how social distance increases as alienation and marginalization within the black male underclass persist, thereby deepening the country's racial divide. 410 0$aCity in the twenty-first century book series. 606 $aAfrican American men$xPsychology 606 $aAfrican American men$xSocial conditions 606 $aInner cities$zUnited States 606 $aUrban poor$zUnited States 610 $aAfrican Studies. 610 $aAfrican-American Studies. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 610 $aSociology. 610 $aUrban Studies. 615 0$aAfrican American men$xPsychology. 615 0$aAfrican American men$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aInner cities 615 0$aUrban poor 676 $a305.38896073 701 $aAnderson$b Elijah$0143795 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779143203321 996 $aAgainst the wall$93757928 997 $aUNINA