Against the wall : poor, young, Black, and male, edited by Elijah Anderson

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Against the wall : poor, young, Black, and male, edited by Elijah Anderson

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http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhmgx

Title remainder

poor, young, Black, and male

Statement of responsibility

edited by Elijah Anderson

Instantiates

• Against the wall : poor, young, Black, and male

Publication

• Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index

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online resource

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rdacarrier

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multicolored

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text

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rdacontent

Contents

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

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1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages :)

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online

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9780812206951

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illustrations.

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Electronic reproduction.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.