{"product_id":"9781509522064","title":"Are Black Men Doomed?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDebating Race\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAre Black Men Doomed?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlford A. Young\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife for too many African American men is a battle with extreme disadvantage, a fight for survival, and a struggle for dignity in a society which labels them a \"problem.\" For more than 30 years, most of the effort put toward addressing the crisis of Black men has centered on what \u003ci\u003ethey\u003c\/i\u003e must do to improve their condition. Without neglecting that perspective, \u003ci\u003eAre Black men doomed?\u003c\/i\u003e radically shifts the focus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis urgent intervention explores how a damning portrait of Black men as incorrigibly pernicious has been built and persists, and how the voice of these men themselves has been ignored. It astutely argues that improving the prospects for Black men requires that society fully come to terms with the narrow and incomplete vision it has sustained about these men. It then shows us the means to hear, understand, and value them, offering a new vision rooted in reinterpretation and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlford A. Young, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 February 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509522064\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e140\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44314723287180,"sku":"9781509522064","price":11.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509522064_aae5b82a-10ff-4d93-8029-2c8372a0193f.jpg?v=1780144041","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509522064","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}