Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Foreword x
4. Acknowledgments xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I: THE MILLION MAN MARCH
7. 1. To March or Not to March:Two Op-eds 19
8. 2. “Claiming” and “Speaking” Who We Are 28
9. 3. Buck Passing 46
10. 4. My Two Mothers, America, and the Million Man March 54
11. 5. Sadomasochism and the Colorline 68
12. 6. “Marchin’ On” 85
13. 7. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man 99
14. PART II: ENGENDERING BLACK RACIAL VICTIMHOOD
15. 8. Pull Together as the Community 117
16. 9. “You’reTurning Me On” 128
17. 10. The Social Construction of a Rape Victim 147
18. 11. The Construction of O. J. Simpson as a Racial Victim 159
19. 12. Missing in Action 194
20. 13. The Message of the Verdict 212
21. 14. The Sexual Diversion 237
22. PART III: ANTIRACIST DISCOURSE OUTED
23. 15. Can the Queen Speak? 249
24. 16. Signifying on the Black Church 276
25. 17. Black Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights 283
26. 18. My Gay Problem,Your Black Problem 303
27. 19. Black Macho Revisited 306
28. 20. On Eldridge Cleaver 312
29. 21. Baraka’s Dilemma 317
30. 22. AIDS in Blackface 324
31. 23. Fixing the Faggot 338
32. 24. The Elixir of Dennis Rodman 347
33. PART IV: BLACK MALE FEMINISM, SEXISM, OR PATERNALISM?
34. 25. A Black Man’s Place in Black Feminist Criticism 359
35. 26. The Challenge and Possibility for Black Males to Embrace Feminism 383
36. 27. The Women’s Liberation and the Gay Liberation Movements 387
37. 28. Some African American Males’ Perspectives on the Black Woman 390
38. 29. Silent Acquiescence 408
39. 30. “You Cain’t Trus’ It” 414
40. Epilogue 417
41. Contributors 449
42. Permissions 459
43. Index 461