Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword: Strong Men Keep A - Comin On ix
4. Part I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities
5. Chapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male 3
6. Chapter 2. David’s Story: From Promise to Despair 28
7. Chapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row 38
8. Part II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth
9. Chapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner - City Black Males 55
10. Chapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration 71
11. Chapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males 87
12. Chapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity 102
13. Part III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions
14. Chapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School 123
15. Chapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching 138
16. Chapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization 147
17. Chapter 11. “Tell us how it feels to be a problem”: Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men 165
18. Part IV. Social Policy Matters
19. Chapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases 181
20. Chapter 13. “You can take me outta the ’hood, but you can’t take the ’hood outta me”: Youth Incarceration and Reentry 198
21. Chapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males 218
22. Chapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets? 242
23. Chapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for African American Men 252
24. Notes 269
25. Contributors 279
26. Index 285
27. Acknowledgments 297