Taking bullets : terrorism and Black life in twenty-first century America : confronting white nationalism, supremacy, privilege, plutocracy and oligarchy : a poet's representation and challenge

Author/Creator:

Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- author

Publication/Creation:

Chicago : Third World Press Foundation, [2016]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Taking bullets : terrorism and Black life in twenty-first century America : confronting white nationalism, supremacy, privilege, plutocracy and oligarchy : a poet's representation and challenge / Haki R. Madhubuti

Variant Titles:

Terrorism and Black life in twenty-first century America

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

African American young men--Social conditions
African American boys--Social conditions
Terrorism--Social aspects--United States
Violence--Social aspects--United States
Healing--Social aspects--United States
Community life--United States
Man-woman relationships--United States
United States--Race relations
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Preface: Also must be noted -- The B network -- Taking bullets -- Change the conversation -- Bold statements, but true -- The United States of empire -- Terror in the midst of prayer and empire -- Life's work and study -- Black men : obsolete, single, dangerous? -- Whiteness -- Violence, poverty, and health -- The police and prison industrial complexes -- Capitalism : gladiator culture -- Fathers and sons : a healing call -- Dying of ignorant talk while taking bullets -- Questions -- Money : owning self, community, businesses and tomorrows -- Reparations : a part of the answer -- Men among us -- Meaningful change -- Institutions for empowerment -- Women are -- Liberating men on the issues of women -- Rape : the male crime -- The damage we do -- Violence against women -- Hundred and more reasons to believe in women's liberation -- Art as answer -- The white, dark secret -- Standing as an African man : Black man in a sea of whiteness -- Afterword -- Remember -- Appendix: The Bill of Rights; The Constitution of the United States; The United Nations : Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Summary:

"For over thirty years Haki R. Madhubuti has lead the national conversation on Black male empowerment and healing for our community. Taking Bullets : terrorism and Black life in twenty-first century America continues that conversation with a new urgency for the lives and survival of a new generation of Black men and boys who are confronted with much of the same disparity and adversity on the streets of every city in America. Madhubuti speaks directly to these young men with an empathic understanding of their plight, yet he sees hope and a vision for their future. He wants them to see this same hope and vision for themselves. In Taking Bullets, he also challenges community leaders, educators, and all of those individuals who directly impact the lives of our young men to develop sustained strategies to confront and challenge the systematic problems of police violence, mass incarceration and economic disparity"--Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 194 pages ; 23 cm

General Note:

"With an appendix: The Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights, the United Nations--Universal Declaration of Human Rights."

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936565744902486

ISBN:

9780883783610
0883783614
9780883783627
0883783622

OCLC Number:

925426402

Barcode:

010002963196