Based on research and interviews with successful young African-American males and their parents, this book emphasises the unique combinations of supportive and challenging parenting practices that parents have adopted to help their sons cope and achieve in both the African-American community and mainstream white society.
Going beyond mere analysis--and beyond the relentlessly negative media images--this inspiring study shows how young African American men can achieve academic success and what parents can do to help.
Can any American look at the dreadful number of young, Black men we are losing and not feel shame and horror? In this fascinating study, often in the words of the young people and families interviewed, we are reminded that every child can and must be given the tools for 'beating the odds'.
