Table of Contents

Introduction: The Toby Waller Stereotype .- Part I:   Devaluing Black Male Life  .- 1. Black Males are Human Beings: An Open Letter .- 2. Stand “Our” Ground:  Murders in the Sunshine State .- 3. We Miss You, James Evans, Sr. .- Part II: It’s Good to Be White in America .- 4. No Indictment on Canfield Drive .- 5. Target Practice: The Killing of the Black Male Continues .- 6. The Racial Politics of Marijuana .- Part III: Brothers of the Moment .- 7. Innovationist Negro: Reflections of an Ex-Drug Dealer .- 8. D.o N.ot A.ccuse Black Males: The Life of Cornelius Dupree, Jr. by William T. Hoston, Randon R. Taylor, Anna A. Thomas, and Atoya Eaden .- Post Scripts .- I. How to Raise a Black Son in White America .- II. The Uprising: Call to Black Male Scholars.

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"This book focuses on black masculinity in the twenty-first century via a reflexive lens. William T. Hoston spotlights how the black male subculture can be examined as a contending force continually engaged by white empowerment. Hoston's command of language and presentation of an open letter affirms black males as human beings, and calls to mind discourse in Black Skins White Masks by Franz Fanon: 'Whoever controls language creates a world.' Hoston encourages the black male subculture in the United States of America to empower themselves by giving voice to their own plight as an endangered species annihilated at interval under what passes as a legal agenda in order to maintain social control over their lives and to impede their advancement." - Ronald Dorris, Alumni Class of '58 Professorship in Liberal Arts in African American & Diaspora Studies and English, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA "This collection of hard-hitting essays is a must-read for anyone concerned with the plight of African-American men in contemporary society." - Ray Von Robertson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida A&M University, USA

About the Author

William T. Hoston is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA. His research interests lie primarily in the areas of minority voting behavior, political behavior of Black politicians, race and minority group behavior, Black masculinity, race and crime, and theories and dynamics of racism and oppression.