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From the Edge of the Ghetto

African Americans and the World of Work

By: Alford Young

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From the Edge of the Ghetto

African Americans and the World of Work

By: Alford Young

While there is considerable information on job opportunities and employment patterns, or lack thereof, for African Americans in the new economy, there is virtually no information on how African Americans view the world of work and how they attempt to navigate that world. From the Edge of the Ghetto examines how one group of African Americans conceptualizes the world of work, including the types of jobs that may be available and the skills and talents needed to find and do such jobs. Based on interviews with one hundred low-income African Americans in a suburb near Detroit, this study focuses on how people on the margins take stock of their situations and attempt to function in them. It addresses the questions of what they think are the “good” jobs, how they assess their own skills, and how they connect the two. It also explores how these individuals experience social categories such as race, class, and gender and how these impact their understanding of the world of work.

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205

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742570118

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9780742570115

Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity

Reflections on Teaching in Higher Education

By: Mark A. Chesler,Alford A. Young Jr.

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Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity

Reflections on Teaching in Higher Education

By: Mark A. Chesler,Alford A. Young Jr.

This book focuses on understanding the experiences of faculty members of various races/ethnicities and genders and their classroom encounters with students in the United States. It illustrates some of the dynamics for faculty members facing the challenges and opportunities the diversity presents.

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255

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Routledge

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1317259769

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9781317259763

The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances

By: Alford A. Young Jr.

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The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances

By: Alford A. Young Jr.

While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving beyond stereotypes, this book examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. It documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life--and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. In its pages, we meet men who think seriously about work, family, and community and whose differing experiences shape their views of their social world. Based on intensive interviews, the book reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans--differences that ground their understandings of how racism and socioeconomic inequality determine their life chances. The poorest and most socially isolated are, perhaps surprisingly, most likely to believe that individuals can improve their own lot. By contrast, men who regularly leave their neighborhood tend to have a wider range of opportunities but also have met with more racism, hostility, and institutional obstacles--making them less likely to believe in the American Dream. Demonstrating how these men interpret their social world, this book seeks to de-pathologize them without ignoring their experiences with chronic unemployment, prison, and substance abuse. It shows how the men draw upon such experiences as they make meaning of the complex circumstances in which they strive to succeed.

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286

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Princeton University Press

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140084147X

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9781400841479

Are Black Men Doomed?

By: Alford A. Young, Jr.

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Are Black Men Doomed?

By: Alford A. Young, Jr.

Life for too many African American men is a battle with extreme disadvantage, a fight for survival, and a struggle for dignity in a society which labels them a "problem." For more than 30 years, most of the effort put toward addressing the crisis of Black men has centered on what they must do to improve their condition. Without neglecting that perspective, Are Black men doomed? radically shifts the focus. This urgent intervention explores how a damning portrait of Black men as incorrigibly pernicious has been built and persists, and how the voice of these men themselves has been ignored. It astutely argues that improving the prospects for Black men requires that society fully come to terms with the narrow and incomplete vision it has sustained about these men. It then shows us the means to hear, understand, and value them, offering a new vision rooted in reinterpretation and redemption.

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140

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509522093

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9781509522095

Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois

By: Alford A. Young,Jerry Gafio Watts,Manning Marable,Charles C. Lemert,Elizabeth Higginbotham

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Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois

By: Alford A. Young,Jerry Gafio Watts,Manning Marable,Charles C. Lemert,Elizabeth Higginbotham

This work marks the recent passing of the 100th Anniversary of Du Bois' classic of African American literature. More than fifty events and celebrations were held in cities and universities around the country. It poignantly explores the relationship of Du Bois, the man, to his writings. It is written by expert team of authors including the prominent Manning Marable. "The Souls of W. E. B. Du Bois" explores the relationship of W. E. B. Du Bois' seminal book, "The Souls of Black Folk", to other works in his scholarly portfolio and to his larger project concerning race, racial identity, and the social objectives of scholarly engagement. Prominent authors consider why the classic book remains so relevant today.

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141

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Routledge

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1317251660

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9781317251668

Basketball Guard Play

By: Steve Alford

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Basketball Guard Play

By: Steve Alford

Guard Play covers the skills and attributes necessary to be a successful point guard or shooting guard. Not only does it present the finer points of shooting, passing, ballhandling, moving without the ball, free throws and defense, it discusses intangilbles such as leadership, toughness and confidence. Steve Alford was Indiana's high school Mr. Basketball in 1983 and an All-American at Indiana University, where he led the Hoosiers to the NCAA championship in 1987. He played on the gold medal 1984 U.S. Olympic team and later in the NBA for four years before becoming the head coach at Manchester College and later at Southwest Missouri State University. He is currently head coach at the University of Iowa. Ed Schilling was a four-year started at Miami of Ohio where he set a Mid-American Conference record with 17 assists in one game. He was head coach at Logansport (IN) High School for four years before becoming an assistant to John Calipari at UMass in 1995.

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130

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McGraw-Hill

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157028024X

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9781570280245

Book's by Alford A. Young Jr.

From the Edge of the Ghetto

From the Edge of the Ghetto

Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity

Faculty Identities and the Challenge of Diversity

The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

The Minds of Marginalized Black Men

Are Black Men Doomed?

Are Black Men Doomed?

Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois

Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois

Basketball Guard Play

Basketball Guard Play

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