Taking bullets
Subtitle: terrorism and Black life in twenty-first century America : confronting white nationalism, supremacy, privilege, plutocracy and oligarchy : a poet's representation and challenge
By: Haki R. Madhubuti
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Third World Press Foundation
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780883783610; 9780883783627
Subjects: African American boys; Man-woman relationships; Community life; Violence; Race relations; African American young men; Healing; Social conditions; Terrorism
Description: "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.
Notes: "With an appendix: The Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights."

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