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Highlighting the value of a feminist approach to understanding black masculinity, hooks looks at the way patriarchal thought and action undermine black male self-esteem. With compassion and generosity, bell hooks contends that black men become loving individuals only as they accept full accountability for shaping their destiny. Taking as her starting point powerful writing on black masculinity from the 60s and 70s, hooks looks seriously at the problems black males face—both the ones not of their own making and the ones they create for themselves. In ten clear and provocative chapters, she offers a thorough examination of issues ranging from the trauma of childhood abandonment, parenting, and black male violence to work, education, sexuality, self-esteem, and spiritual recovery.
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