The Estrangement of Black Male Youth

Download or read book The Estrangement of Black Male Youth written by Jerald McNair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a hard look into how black males are being raised in the black community and the negative impact fatherless homes have on them. The author, who is a teacher, writes about his experiences teaching these students and the challenges he faced in mentoring and guiding them to do their best. The author outlines fourteen factors that he believes influences the efforts many black males exhibit in school. He then offers ways to ameliorate these efforts and get them to begin valuing education. Although the author writes about students in general, he focuses heavily on black males because he believes a crisis is brewing.