y incident in the
us to basic train
i g I was eading Paul
obeson's He c I Stand. The
book, accordi to the drill sar
geant that wei med us to the
camp, wa wr ten by a Black
Oommuni t d would only
confuse and rrupt my negro
mind. He too the book and
h Id it high a e his head as an
example of 'f (bidden fruit'
and, in betwe n gutter in'JeC.
tives, tore the ages from the
book distributi g them to the
new male rec its, instructing
th "ladies" to the pages
toilet paper,"
In Black
Single, Danger us? a wiser and
more experien d Madhubuti
presents state e gained over
twenty-five ye rs of involve
ment in Black ruggle. Black
Men focuses I on the macro
issue addr in his earlier
works Enemi The Clash of
Races and Fro Plan to Planet. .
Rather, Madbu uti engages the
reader in an in· te discussion
of the statu of African
American men our society.
This boo undoubtedly
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those classi such as
Woodson' Th Miseducation
of the Negro, razier' Blac
Bourgeoisie, an DuBois' Souls
of Black Folk Li e these
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The· myth of
equarty.
Co tiD d
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per onal memorie of ex
periences in t freedom trug
gles of two de ades past.
The internal crisis i directly
related to the xternal, institu
tional crisis, a one-sided
race/class warfare which is
being wage against the
African-American community.
The external cri i is repre
sented the conjuncture of a
variety of factors, including:
the deterioration of skilled and
higher paying jobs within the
ghetto, and the decline in the
economic infrastructure; the
decline in the public sector's
upport for public hou ing,
alth care, ed cation and re
lated ocial se ices 0 low-to
moderate inco e people; and
tbe demise of t e enforcement
of affirmative tion, equal op
portunity laws nd related civil
rights legi lation.
The myth of equality i re
quired in order to convince
African-Ameri n that the ex
ternal crisis oesn't really
exi t, and that r cism i dead.
That' why i 's more impor
tant than ever for the Black
Movement to be reborn, using
the strategie of demonstra
tions, community mobilizing
and resistance to the "new"
racism. Institutional racism
may be more ophisticated,
using the language of equality,
but the necessity for truggle
still exists.
scholars, Madhubuti aptly
states the condition of Black
men ud' defines Blac man
hood from an Afric it
American perspective.
Haki Madhubuti is a profes
sor of english at Chicago State
University.
Standing up for
Peace
Whyhav
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