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Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban Americareviewed by Carol Wright - 2004 Title: Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in Urban America Author(s): Greg Dimitriadis Publisher: Teachers College Press, New York ISBN: 0807743852, Pages: 118, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com The conversation on Black males in education is saturated with
deficit discourses and stories of failure by schools and the
students themselves. In contrast, Greg Dimitriadis presents a story
that challenges assumptions about “normal” and
“good” successful Black youth. In his latest book,
Friendship, Cliques, and Gangs: Young Black Men Coming of Age in
Urban America, Dimitriadis enters the discussion on black men
in education by asking the following question, “How do black
youth construct meaning for their social and academic lives inside
and outside of school?” To answer this question, the author
analyzes the complex social lives of two young Black men in a small
Midwestern urban city.
The author’s first two chapters contextualize urban youth
culture and introduce us to Tony and Rufus, best friends who are
grappling with issues of identity and what it means to be young
Black men. The reader is charted through five chapters that
highlight themes including: family, social networks, the community
center, role models, and material pressures. To better... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Carol Wright
Wesleyan University E-mail Author CAROL WRIGHT is a visiting instructor in the African American Studies Program at Wesleyan University. Currently she is completing her doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has presented papers at the American Educational Research Association and the Sociology of Education Association annual meetings. Teaching and research areas include: Race and Ethnicity (emphasis on class stratification), Critical Race Theory, Educational Policy, Sociology of Education.
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