The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances / Young, Alford A.,  

Público ISBD Hacer una sugerencia de compra Título : The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances : Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances Tipo de documento: texto impreso Autores: Young, Alford A., Número de páginas: 1 online resource (288 pages) Il.: illustrations ISBN/ISSN/DL: 978-1-4008-4147-9 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Etiquetas: African American men  Attitudes  Illinois  Chicago  Equality  United States  Public opinion  Poor men  Social mobility  Social perception  Social stratification  Social Sciences  Sociology, other  Sociology  Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie  SOCIAL SCIENCE  Ethnic Studies  African American Studies  Gender Studies Clasificación: HV 4046.C36 Patología social. Bienestar social y público. Criminología -- Protección, asistencia y socorro -- Pobres en las ciudades. Ranchos -- Chicago Resumen: Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility: Public debates surrounding immigration policy, climate change, international relations, and constitutional and human rights are currently at the forefront of our national discourse. Critical reasoning, supported through academic research is needed. As a result, De Gruyter, along with its partner presses, is making freely available books and journal articles across nine topical areas for all students and faculty. Broadening access to this scholarship enables more people to address these issues in an informed manner: it helps us combat false news sources, to consider the nature of truth and ethics, and to understand the struggles of all members of society While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving beyond stereotypes, this book examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. It documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life--and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. In its pages, we meet men who think seriously about work, family, and community and whose differing experiences shape their views of their social world. Based on intensive interviews, the book reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans--differences that ground their understandings of how racism and socioeconomic inequality determine their life chances. The poorest and most socially isolated are, perhaps surprisingly, most likely to believe that individuals can improve their own lot. By contrast, men who regularly leave their neighborhood tend to have a wider range of opportunities but also have met with more racism, hostility, and institutional obstacles--making them less likely to believe in the American Dream. Demonstrating how these men interpret their social world, this book seeks to de-pathologize them without ignoring their experiences with chronic unemployment, prison, and substance abuse. It shows how the men draw upon such experiences as they make meaning of the complex circumstances in which they strive to succeed En línea: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841479 Link: http://biblio.unvm.edu.ar/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=31524 The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances : Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances [texto impreso] / Young, Alford A., . - [s.d.] . - 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. ISBN : 978-1-4008-4147-9 Idioma : Inglés (eng) Etiquetas: African American men  Attitudes  Illinois  Chicago  Equality  United States  Public opinion  Poor men  Social mobility  Social perception  Social stratification  Social Sciences  Sociology, other  Sociology  Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie  SOCIAL SCIENCE  Ethnic Studies  African American Studies  Gender Studies Clasificación: HV 4046.C36 Patología social. Bienestar social y público. Criminología -- Protección, asistencia y socorro -- Pobres en las ciudades. Ranchos -- Chicago Resumen: Rights, Action, and Social Responsibility: Public debates surrounding immigration policy, climate change, international relations, and constitutional and human rights are currently at the forefront of our national discourse. Critical reasoning, supported through academic research is needed. As a result, De Gruyter, along with its partner presses, is making freely available books and journal articles across nine topical areas for all students and faculty. Broadening access to this scholarship enables more people to address these issues in an informed manner: it helps us combat false news sources, to consider the nature of truth and ethics, and to understand the struggles of all members of society While we hear much about the "culture of poverty" that keeps poor black men poor, we know little about how such men understand their social position and relationship to the American dream. Moving beyond stereotypes, this book examines how twenty-six poverty-stricken African American men from Chicago view their prospects for getting ahead. It documents their definitions of good jobs and the good life--and their beliefs about whether and how these can be attained. In its pages, we meet men who think seriously about work, family, and community and whose differing experiences shape their views of their social world. Based on intensive interviews, the book reveals how these men have experienced varying degrees of exposure to more-privileged Americans--differences that ground their understandings of how racism and socioeconomic inequality determine their life chances. The poorest and most socially isolated are, perhaps surprisingly, most likely to believe that individuals can improve their own lot. By contrast, men who regularly leave their neighborhood tend to have a wider range of opportunities but also have met with more racism, hostility, and institutional obstacles--making them less likely to believe in the American Dream. Demonstrating how these men interpret their social world, this book seeks to de-pathologize them without ignoring their experiences with chronic unemployment, prison, and substance abuse. It shows how the men draw upon such experiences as they make meaning of the complex circumstances in which they strive to succeed En línea: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841479 Link: http://biblio.unvm.edu.ar/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=31524

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