Synopsis
Taking an incisive look at what it means to be a black man in modern-day America, the author of The Rage of a Privileged Class candidly discusses such issues as drug abuse, crime, misogyny, incarceration, and economic inequality while looking at the progress that has been made and challenging readers to reinvent their lives.
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Ellis Cose, a columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek, began his career as a weekly columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the national bestselling author of Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World, The Rage of a Privileged Class, and The Darden Dilemma: 12 Black Writers on Justice, Race, and Conflicting Loyalties. He has appeared on Nightline, Dateline, Good Morning America, PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and other national television and radio programs.
Ellis Cose is a columnist and contributing editor for Newsweek.
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