Raymond Winbush

The Warrior Method

A Parents' Guide to Rearing Healthy Black Boys

Buch

One third of black males, ages 20 to 29, are in some form of the corrections system in America. They also die younger and more violent deaths than their white counterparts. In the tradition of The Black Parenting Handbook, The Warrior Method presents a concrete plan of action to confront these problems head on. The Warrior Method, written by Dr. Winbush, the director of Fisk University's Race Relations Institute, teaches parents to raise their sons using ideas modeled after the Poro Societies of West Africa. The program mimics the rite of passage in which young men are taken by the men of the village and taught how to live as responsible adul… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-380-79275-7
EAN: 9780380792757
Produktnummer: 9877573
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. is the Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Oakwood College in Alabama and received a fellowship to attend the University of Chicago, where he earned both his master's degree and Ph.D. in psychology. He has taught at Oakwood College, Alabama A&M, Vanderbilt University, and Fisk University. He is the recipient of numerous grants, including one from the Kellogg Foundation to establish a National Dialogue on Race. He is the author of The Warrior Method: A Parents' Guide to Rearing Healthy Black Boys, the former treasurer and executive board member of the National Council of Black Studies, and is currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Black Studies. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.