Beschreibung:
In this book, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative analysis of the state of black youth in America today. Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking national survey, Cohen focuses on what young black Americans actually experience and think--and underscores the political repercussions. Through their words, these young people provide a complex and balanced picture of the intersection of opportunity and discrimination in their lives.
1. "My Petition": Black Youth and the Promise of Democratic Citizenship