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Title: Who's Gonna Take the Weight: Manhood, Race, and Power in America by KEVIN POWELL ISBN: 0-609-81044-8 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: and in other tupac news...kevin powell wrote another book
Comment: he loves tupac....he has serious issues with Black Women....its a hard knock life....he was on the real world.....vibe magaizine...? Who is Kevin Powell?
I've read many of his works, and this is the end of the road for me. My biggest issue with him, is that he lacks balance and if he couldgt past his hurt feelings/bruised ego long enough, I could give more credence to what he says. He's like the Gary Coleman of writing. Sure he makes some valid points, but I could do without the bitching. I'll give him this, he's a good editor. I enjoyed Step Into A World. (minus the introduction) Give me Greg Tate, Mark Anthony Neal, Todd Boyd anyday!!!!
Rating: 2
Summary: Lies, All Lies
Comment: The book was disappointing, man. Kevin could have done better.
Rating: 5
Summary: Heavy words from a heavyweight
Comment: If Tupac Shakur was voice that represented the angst of troubled youth in hip-hop culture, than Kevin Powell is by all means the James Baldwin of that culture. Introduced to most of us 'as one of seven strangers picked to live in a loft to see what happens when people stop being nice and start being real', Powell brings to the surface some of his own painful realties as he deals with some of societies ugliest issues in, "Who's Gonna Take the Weight". In a brutally honest account of his own battles with misogyny, pride, and abandonment, the self-proclaimed Hip-Hop head, masterfully dissects causes and effects of a variety of social behaviors claiming the hearts and spirits of a large number of not only Black America, but also society at large. In questioning his own self destructive behaviors he answers the questions of the Black woman trying to love a Black Man, he answersthe question of the white kid who wants to emulate the hip-hop lifestyle he sees on television, he answers the Black middle class who forgot they were ever poor and he answers the "Man" who perpetuates the images continually seen through all forms of media. What does he answer? Simply why do you act like that? Eloquently breaking down the correlation between the civil rights movement and hip-hop culture, Powell uses his own "issues" as examples of what's wrong and how to begin to fix them. It shows that we all truly need to take the weight individually and collectively. Compelling, clear and concise the latest addition to his collection of essays is truly Keeping it Real!
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Title: Everything But the Burden : What White People Are Taking from Black Culture by GREG TATE ISBN: 076791497X Publisher: Harlem Moon Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture by Bakari Kitwana ISBN: 0465029795 Publisher: Basic Civitas Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Young Black Rich and Famous : The Rise of the NBA, The Hip Hop Invasion and the Transformation of AmericanCulture by TODD BOYD ISBN: 0767912772 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Step into a World : A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature by Kevin Powell ISBN: 0471380601 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 29 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by Bell Hooks ISBN: 0415969271 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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