Left of Black S2:E20 | Redefining Black Power and Re-Thinking Black Male Achievement with Joanne Griffith and Shaun Harper

Left of Black S2:E20 | February 20,2012
RedefiningBlack Power and Re-Thinking Black Male Achievement with Joanne Griffith and ShaunHarper
Host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype©by journalist Joanne Griffith,editor of the new book Redefining Black Power:Reflections on the State of Black America (City Lights). Griffith discusses the observations of several of the book's contributorsincluding historian Vincent Harding,Professor Michele Alexander and MOVEmember Ramona Afrika, who cites FredHampton Jr.'s recent quote that "Barack Obama is the new crack."  Griffithalso shares about the interview she had with Rev. Jeremiah Wright that was notincluded in the book, and points out the unfair images of Blacks in the media.Later, Neal is joined via Skype© by Shaun Harper, Associate Professor ofEducation at the University of Pennsylvania and Director for the Center for theStudy of Race and Equality in Education,.  Recently, Harper released astudy entitled "Black Male Student Success in HigherEducation."  Harper discusses the importance of looking at achievementrather than failure, and describes one example of an exceptional Black malerole model.  Lastly Harper shares some of the experiences of Black malestudents in higher education as they navigate through racialhardships.  
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