BLACK MAN INSIDE: Rethinking Black Male Masculinity

Our Common Ground with Janice Graham
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ALL WEEK ~ May 18-21, 2009

MAN INSIDE: Rethinking Black Masculinity Man Inside:
Conversations with Our Brothers

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TRUTHSPEAK: " Feminist politics is a choice. When men make that choice, our world is transformed." - bell hooks


MAN INSIDE: Rethinking Black Masculinity Man Inside:
Conversations with Our Brothers

OUR COMMON GROUND presents a full week of special programming focusing on issues relevant to the Black American male and Black male feminist thought. "The Black Man Inside: Rethinking Black Masculinity".

This week long special programming focusing and reflecting on Black men, masculinity and their relationships to Black community values, addressing challenges of much needed transformation and the demands to build healthy relationships and community. The Black man inside is essential to our struggle and protection.

"The Black Man Inside: Rethinking Black Masculinity" will feature conversations with four Black men whose inquiry, struggle and transformation embody a love for themselves and for our people. Janice Graham "In Converstation in the language of TruthSpeak at OUR COMMON GROUND with: BrotherScholar/Activists, Drs. Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University and David Ikard, Florida State University~ Gary Lemons, University of South Florida: and Brother Activists, Major Neill Franklin, formerly of the City of Baltimore Police Department and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) and Anti-Sexist Activist, Filmmaker, Byron Hurt.

May 18 - 21, 2009 8-10 pm ET LISTEN LIVE & CALL IN: http://www.ustalknetwork.com


Monday, May 18, 2009

Dr. Mark Anthony Neal
New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity


Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Dr. David Ikard, Florida State University
Breaking the Silence Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism

Dr. Gary Lemons, University of South Florida
Black Male Outsider: A Memoir


Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Major Neill Franklin, formerly of the City of Baltimore Police Department and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP):" A Framework Out of the War on Drugs"

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Byron Hurt, Anti-sexist activist and Filmmaker
I AM A MAN: Black Masculinity in America and Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes

NBM Book Notes: Ms. Magazine Reviews 'Black Male Outsider'

from Ms. Magazine

New Wave Man
Review by Layli Phillips

Black Male Outsider:
Teaching as a Pro-Feminist Man—A Memoir
By Gary L. Lemons
SUNY Press

WHEN I STOP TO THINK ABOUT the successes of feminism, one of the most under-recognized yet remarkable is its production of feminist men. Male feminists prove that the transformation of society is truly achievable and not simply some utopian pipe dream or theoretical abstract. Such men are still relatively few and far between, but as Lemons proves in Black Male Outsider, a groundswell is in the making. This growing wave of men who identify with feminism is, on the one hand, an artifact of a generation that has grown up with feminism. On the other hand, it is a demonstration of the life-changing power of feminist thought—in this case, black feminist thought—on not just women, but on human beings of any gender.

After the manner of bell hooks, whom Lemons names as the biggest influence on his feminist development, this memoir is a captivating mixture of “professional” and “confessional” approaches. This style allows Lemons to interweave theory and autobiography with the personal narratives of his students, mostly but not exclusively white and female, who have been transformed by their encounter with black feminist thought delivered through the unlikely voice of a self-styled “professor of feminism.” By confronting white students about white identity, students of color about “passing,” and all students about the intersections of racism and sexuality, Lemons stewards his classes through profound shifts in thinking and empathy. In the end, he emerges not only as one of the most influential black male feminists, but also as a “wounded healer” of no small magnitude.

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Gary L. Lemons is Visiting Professor of English at the University of South Florida.