Courting success: a new method for motivating urban Black males. (BI Forum).(Brief Article) From: Black Issues in Higher Education | Date: April 25, 2002| Author: Lancer, Jared R. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Despite the great strides Black males have made over the last several decades in education, too often we are reminded of their straggle by statistical publications, media depictions and entertainment caricatures that hypothesize their gradual extinction from mainstream society. This extinction from society is shown to some degree by low levels of education and high rates of joblessness and incarceration when compared to Whites.

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