The Substance of Truth

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Teachers....Pages 3-8
Are Schools the Assassins of Education?....Pages 9-16
Failing Grade....Pages 17-25
Checkmate....Pages 27-31
Distant Relatives....Pages 33-39
Education As Etch-A-Sketch....Pages 41-44
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Black Youth Violence, Adult Society, and the Rage of Reality....Pages 47-53
Children in A Hostile World....Pages 55-60
Victims and Vultures....Pages 61-65
In Love With A Stripper....Pages 67-71
On the Health and Happiness of Kids....Pages 73-79
Double Major....Pages 81-85
Front Matter....Pages 86-86
Words as Weapons....Pages 89-95
Black Bodies Swinging....Pages 97-101
Watch What You’re Watching....Pages 103-110
Can Hip-Hop Save an Illiterate Generation?....Pages 111-115
Hip-Hop....Pages 117-123
The Responsibilities of Hip-Hop Artists in Times of Moral Anarchy....Pages 125-131
Front Matter....Pages 132-132
When Political Ideology Morphs Into Spiritual Death....Pages 135-140
On Citizenship, Choice, and Courage....Pages 141-145
Front Matter....Pages 132-132
“This Is Working Very Well For Them”....Pages 147-153
Social Networking....Pages 155-162
Prophets Of Baal....Pages 163-169
Hope and (Some) Change....Pages 171-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Age of Poverty....Pages 183-189
The Substance Of Truth....Pages 191-201