Powerful...Insightful... and Courageous Destroy the Perceptions... is a remarkable work on the contemporary Black male experience in a rapidly changing society. The paradigm is shifting. What do black men stand for in a society that is evolving, and the Black agenda is being rewritten and largely dissipating? How can Black men address "Blacknesia," Black denial and internal racial oppression that plagues the Black community? What steps do Black men take in a new era of American culture when Barack Obama is president, and the Latino, LGBT and Women in Politics agenda are now center stage? Is there a changing of the guard? What about the Black issues... have Blacks overcame in this supposedly post racial society?