Ellis Cose, one of America's premier thinkers and boldest writers demonstrates with this latest work his extraordinary empathy and pragmatism, delivering the most lucid and personal book of his career. Contending with such dire issues as drug abuse, incarceration, criminal activity, misogyny and chronic economic inequality, Cose details the ways in which black men internalise the disdain and fear directed at them by society, even as he considers the progress that has been made. Provocative' - New York Times Book Review 'Arresting, powerful, eloquent' - Washington Post'