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Boys to Men
On our next program, three takes on the American male, black and white. First, New York Times correspondent Charlie LeDuff goes on a roadtrip in search of the angry and forgotten white men he grew up with in Middle America – his new book is called US Guys. Then journalists Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Moore look at black masculinity in the hip hop generation. Their new book is called Deconstructing Tyrone.
The Risk of Frisk
Paul Browne, New York City Police Department's chief spokesman, defends the "Stop and Frisk" policy,
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Keith Wright, New York state assembly member (D-70th district-Central
Harlem) and Jackie Rowe Adams, co-founder of Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E. (Stop Another Violent
End), a group of mothers who lost children to gun violence, comment on the NYPD report on the implementation of “stops and frisks.”
Boys Will Be Boys
Charlie LeDuff, author, US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man (Penguin Press 2007), discusses manhood in America
US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Reading
Barnes and Noble, Astor Place, 2/7/2007, 7pm
Being A Black Woman: Raising A Black Man
Natalie Hopkinson , writer for the Washington Post and coauthor with Natalie Moore, journalist, teacher in Chicago, Deconstructing Tyrone (Cleis Press 2006) discuss the difficulty of raising boys in the Hip Hop Generation
Deconstructing Tyrone is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Meet the Candidates
Maureen O'Connell , Republican candidate for New York State Senate 7th District
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Craig Johnson , Democratic candidate for New York State Senate 7th District, say why they should win the special election to fill former Senator Balboni's seat;
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Larry Levy, columnist and editorial writer for Newsday, comments on the race for District 7's State Senate seat.
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