BAMS206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: African-American Culture, Hood Rich, Masculinity

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Black American Studies
• Course: BAMS206
• Professor: Drew Brown, Ph D

Document Summary

Masculinity- broken down into 3p"s: protection, providing, procreation: not just having children, but raising children to be like you. In 1997, median annual income for an african american family was. It takes money to make money basic economic concept: the cool pose: idea that because of the way which society says i should exhibit certain masculine things (financial prosperity, certain trends, etc. Perception of hyper aggression, for example, acting overly tough, or buying a gun, or etc. Fences by august wilson, act 1, scene 3- how come you ain"t never liked me? . The role for men isn"t to love your children, or honor your wife you just have to complete the 3p"s and he is handling this responsibilities. Liking your child isn"t a part of your responsibilities: he handled his responsibilities under their roof, and he had to go find his happiness somewhere else.