COURSE SCHEDULE OURSE CHEDULE

I N T H E W O M B :: IN THE WOMB L O W I N F A N T M O R T A L IIT Y ,, B IIR T H D E F E C T S ,, & H E A L T H C A R E LOW INFANT MORTAL TY B RTH DEFECTS & HEALTHCARE
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Articles should be read by the day they are listed Items in blue are available on Blackboard TUESDAY: A HISTORY OF BLACK MASCULINITY/MANHOOD THURSDAY: FILM: THE BOONDOCKS & DISCUSSION REGARDING CONTEMPORARY MASCULINITY Online Readings

S T R U G G L IIN G T H R O U G H I N F A N C Y :: STRUGGL NG T HROUGH INFANCY E D U C A T IIO N ,, A D O P T IIO N & A B U S E EDUCAT ON ADOPT ON & ABUSE
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TUESDAY: BIRTH RATES & HEALTHCARE ACCESS Bring in articles on the this weeks subjects THURSDAY: EARLY BLACK EDUCATION Online Readings

S T R U G G L IIN G T H R O U G H I N F A N C Y :: STRUGGL NG T HROUGH INFANCY E D U C A T IIO N ,, A D O P T IIO N & A B U S E EDUCAT ON ADOPT ON & ABUSE
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TUESDAY: FILM: ANTWONE FISHER THURSDAY: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND INDIVIDUAL) FILM: ANTWONE FISHER - continued Online Readings Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

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 B L A C K M A L E S D U R IIN G C H IIL D H O O D BLACK MALES DUR NG C H LDHOOD

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TUESDAY: EDUCATION AND RACE: SPECIAL EDUCATION THURSDAY: FILM: BRING YOUR A GAME Read Neal, Theres a New Black Man in America Today, New Black Man, p. 1-30. Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A L E S D U R IIN G C H IIL D H O O D BLACK MALES DUR NG C H LDHOOD

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TUESDAY: EARLY INSTITUTIONALIZATION FILM: ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED THURSDAY: MEDIA & CHILDHOOD Read Neal, What the Hell is a Black Male Feminist, New Black Man, p. 31-65. Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

BLACK MALES AS TEENAGERS BLACK MALES AS TEENAGERS - C O N T IIIN U E D - CO N T N U E D ONT NUED

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TUESDAY: BLACK HEROISM FILM: BLADE VS. SUPERMAN, STAR TREK: DS9 DARK FURY VS. SPAWN Read Neal, Ms. Fat Booty and the Black Male Feminist, New Black Man, p. 127149. THURSDAY: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND INDIVIDUAL) Read Brown, Welcome to the Terrordome: Exploring the Contradictions of a HipHop Black Masculinity, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 191-208. Online Assignment #1 Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A N H O O D :: BLACK MANHOOD A D U L T H O O D ,, R E L A T IIO N S H IIP S ,, A N D T H E ADULTHOOD RELAT ONSH PS AND THE P R IIS O N I N D U S T R IIA L C O M P L E X PR SON INDUSTR AL C OMPLEX
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TUESDAY: FATHERHOOD & MENTORSHIP

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FILM: THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR Black Heroism (continued) Read Neal, Bringing Up Daddy: A Progressive Black Masculine Fatherhood?, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 263-279. THURSDAY: ONLINE EXAM #1 (WEEKEND) Discuss imprisonment, institutionalization, and the Prison Industrial Complex. Read Miller, Incarcerated Masculinities, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 155171. Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A N H O O D :: A D U L T H O O D A N D R E L A T IIO N S H IIP S BLACK MANHOOD A DULTHOOD AND RELAT ONSH PS

-- C O N T IIIN U E D CO N T N U E D ONT NUED TH TH H W E E K ( O C T O B E R 1111TTH & 113 TTH ) WE E K ( OC T O B E R EEK CTOBER & 3 H)
TUESDAY: POLITICAL STRUGGLE & MANHOOD Read Guy-Sheftall, Remembering Our Feminist Forefathers, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 43-51. Read Jackson, Foreword, in Soledad Brother, p. xiii-xxv. THURSDAY: FILM: NO: THE RAPE DOCUMENTARY Collins, A Telling Difference: Dominance, Strength, and Black Masculinities, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 73-94. Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A N H O O D :: A D U L T H O O D A N D R E L A T IIO N S H IIP S BLACK MANHOOD A DULTHOOD AND RELAT ONSH PS

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TUESDAY: MEDIA & BLACK MANHOOD FILM: DIARY OF A TIRED BLACK MAN ONLINE: Collins, Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity, in Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism, p. 152-166. THURSDAY: ONLINE: Collins, Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity, in Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism, p. 166-180. Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A N H O O D :: A D U L T H O O D A N D R E L A T IIO N S H IIP S BLACK MANHOOD A DULTHOOD AND RELAT ONSH PS - C O N T IIIN U E D - CO N T N U E D ONT NUED
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TUESDAY: SEX , SEXUAL OWNERSHIP, & MASCULINE DOMINANCE FILM: THE COSBY SHOW AND A DIFFERENT WORLD Mutua, Theorizing Progressive Black Masculinities, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 3-36. THURSDAY: RELATIONSHIPS & INTERRACIALITY AUDIO: Clips of MALCOLM X Read Bryant-Davis, Breaking the Silence: The Role of Progressive Black Men in the Fight Against Sexual Assault, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 245-260. Online Assignment #2 Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

B L A C K M A N H O O D :: A D U L T H O O D A N D R E L A T IIO N S H IIP S BLACK MANHOOD A DULTHOOD AND RELAT ONSH PS - C O N T IIIN U E D - CO N T N U E D ONT NUED
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TUESDAY: VIOLENCE & BLACK MASCULINITY FILM: UNFORGIVEABLE BLACKNESS: THE LIFE & TIMES OF JACK JOHNSON Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Chapters 1-3) THURSDAY: Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

T H E B L A C K F A M IIL Y :: I N F L U X O R U N D E R A T T A C K ? T HE BLACK FAM LY IN FLUX OR UNDER A TTACK?

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TUESDAY: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND INDIVIDUAL) AND MARRIAGE, LOVE, AND RELATIONSHIPS FILM: Clips from LOVE SONGS Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Chapters 4-9) THURSDAY: FILM: Clips from NOT EASILY BROKEN Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Chapters 10-12) Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

T H E B L A C K F A M IIL Y :: I N F L U X O R U N D E R A T T A C K ? T HE BLACK FAM LY IN FLUX OR UNDER A TTACK?

-- C O N T IIIN U E D CO N T N U E D ONT NUED TH TH W E E K ( N O V E M B E R 115 TTH & 117 TTH ) WE E K ( NO V E M B E R 5 H & 7 H ) EEK OVEMBER
TUESDAY: MEDIA & THE BLACK FAMILY FILM: BLACK ISBLACK AINT Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Chapters 13-15) Online Assignment #3
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THURSDAY: ONLINE EXAM #2 / POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND INDIVIDUAL) Read The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Chapters 16-19) Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board

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T H A N K S G IIV IIN G R E C E S S THANKSG V NG RECESS H A V E A G O O D B R E A K !! HAVE A GOOD BREAK

B L A C K E L D E R S H IIP :: BLACK ELDERSH P C O M M U N IIT Y W IIS D O M A N D K IIN G S H IIP COMMUN TY W SDOM AND K NGSH P
TH T W E E K ( N O V E M B E R 2 9 TTH & D E C E M B E R 11SSSTT) WE E K ( NO V E M B E R 2 9 H & DE C E M B E R EEK OVEMBER ECEM BER )

TUESDAY: MEDIA & BLACK ELDERS (MADEA VS. MUDBONE???) FILM: Clips from TYLER PERRYS BIG HAPPY FAMILY vs. RICHARD PRYORS MUDBONE Read Harris, Progressive Black Masculinities and a Christian Experience: An Autobiographical Perspective, in Progressive Black Masculinities, p. 121-132. THURSDAY: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS (SOCIAL, CIVIL, AND INDIVIDUAL) FILM: THE DINNER Read Neal, Queers in a Barrel, New Black Man, p. 67-97. Online Assignment #4 Online Subject-Specific Discussion Board
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TUESDAY: ONLINE: Collins, Very Necessary: Redefining Black Gender Ideology, in Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism, p. 193-212. THURSDAY: FACULTY CONSULTATION DAY

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F IIN A L S W E E K F NALS WEEK

FINALS CLASS TIME: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH (11-1PM) SUBMIT ELDER RECOGNITION BLOG SUBMISSION.

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