Gumbo for the Soul III: Males of Color Share Their Stories, Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations (Contemporary Perspectives on Multicultural Gifted Education)

This book for, about, and by Males of Colour, amplifies triumphs and successes while documenting trials and tribulations that are instructive, inspiring, and praiseworthy. This book will be a must-read for every Male of Color. Cover 1 Series page 2 Gumbo for the Soul 4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction 14 SECTION I: FAMILIAL IMPACT ON EDUCATION 20 CHAPTER 1: Pushing for a Better Life 22 CHAPTER 2: Choices 26 CHAPTER 3: Black Boy Rising 30 CHAPTER 4: My Son Has a Purpose Too 36 CHAPTER 5: Where the Waters Met 40 CHAPTER 6: Freedom of Forgiveness 44 CHAPTER 7: I Might Cry, But I’ll Get There 48 CHAPTER 8: Personal Agency 54 CHAPTER 9: Still Standing 60 CHAPTER 10: Poverty and Education 66 CHAPTER 11: The Destruction of Drugs 72 SECTION II: INTERSECTIONS OF RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY 76 CHAPTER 12: From Unseen to Seen 78 CHAPTER 13: One Hundred Percent Intelligent Black Child 84 CHAPTER 14: Of Pain and Peach Fuzz 88 CHAPTER 15: Thank You So Much for Asking 94 CHAPTER 16: Things Fall Apart to Fall in Place 98 CHAPTER 17: The Menace of Immigrants 102 CHAPTER 18: Be Yourself and the World Will Adjust 108 CHAPTER 19: Memoir of a Former Impostor 112 SECTION III: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION 118 CHAPTER 20: What Was Intended for My Harm, God Intended for My Good 120 CHAPTER 21: Coming Home 128 CHAPTER 22: When I Woke Up to Being Black 134 CHAPTER 23: The Power of Forgiveness 138 CHAPTER 24: Stony the Road We Trod 142 CHAPTER 25: The Race 148 CHAPTER 26: A Black Man’s Story of Empowerment 152 CHAPTER 27: The Emanuel Church Massacre and the School Across the Street 158 CHAPTER 28: From Hopelessness to the Hallways of Higher Education 164 CHAPTER 29: To Leave or Not to Leave 168 SECTION IV: OVERCOMING NARRATIVES OF FAILURE 174 CHAPTER 30: Becoming the Victor 176 CHAPTER 31: Overcoming the Obstacles and Breaking the Barriers 182 CHAPTER 32: Man Enough to Ask for Help 188 CHAPTER 33: For Special Educators Who Have Considered Giving Up When the Rainbow is Enough 192 CHAPTER 34: Special Education to Higher Education 198 CHAPTER 35: From a Refugee Child to Success in America 204 CHAPTER 36: I am Not Supposed to Be Here 208 CHAPTER 37: Social Capital and Its Impact on My Personal and Academic Success 214 CHAPTER 38: Nobody Told Me the Road Would Be Easy 222 CHAPTER 39: I’m Not My Chair 226 CHAPTER 40: On Stuttering and Speech Impediments 230 CHAPTER 41: Keeping My Head Above Water in a River of Whiteness 238 CHAPTER 42: Rising Above a Tracked System 244 CHAPTER 43: Even Today I Remember the Pain 250 CHAPTER 44: The Test of a Man 256 CHAPTER 45: Rising Through the Concrete Like a Rose 260 CHAPTER 46: Akoben 264 SECTION V: SEXUAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE 270 CHAPTER 47: Forged by My Foundation 272 CHAPTER 48: Alone Was My Safe Place 280 CHAPTER 49: Won’t He Do It . . . 284 CHAPTER 50: Ffrom Victim to Victor 288 CHAPTER 51: Learning to Overcome Excessive Drinking 292 SECTION VI: EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 296 CHAPTER 52: How Spirit and Soul Led Me to a Life as a Psychological Scientist 298 CHAPTER 53: Do Not Apply to College 304 CHAPTER 54: Challenging Transitions 308 EPILOGUE 314 ABOUT THE EDITORS 318 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 320 "Gumbo for the Soul III: Males of Color Share Their Stories, Meditations, Affirmations, and Inspirations is for, about, and by Males of Color. It amplifies triumphs and successes while documenting trials and tribulations that are instructive, inspiring, and praiseworthy. This book is a must-read for every Male of Color."-- Provided by publisher This book for, about, and by Men of Color, amplifies triumphs and successes while documenting trials and tribulations that are instructive, inspiring, and praiseworthy. This book will be a must-read for every Male of Color.