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Black Men: Community or Chaos?
We all are aware of the grim statistics relating to black men in America, especially our young black brothas. Black men lead the nation in suicide rates yet lag woefully in college enrollment. African-American men are overrepresented in our prisons and underrepresented in corporate America. Chances are you know or are related to some brotha that has been touched by the criminal justice system or whose life is being ruined by self-destructive habits. Fifty-four percent of black men polled cited "Personal Spirituality" as the most effective agent for black male empowerment. Less than a quarter (18%) describe relationships between black men and black women are "good". And almost three quarters (71%) of brothas polled cite "lack of education" and "family" as the two most pressing issues facing black men (Source: Millennium Men of Color). How do we respond to the crisis of our black men? How do we make the black male super-organism better?
"Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it."
-James Baldwin
Hello and welcome to my spot. I am a single author who s just released my second book,
Brotha2Brotha, Becoming Healthy Men from the Inside Out. If anybody knows of a brotha incarcerated either locally, state or federal please send me an address to which I may send a copy of my book (no charge, I'll pay the shipping). I just want to reach out to our locked-up brothas.
BROTHA2BROTHA, BECOMING HEALTHY MEN FROM THE INSIDE OUT
A BLACK IMAGES BOOKS BEST SELLER
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REVIEWS OF BROTHA2BROTHA
Vibing Literally to: Brotha2Brotha
By Kymberly Keeton
Chilling on my couch on a Sunday afternoon, I decide to open up the latest submission received in our editorial bin. I was surprised that while beginning to read Brotha 2 Brotha, a non-fiction, self-empowerment book by W.E. Croomes that it applies to both genders, because Black women are affected by many of the same issues he explores.
Brotha2Brotha is an awesome treat, an easy read, and keeps your attention to the last word printed.
Croomes makes many significant points regarding Black-male identity in the 21st Century.
He expresses the psychological metamorphous taking place for Black men with financial freedom, relationships, and education. Maximizing on self-awareness and a spiritual alignment with God he continues to exude, ?Empowerment in your various roles begins as a process, one that launches inwardly and proceeds out and continues along its evolutionary journey, regardless of what takes place in your external world.?
From a religious standpoint he suggests that without balance and spiritual alliance with God one will not receive the gifts that are clearly in his path.
The author never ceases to put on that he knows it all. Croomes is for empowerment of the Black man and his identity, ?Brotha2Brotha is? not a ?get health quick treatment: it is intended to launch a process toward recovering and reclaiming our wholeness as men of color,? he says.
Images in the media perpetuate Black men as murderers, drug-dealers, rappers, no-show fathers, and weak politicians. So where are brothers to look for guidance, to be something other than what society says? By breaking these methodologies and questions down into parts, the author clearly identifies the elements needed for Black men as a whole to rise up and regain their authentic self.
Excerpts from the book:
Part one: Learning what giants can metaphorically teach you about David, and conversely, what David can teach us about giants.
Part two: Holistic paradigms of seeing ourselves as Black men and suggest practical steps for moving against the internal and external giants we face daily. Each of the sections in part two includes the calisthenics and life lessons that we can implement for change.
Part three: Dealing with finding our inherent ?good? as Black men, becoming aware of how the giant within us can be oppressive to others and includes a checklist for personal and community survival as we navigate through the material world.
As I closed the book, I knew that not only did I want to send my younger brother/sister a copy; I also wanted to give one to all of the brothers that I know personally. Croomes may have written this book directly addressing his Black brothers, but it is relevant for men and women alike.
Brotha2Brotha is a perfect fit for holiday stockings.
Grab yours today at any African-American book retailer or online at www.wericcroomes.com.
---Literafeelya Magazine?
Brotha 2 Brotha ? Becoming Healthy Men from the Inside Out by W. Eric Croomes provides a clear roadmap, complete with biblical references, to help African-American men of all ages contend with the forces that can keep them from achieving their personal best. Brotha 2 Brotha takes on several perspectives as it examines obstacles unique to black males in our communities. Its approach is not only biblical, spiritual and philosophical, it most importantly offers practicality in getting to the heart of the matter. Historically, literature and self-help books dealing with problems unique to black males have looked to external forces such as legal and social constraints as the root cause of various problems. A rigorous self-examination, according to Croomes, is the essential foundation for making true progress in this life. Croomes examines in great depth the relationship of David and Goliath to illustrate how mountains can be moved and wars can be won by mastering one?s self. The one aspect of his book Brotha 2 Brotha I found most striking are the guidelines he sets forth in his checklist for survival, as survival is the all-important first step in reaching higher ground. I highly recommend this book to both men and women, but particularly to men?s groups, pastors, educators and parents as a means of facilitating meaningful dialogue and action on both the personal and community plane to improve the lives of black men and society as a whole.
--Chandra Adams,
North Bay Media Review
"This important new book highlights the depth of peril to and promise for black males. It provides a guidepost for black males to discover their strengths and use those strengths to overcome the odds. A must read for those who seek to discover and understand the inner power and resilience of black men.?
-Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Ph.D Author of The Assassination of the Black Male Image
?Croomes has penned a truth that will encourage brothas to move toward their spiritual center and away from complacency and self-destruction. This work will undoubtedly set many captive brothas free??
-Vivi Monroe Congress, M.Th. Author of The Bankrupt Spirit
?Eric is like a drill sergeant challenging us as black men to no longer settle for mediocrity, labels, and stereotypes?but to search within ourselves and discover the greater gifts and callings??
-Chris Howell Author of Man Talk: The Hard Things Men Never Talk About
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About Brotha2Brotha
Brotha2Brotha, Becoming Healthy Men from the Inside Out urges men of color to a holistic plane of living. It posits that brothas have a brand-new, God- given future to claim. Using the biblical epic of David and Goliath as a background, author W. Eric Croomes shows men how to move past the giants that stand between them and their freedom in order to claim their future. Croomes also reveals the inside-out strategies black men must adopt to challenge and slay the giants of their own making and those born as a result of living while black and male in America.
About Eric
W. Eric Croomes is a writer based in Irving, Texas and a native of Phoenix, Arizona. Eric is a 1990 graduate of Jarvis Christian College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Religion and Sociology and has studied theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. In 2002, Eric self-published Dance in the Dark, Poetic Reflections on Love and Culture, a collection of his original poems and essays on love and relationship in the African-American tradition. Dance in the Dark became a local best-seller. In February 2004, Three to Eight, stage-play written by W. Eric Croomes, was produced at the BlackenBlues Theater annual play festival. Brotha2Brotha - Becoming Healthy Men From the Inside Out!, a spiritual primer for men of color, is Eric's second book.
W. Eric Croomes
email: wcroomes@yahoo.com
web: http://www.wericcroomes.com
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