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In Cleaver's "On Becoming", he describes some features of social trauma that impact black male development--
In your response, outline a few of the things Cleaver mentions, and also discuss how this continues to impact black men in the present.
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On Becoming: Features of social trauma that impact black male development
In his book Soul on Ice, Eldridge Cleaver shares a lot on the social trauma that
encapsulates the black male soul, which affects black male development. In the first section of
the book – “On becoming,” Cleaver shares his encounters in Soledad prison, where he
intermingled with many black males who would curse and hate everything associated with being
white (Cleaver). Being a time of racial tension and segregation, black males were being
subjected to many social restrictions and oppression to diminish their self-esteem and se...
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