Today, there are 2,400,000 Americans in prisons and jails where more than seventy-percent are African-American men.  In addition,  3.5 million are on parole or otherwise under the auspices of the justice system.  Why do so many decent young men from "Ordinary Black Families" and many times successful and prosperous families end up in prison?  No longer primarily symptomatic of disadvantaged communities, the sons of doctors and lawyers are being quietly locked up.  Has the prison industrial complex created an economic commodity for Wall Street at 144 billion dollars per year?  Are the rappers telling our kids that going to prison is cool?  Are African-American families apathetic or otherwise powerless to reverse this genocidal trend? This compelling and entertaining non-fiction book discusses real people and actual events.  It underscores major challenges while offering no-nonsense solutions, e.g., history, government, family, culture, and personal responsibility. To wit, the author challenges the rich gansta-rappers including their producers and distribution companies like Time-Warner to invest in public service messages on television, radio, and the Internet, against  crime, drugs, and the acceptance of prison life.  But will they do it?  Or, are they more concerned with projecting the "bad boy" image to sell CD's making more money at the tragic expense of the average young  American listener/buyer?  Unlike the eighties where some NBA athletes were criticized for the alleged influencing of kids choosing between basketball or academics, today, the rappers are promulgating violence, drugs, feminine debasement, and prison life for commerce with material packed with decadent language and pernicious anti-social messages.  Together with  federal and state governments enacting cultural legislation locking up young black men at record rates, something has to be done about this political and cultural gauntlet but few are willing to discuss it.  This undertaking is left to  families, religious and community organizations, and others if    there is to be any recompense for our young men. 

Author and inspirational speaker, Charles Crable, is a History graduate from USC who has traveled to most major urban centers throughout the United States speaking to young people and their families about history, drug abuse, the legal system, and personal responsibility.  He is committed to addressing the fiasco confronting adolescents today and has purchased a large farm in the Northeast dedicated to establishing a sponsored non-profit educational retreat for kids.  The author believes the best way to circumvent the familial and cultural maladies afflicting our young people is through education and intervention at their earliest stages of development.  
                                   
Charles J. Crable IV is available for speaking engagements and/or book signings throughout the United States. For booking schedules and further information E-mail us at:
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