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Article: A young black man without hope is more dangerous than Aids.(News)
- Article from:
- Sunday Tribune (South Africa)
- Article date:
- April 5, 2009
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'I wish that... brothers everywhere would reach down deep and summon the will to defy the inner hatred driving them to self-destruct. But everywhere I see them giving in... some wonder if there is something innately wrong with black males." The poignant words of Nathan McCall, in his memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler: a young black man in America.
He is a former gangster, convict and now a respected journalist.
In South Africa, the young black men are no longer a lost generation - but a ticking time bomb. A young black man without hope is more dangerous than the Aids virus. It is the hand of a black man that killed Lucky Dube.
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