Walking Proud: Black Men Living Beyond the Stereotypes

By Annie Smith and George Edmond Smith

Book Overview

Many psychologists recommend that if one is truly attempting to heal deep wounds of emotional frustration, exhaustion and depletion the mind has to change focus. At the root of that catalytic change... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575666359
• ISBN13: 9781575666358
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

mind opening

i initially bought this book for my husband, but i ended up reading it instead. i couldn't put this book down.

Open frank take on Black male sexuality

Many psychologists recommend that if one is truly attempting to heal deep wounds of emotional frustration, exhaustion and depletion the mind has to change focus. At the root of that catalytic change must be an ability to properly access what went wrong and a commitment to truly be honest and call a spade a spade. In his latest literary offering, Walking Proud: Black men living beyond the stereotypes, medical doctor George Edmond Smith performs a much needed truth-telling session about black male sexuality in an effort to heal old cultural wounds that are infecting the black family. Dr. Smith takes a fresh and frank comprehensive approach to explore the attitudes and issues associated with black male sexuality. Smith identifies the impact stereotypes and cultural influences have had in blocking many black men and women from having fruitful relationships and happy home lives. The 12 chapter-256 page book discusses how Black men view themselves as family members and romantic partners. Walking proud delivers powerful advice on how societal stereotypes sabotage relationships, how to change hurtful behavior as Dr. Smith examines what anger and abuse mean in sexual relationships. Practical tools on how to develop intimate communication skills, in addition to how to deal with sexual problems like impotence and other sexual dysfunction are also discussed. Not one to talk about black men in a vacuum, Dr. Smith incorporates female insight into Walking Proud to reveal what black women expect from black men and what black men need from their women and even touches on the controversial subject of homosexuality....With a forward by Essence columnist and psychologist Gwendolyn Goldsby Grant, Walking Proud attempts to preserve a paternal model needed in the black community and seeks to make it a norm rather than an exception.