My Brother Moochie (ljudbok)
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Ljudbok
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MP3 (0.0 MB)
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Språk
Engelska
Inläsare
JD Jackson
Utgivningsdatum
2018-05-29
Förlag
Brilliance Audio
ISBN
9781543681598

My Brother Moochie Ljudbok

Regaining Dignity in the Midst of Crime, Poverty, and Racism in the American South

av Issac J Bailey
Ljudbok,  Engelska, 2018-05-29
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A rare first-person account that combines a journalists skilled reporting with the raw emotion of a younger brothers heartfelt testimony of what his family endured after his eldest brother killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison.At the age of nine, Issac J. Bailey saw his hero, his eldest brother, taken away in handcuffs, not to return from prison for thirty-two years. Bailey tells the story of their relationship and of his experience living in a family suffering from guilt and shame. Drawing on sociological research as well as his expertise as a journalist, he seeks to answer the crucial question of why Moochie and many other young black menincluding half of the ten boys in his own familyend up in the criminal justice system. What role do poverty, race, and faith play? What effect does living in the South, in the Bible Belt, have? And why is their experience understood as an acceptable trope for black men, while white people who commit crimes are never seen in this generalized way?My Brother Moochie provides a wide-ranging yet intensely intimate view of crime and incarceration in the United States, and the devastating effects on the incarcerated, their loved ones, their victims, and society as a whole. It also offers hope for families caught in the incarceration trap: though the Bailey familys lows have included prison and bearing the responsibility for multiple deaths, their highs have included Harvard University, the White House, and a renewed sense of pride and understanding that presents a path forward.
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