Esther Iverem and MAN on Wisconsin Public Radio

Mark Anthony Neal talks about his book, "New Black Man" with Steve Paulson. Neal considers himself a feminist and thinks that the traditional stereotypes of the Strong Black Man have contributed to the problems that Black men face today.

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Esther Iverem is the author of "We Gotta Have It: Twenty Years of Seeing Black at the Movies, 1986 - 2006." She tells Jim Fleming about the first time she saw Spike Lee's film "She Gotta Have It" and why she thought it marked the start of a new wave of Black cinema. And we hear clips from several of the films she cites.

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...Edward P.Jones hates on hip-hop and ball players somewhere in-between

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