The Problem With Black Men: offering explanation and suggestions of how to avoid the many pitfalls facing young Black men in contemporary Britain - Softcover

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Lee Pinkerton was born in London in 1969, the child of Jamaican and Guyanese immigrants. After studying Sociology and Psychology at University he spent the 90s as a music journalist, first as a freelancer for magazines such as Mix Mag, Echoes, and Hip-Hop Connection and then as the Arts Editor for The Voice – ‘Britain’s Best Black newspaper’. In addition to this he also wrote a book the Many Faces of Michael Jackson published by Ozone books in 1997. Drawing on his own experiences and observations working in Prisons and in Psychiatric hospitals after leaving the media, as well as extensive academic research, The Problem With Black Men examines the causes of the social problems facing Black men in Britain and America today. He can currently be heard as a regular on-air contributor on the ‘ACE show’ on BBC Radio Derby and his political polemics and cultural criticism can be read on the blog-site theblakwatch.wordpress.com