Wrong Place, Wrong Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men
Incorrect Place, Incorrect Time: Trauma and Violence in the Lives of Young Black Men Books
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Medical school taught John Rich how to deal with corporal trauma in a huge city sickbay but not with the disturbing fact that young black men were daily shot, stabbed, and beaten. This is Rich’s account of his private search to find sense in the juxtaposition of his life and theirs.
Young black men in cities are overwhelmingly the victims — and perpetrators — of violent crime in the United States. Troubled by this tragedy — and by his medical colleagues’ apparent lack of feeling in the face of it — Rich, a black man who grew up in relative safety and comfort, reached out to many of these young crime victims to learn why they lived in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and how it affected them. The tales they told him are unsettling — and revealing about the reality of life in American cities.
Mixing his own perspective with their seldom-heard voices, Rich relates the tales of young black men whose lives were violently disrupted — and of their struggles to heal and remain safe in an environment that both denied their trauma and blamed them for their injuries. He tells us of people such as Roy, a former drug dealer who fought to turn his life nearly and found himself torn between the ease of returning to the familiarity of life on the violent streets of Boston and the tenuous promise of accepting a new, less perilous one.
Rich’s poignant portrait humanizes young black men and illustrates the complexity of a situation that defies simple answers and solutions.
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John Rich’s book Incorrect Place, Incorrect Time, is a very human, passionate, a realistic portrait of economically oppressed African American youth living in urban settings. Dr. Rich has written this vitally vital book as a journey for him and for the reader. Anyone working with this populace or anyone who wants a clear understanding of youth violence should read this book.
Michael B. Greene, Ph.D.
Rating: 5 / 5
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME: TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG BLACK MEN provide an account of the author’s private search to find sense as a physician in the corporal and mental trauma of young black men in the inner city. Such men are overwhelmingly the victims and perpetrators of violent crime in the U.S. – Rich, a black man who grew up in relatively safety and comfort, reached many of these young crime victims in the course of his work. Their tales offer key insights into the social issues affecting the Afro-American community.
Rating: 5 / 5
As an educator, I highly urge this book to teachers or anyone who works with urban youth. It can be used as a text to help students (middle school and up) critically examine issues of race, gender, violence, and inequality. And it can help youth workers develop a deeper understanding of the experiences and perspectives of many young men of color in urban communities, especially since the tales in the book are told largely by the young men themselves.
Rating: 5 / 5
John Rich’s remarkable book charts his journey as a doctor seeking to know an epidemic of violence among young, urban African-American men. As he starts to interview some of the gunshot victims in the sickbay where he works, Rich struggles to separate the complex, frightened, traumatized kids he gets to know from their stereotypes–in the media and even in the language of his fellow doctors and nurses–as unthinking monsters who are to blame for their own injuries. One of the fantastic strengths of this book is Rich’s compassion for and willingness to learn from the men he interviews. Never excusing violence, Rich uncovers the unfortunate judgment in what is ordinarily seen merely as “senseless.” As compelling as the tales that he gathers, Rich’s own narrative is inexorably entwined with theirs. As he pathetically states, “it is only when we are transformed to embrace the humanity and defend the dignity of these young men…that we will engage them as full partners in our efforts to result in about healing, hope, and exchange.” This is vital reading for those in the helping/healing professions and all of us who hope to result in about that exchange Rich describes so pathetically.
Rating: 5 / 5
Dr. Rich pathetically describes the challenges that urban youth face in a not-so-open society. “Roy’s normal is different from other’s normal” is pivotal and core to many who live a different life from some urban youth. This needs understanding and exploration. The theme and discussion is at the very foundation of difference and circumstance. Thank you for this contribution that sheds light on adversity that is faced by urban minority young men.
Rating: 5 / 5