12 Feb
THE FOUNDATION OF SELF-ESTEEM: SOME “MASKS” AND “FACES” OF SELF-ESTEEM
To survive, “decent blacks of the ghetto” must wear many masks. But far too often, a mask becomes converted into a problematic self-esteem “face.” In other words, destructive “pretending” graduates into an unhealthy view of oneself. Anderson characterizes decent ghetto blacks as the “working poor” who value hard work, self-reliance, and other mainstream values of [...]