Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall (1995, Paperback, Reprint)

I read this book on recommendation from a Sociology professor. It's a remarkable memoir and inspiring story of transformation. The author, who is brutally honest, attributes the failures in his life to racism (torturing animals, participating in a gang rape, beating up white kids, being convicted of armed robbery), but straigtens out his life after he is paroled from prison, not wanting to condemn himself to a life of misery. He gets a job and finds success in writing for the Washington Post, but finds that racism is as pervasive in the white-collar world as what he experienced growing up in the inner city.

How much can you enjoy something you are reading for college? I am half way through it. I don't really like the writers style at the beginning of the book, but it seems to be improving as to book progresses. Story is okay, but I've the same type of story over and over again in other books and movies. It's a book meant to make a white man feel guilty, and inspire African Americans.

good book on the city of portsmouth, virginia. a lot of the areas and people i know and can relate. its amazing how one from the hood can not only grasp and retain the knowledge and wisdom of the 757.