What Black Men Should Do Now: 100 Simple Truths, Ideas and Concepts Book

	Foreword	xi
	Preface	xv
	Acknowledgments	xxi
1.	Ac-cent-chu-ate the positive	3
2.	Don't be an "angry black man."	5
3.	Have the courage to cry when you are sad	7
4.	Uphold the African-American woman	9
5.	Go to the doctor to get regular health checkups	11
6.	Don't have sex, make love	13
7.	Volunteer in your community	15
8.	Be a mentor and a role model to a young brother	17
9.	Practice nonviolence	18
10.	Exercise regularly	20
11.	Establish goals and go for them	23
12.	Don't bite the hand that feeds you	24
13.	Practice safer sex--always!	26
14.	Remove the word nigga from your vocabulary	32
15.	Drink your liquor in moderation	34
16.	Join a fraternal order or civic group	36
17.	Get your groove on	38
18.	If you are age forty or older, have regular prostate exams	39
19.	Read. Read. Read	43
20.	Don't make a baby you're not ready to father	45
21.	Be happy	47
22.	Support black businesses	48
23.	Don't dictate your life around what other people think	50
24.	Reconnect with your dad	52
25.	Be able to sleep at night	54
26.	Have a vision	56
27.	Practice good personal hygiene	58
28.	Save. Save. Save	63
29.	Make peace with the size of your penis	65
30.	Find a faith and live by it	66
31.	Keep up with current events	68
32.	Understand what it really means to be a man	70
33.	Never be too proud to ask for help	72
34.	Speak up to injustice	73
35.	Show yourself the money	75
36.	Eat a healthy diet	77
37.	Help to keep the women in your life breast-healthy	80
38.	Have the courage to say "I'm sorry."	83
39.	Stand for something	84
40.	Respect authority	85
41.	Always project a good image	86
42.	Practice good etiquette	87
43.	Love yourself	88
44.	Be grateful	89
45.	Take time out for self-service	91
46.	Spend only a modest amount of money playing your lottery numbers	93
47.	Learn to handle your anger responsibly	94
48.	Keep a journal	96
49.	Make a difference	98
50.	Simplify your life	99
51.	Be able to "chew your tobacco twice."	101
52.	Choose carefully the company you keep	102
53.	Know it's okay to be happily unmarried	103
54.	Embrace computer technology	106
55.	Smile	109
56.	Have a passion	110
57.	Do your fair share	112
58.	Check your social wellness	113
59.	Live your wildest dream!	116
60.	Be independent	118
61.	Be affectionate	120
62.	Live in the spirit of the Million Man March	121
63.	Have a hobby	123
64.	Discover your sexual self	124
65.	Play more than basketball and football	126
66.	Be prepared	128
67.	Schedule daily "me time."	129
68.	Recognize your own prejudices before calling others on theirs	132
69.	Discover the creative you	134
70.	Know what motivates you	135
71.	Enlighten yourself	137
72.	Do something "just because."	138
73.	Don't let it take a tragedy to turn your life around	140
74.	Respect your environment	141
75.	Brother, humble thyself!	143
76.	Have a sense of humor	144
77.	Invite the kid in you to come out to play	145
78.	Seek to be understood by the sister	147
79.	Seek to understand the sister	148
80.	Be trustworthy and dependable	150
81.	Be a pioneer	152
82.	Stand up and be counted	153
83.	Be an expert on something	154
84.	Understand the meaning of the word no	155
85.	Remember where you came from	156
86.	Be flexible	157
87.	Leave a legacy	158
88.	Don't smoke	159
89.	Never use illegal drugs	161
90.	Be willing to share the spotlight	163
91.	Network	164
92.	Take the time to meditate	165
93.	Know that everything is not about competition	168
94.	Learn a foreign language	169
95.	Maintain high self-esteem	171
96.	Confront your fears	173
97.	If it's "hot," don't touch it!	174
98.	Be one of the "good men."	175
99.	Have the patience of Job	177
100.	Turn obstacles into opportunities	179
	Afterword	181
	Suggested Reading	183
	Referrals	190
	Index of Quotes	191
	Index	195