[NIFL-FAMILY:1457] Re: HELP!!!--Motivating young African-American males to read

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"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx >From: fugugirl@juno.com >Reply-To: nifl-family@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <NIFL-FAMILY@LITERACY.NIFL.GOV> >Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1456] HELP!!!--Motivating young African-American males to read >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:21:41 -0500 (EST) > >Hi, > > I'm a library student at Dominican University. I am taking a course on literacy. One of the course requirements is that we monitor discussions on a few listservs. We must also ask a question. I am especially interested in information about successes that people have had with regard to motivating young African-American males to read or improve their literacy. I have read a few articles and have noted that often the authors indicate that young African-American males regard the activity of reading as "acting white." Has anyone come up against this attitude, and if so, how have you managed to change it? > >Thank you in advance, >Lynn Scott > > > >