Our Color Our Kind: A Male Bedside Reader

Our color but not our Kind, is an expression heard over the years from various sources in the African American community. What exactly does it mean? Does it mean that there are people of the same of similar hue but o f different value? If we truly believe the tenet of the world's major religions, we are all equal in the sigh of God. As a result, the title of the presented works became Our Color Our Kind. Each entry in the collection is reflective of the book title. Rage Noir, for example, began as a short story with a different title. After receiving feedback from valued reviewers it became quite clear that the story couldn't be told in such an abbreviated format. In trying to tell a fairly well known story influenced by the coincidence of color in cases involving middle-class African American families, serious crime and the derivation of those crimes that start as an innocuous misunderstanding, the deep seeded cultural rage that has festered for hundreds of years required a bit more exposition, thus, the novella that begins the collection. Mack Daddy is a scamp who has crossed each of our paths. Love him or not, you won't come away without an opinion. An unlikely meeting between strangers on a San Francisco bus could lead to possibilities. However, they must first get past their cultural differences. She a Black Up and Coming Professional, while he's a fourth generation African American survivor of a declining population. Will the B'FUPY and the Native hood up? What's Wrong With Me is a question that may have been in order for an Ivy League educated, yet unemployed young man who encounters an apparently homeless man who seem intent on provided him with lessons he's not interested in learning. These are but four of the ten stories that are reflective of the diasporic experience of African American men and women. There are stories of lives sacrificed for the wrong reasons, of physical expression of love, and of learning to live by guile and p