In honor of National Book Week, Mahogany Book Club is giving away a copy of Jay-Z's Decoded to the first person to correctly guess which book this passage comes from:I chose to write about Black boys rather than Black men, because the destruction of Black men does not occur upon their arrival into manhood, or on their eighteenth birthday. the destruction begins when they are boys, and until we can pinpoint those years and what takes place, it will continue. I do not wish to ignore Black men, I simply chose to focus on boys, for numerous reasons. Firstly, correcting the problems of Black boys may eliminate the problems for the future men. Secondly, it is considerably easier to educate, which is a one-step process, than it is to re-educate, which is a two-step process. Two of the most successful sports organizations, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Dallas Cowboys, have consistently fielded good teams, because they produced their players internally, with one step education, rather than trading and buying older players, which necessitates a two-step orientation.
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