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This 7 page paper examines McCall's Makes Me Wanna Holler and how the author's own actions held him back, but then would later help him. A discussion on how respect is more important than academics in the black male world is also included. No additional sources cited.
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the 1970s. He was actually just a boy at the time when he first became entangled in the armed robbery business and he became a father at a young age
as well. Propelled into adulthood far before his time, and perhaps long before most of his white counterparts would even begin to do their own laundry, the author does distinguish
between the black experience and that of the majority. In fact, this is an important contribution to literature on the subject as McCall began as just another case of a
juvenile delinquent gone awry. His social environment truly exacerbated his chances of leading a life of crime, but what he seems to reveal in his book is that it did
not have to happen as it did. To some extent, Nathan McCall made poor choices and while he provides a slew of excuses for his decisions, he also provides observations
of others who chose a different path. Nathan McCalls behavior did ultimately impact his own academic achievements. Of course, just like others in the neighborhood, he could have
chosen the academic route, but like many immature teenagers, he reasoned his way out of a future that included higher education. He explains: " Two of my older brothers, Junnie
and Dwight, went into the Army to get away (Billy left college after one year, but he just went to New York to live). I wanted out, too, but I
couldnt see myself taking orders and going to war" (96). There was a sense that opportunity was limited, and maybe it was, but certainly there were some individuals who grew
up in the same neighborhood and did get ahead, go to college and were not entrenched in gang life. McCall wrote about his high school graduation:" During the ceremony,
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