"White Boy: A Memoir"

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This paper examines the book "White Boy: A Memoir" by Mark Naison and looks at how the political process theory can be applied to it since it discusses the various social movements (that today fill the pages of historical documents) and the impact of movements like the Black Power movement and Civil Rights movement. By analyzing the contents using the sociological theory we can see how Naison describes the strong impact of the social movements of his time while concentrating on what went on within the movements and on the relationships between these politically and racially oriented expressions of hopelessness.

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"He begins with the book, with the introductory chapter titled Crown Heights in the 1950's in order to grab the reader's attention by providing inkling of what is expected in the later pages of the masterpiece. Therein the author affectionately recollects the sweet memories of his childhood spent in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. He marvels at his innate interest in the members of the black community, the unbeatable athletes and earth-shaking, mountain-moving musicians wearing black colored skin without "seeing their blackness as socially significant" (Naison, 2002, Chapter 1) explaining the intense impact that racial discriminations and social movements can have on a sensitive, human heart."

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