Mark Anthony Neal- New Black Man

In New Black Man, Mark Anthony Neal confronts what he sees as the stereotype of the black male. One of Neal's central points is that the actions of an individual reflect upon the entire group. He qualifies this idea with the example of "demonization." From this concept stems the very point that the way people view the black racial group is a constructed stereotype stemming from a select number of negative actions.

One thing I find interesting is the selective mind-frame that people tend to view things with. The positive actions and people often pass unnoticed, or are even considered standard and the only acceptable courses of action. Negative actions, however, have a much more significant fallout and are viewed with much more judgmental perspectives. This holds true in Neal's example of the black stereotype and in the way that black men are often highly judged for the bad actions of select individuals.