In We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity ($45), hooks asserts that America is a "culture that does not love Black males . . . especially, Black men do not love themselves. How could they?" A powerful look at how both white society and Black leaders are failing young Black men, this complex, thought-provoking book layers in pop culture references (including a chapter called "gangsta culture: a piece of the action") and weaves in the voices of Black authors and social workers.