"When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse."In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--We Real Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: "this is a culture that does not love black males:" "they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men do not love themselves. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate?"

"贝尔-霍克斯写道："当女人聚在一起谈论男人时，消息几乎总是坏消息。"在这本强大的新书中，贝尔-霍克斯从第一页就吸引了我们的注意力。她的书名--《我们真酷》；她的主题--白人社会和软弱的黑人领袖是如何让黑人男子和青年失望的。她的主题是禁忌："这是一种不爱黑人男性的文化：" "他们不被白人男子、白人妇女、黑人妇女、女孩或男孩所爱。特别是，黑人男子不爱自己。他们怎么可能？在如此多的嫉妒、欲望和仇恨的包围下，怎么能指望他们去爱呢？"