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“A Good Place to Raise a Boy”: Masculinity and the Murder of Emmett Till

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Coming into Sumner, Mississippi, in 1955, there was a sign that read “Sumner: A Good Place to raise a boy.” I am presented with the question: raising a boy to be what? It has been seventy years since the murder of Emmett Till. The question still presents itself: how do we raise boys into the dead spirit of toxic masculinity, or into the spirit of life-giving masculinity?  Read more via Scalawag: "A Good Place to Raise a Boy": Masculinity and the…
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Scalawag broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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