{"id":6291,"date":"2024-02-01T22:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.elca.org\/jle\/?p=6291"},"modified":"2024-02-02T00:16:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T00:16:56","slug":"book-review-the-invisible-ache-black-men-identifying-their-pain-and-reclaiming-their-power-by-courtney-b-vance-and-dr-robin-l-smith-with-charisse-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.elca.org\/jle\/book-review-the-invisible-ache-black-men-identifying-their-pain-and-reclaiming-their-power-by-courtney-b-vance-and-dr-robin-l-smith-with-charisse-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain And Reclaiming Their Power by Courtney B. Vance and Dr. Robin L. Smith with Charisse Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[1] The rise of death by suicide by African Americans is increasingly becoming a prominent topic of discussion in the African American community.\u00a0 The recent passing of Dr. Antoinette \u201cBonnie\u201d Candia-Bailey, an administrator at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Missouri, highlights the mental well-being of African American people.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Religious communities, social service organizations, politicians, educators, the helping professions, and African American social organizations are voicing their concerns about the emotional health of African Americans and the rise of suicide.\u00a0 Family members feel freer to speak about their kinfolk and others who decide to end their life by suicide.<\/p>\n<p>[2] Courtney Vance, a Tony, Emmy, and NAACP Image Award African American actor and Dr. Robin L. Smith, an African American minister and licensed psychologist, have written a book which engages suicide, a subject often ignored by the African American community.\u00a0 Each chapter of the ten-chapter book details Vance\u2019s journey to emotional well-being following the suicide deaths of his father, Conroy Vance, and godson.\u00a0 Dr. Smith builds on Vance\u2019s journey, offering practical and culturally sensitive wisdom necessary for African American males to pursue strong spiritual mental health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>[3] One of the most intense moments, to this reviewer, Vance describes in the first chapter.\u00a0 Following his father\u2019s funeral service, Leslie Vance, his mother called Vance and his sister together and told them to go get therapy (she didn\u2019t ask them) and that she was going to get therapy.\u00a0 Vance\u2019s mother recognized that self-care was the beginning of the journey to healing and wholeness. This is a critical point of the book, tending to self.\u00a0 Emotional well-being begins with recognizing that one is out-of-balance and that something is not right emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>[4] A second moment, one which makes the book engaging, is Vance\u2019s willingness to be vulnerable and to embrace his feelings.\u00a0 Dr. Smith, too, names this as a much-needed change of behavior by African American men.\u00a0 Issues like weakness, shame, a desire to be a \u201cmacho man,\u201d and resistance to sharing one\u2019s feelings can be obstacles to emotional well-being.\u00a0 Those tendencies contribute to the invisible ache Vance and Smith identify.<\/p>\n<p>[5] The last chapter focuses on the need for community.\u00a0 Vance and Smith are quite clear in this regard.\u00a0 African American males can benefit by finding people who \u201csee\u201d them, listen to their story, and are in their corner.\u00a0 Those individuals may be from other communities of color.\u00a0 Vance and Smith are clear: African American males need to be connected to people who look like themselves.\u00a0 This type of connection with members of the African American community who know the language, cultural codes, and nuances of being an African American male in this society, creates space for being who they are and want to be.\u00a0 Self-worth and dignity start with self; however, the community augments the drive toward feeling worthy and being seen.<\/p>\n<p>[7] The reader may be wondering: What relevance does <em>The Invisible Ache<\/em> have for a predominantly White denomination?\u00a0 Several points could be made.\u00a0 First, this book is important for all people, especially those who minister in, with, and among African American people.\u00a0 Knowledge, understanding, and seeing the experiences of African American people, especially African American males, can lead toward the transformation of the ethos of the denomination.<\/p>\n<p>[8] Second, <em>The Invisible Ache<\/em> is a clarion call for African American men to take charge of their (our) spiritual and mental well-being.\u00a0 Empowerment, as Vance and Smith share, means confronting both our internal and external problems.\u00a0 Internally African American males face multiple issues, including but not limited to a story that reinforces their (our) worthlessness and deficiency.\u00a0 Externally African American men, like African American women, face stress, bullying, being ignored, racism, and other blocks to our spiritual and emotional well-being.\u00a0 <em>The Invisible Ache<\/em> presents a charge to take control of the historical story told about African American men.\u00a0 African American men are a gift, fully created by a loving and just Creator.\u00a0 The book provides a sense of hope and direction for African American males to embrace their (our) giftedness.<\/p>\n<p>[9] I highly recommend this book.\u00a0 It will be a blessing to those who read it and internalize the wisdom Vance and Smith offer.\u00a0 And, as Vance did, keep the Bible close by!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This review is based on the Kindle Edition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Janice Gassam Asare, \u201cAcademia Is Failing Black Women: Examining Misogynoir Within The Academy.\u201d Accessed January 16, 2024 at <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2024\/01\/16\/academia-is-failing-black-women-a-brief-examination-of-misogynoir-within-the-academy\/?sh=6f8b6df83adc\">https:\/\/forbes.com\/sites\/janicegassam\/2024\/01\/16\/academia-is-failing-black-women-a-brief-examination-of-misogynoir-within-the-academy\/?sh=6f8b6df83adc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[1] The rise of death by suicide by African Americans is increasingly becoming a prominent topic of discussion in the African American community.\u00a0 The recent passing of Dr. Antoinette \u201cBonnie\u201d Candia-Bailey, an administrator at Lincoln University, a historically Black university in Missouri, highlights the mental well-being of African American people.[1] Religious communities, social service organizations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-grief","category-mental-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Book Review: The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain And Reclaiming Their Power by Courtney B. 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