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Originally Posted by swa(y)
"i live in a gun infested neighborhood. I LIVE it a town riddled with gangs. I DRIVE through this shit every day. the goverment here sucks. the school system sucks. I DEAL with this everyday. watch this fun movie so ya can know what MY life is like."
i gathered very early on in suchfriend's post that he lives in this area, with the amount he feels the need to remind people that he lives here consistantly through the entire lenghty post, i gather that hes proud to be from there.
maybe im an idiot.
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absolutely accurate synopsis! seriously, I rather enjoyed it..
except for two points, I don't
live in Watts/South Central(though there are a few guns around the neighborhood I do live in as well), its where I go to
church regularly and on weekdays, its where a few of my friends live, and its also part of any commute across town, as the necessary metro line runs through those neighborhoods. and you forget, I don't drive through them, I walk through them, I take the bus/rail to get around to church and to my peoples spots, and so I am on foot. I've become rather familiar in a few neighborhoods there, perpetually "hey Rastaman" even now with a fade..
perhaps 3-5 times a week I am in the Watts/South Central area. I am not proud of that shit that goes on there at all but I am ever the optimist, I believe that something can actually be done about all this. that is why I have been working with volunteer org around LA, and I am talking with some gang/community outreach centers in those neighborhoods to get more involved there, do a little more then chill out, contribute a little more, and get that Marcus Garvey ball rolling again..
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Originally Posted by Lurker
I do wonder a lot why the hell he hasn't just moved away.
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