bitch at pulpculture.org wrote:
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> I can tell you this, my one experience of living in the ghetto was that the
> views were complex enough that, on the one hand, people did want a response
> but on the other, they feared that response because they were so vulnerable
> or simply tired of being treated as the enemy.
Jan drove a friend to (south) Chicago back in the early '70s. As she was preparing to leave for home, the friend's brother, after giving Jan some driving directions, said, "As much as I hate to say this, if you get lost your best bet is the man in blue." That's complex enough, I guess.
Carrol