My community (Story #317)

Living in my neighborhood is repeated racism and violence all over again .When you’re old and worthless you can’t control the people you want to control, kids are dying slowly because skin color and many hate themselves because of people treating them like they deserve to be treated like that .my community is nothing perfect when it comes from living in the ghetto.

About This Story

  • Project: We Are Here
  • Date submitted: 2018-09-14 00:00:00
  • Emotional tone: Positive
  • Who should know about this? Everyone

About the Storyteller

  • Community: Boynton Beach
  • Age: 51-60
  • Gender: Female

How the Storyteller Interpreted Their Story

Note: Responses which fell closer to the middle (between two or three options) are shown as two dashes.
  • In your story, why did people act the way they did? --
  • My story relates to: --
  • Why did things happen in the story I told? The way people were brought up
  • The lesson in your story is: --
  • In my story, problems are solved by: Those outside the community
  • My story teaches us to: NA
  • My story teaches us that: The community has no control
  • My story teaches us that: The community is vulnerable
  • My story teaches us that: --

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