18 Feb 08

Question Time With A Blood (Part 1)

Bones of South Side Posse Bloods wrote:

Tha Blood.

What’s that B. like!

Let me answer some of your questions.











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joannie said...

The one thing that struck me in this post was that loyalty falls off when you're inside. That isn't just true for gang members. That's life. Real friends stick it out with you on either side of the wire and they are hard to find.

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joannie said...

I'm just wondering, addressing the Maplehurst situation, are these practices standard-our county jail is much the same. They wash and reuse plastic ware-the female inmates do this as a "job", families are never informed of lockdowns, there were few programs for inmates-the killer was boredom even if you wanted to do something to improve your status before a judge or personally, my son was not allowed soap for a period of time...whoever posted this information, is there anything the readers can do to support the inmates?

LX said...

I worked as a volunteer math tutor at an inner city school before and I was struck by how much stock those kids put into the hopes of becoming a professional athlete.

I think it's sad and very indicative of the hopelessness and disenfranchisement of ghetto culture. They don't realize how unrealistic it is that they could become a professional athlete(the odds are overwhelmingly against any individual). They don't have many realistic role models that appeal to them and their culture.

dirtos said...

As for me, I'd be totally up for getting a bullet in my gut for the road and pavements and houses where I live. It's a lovely road, it lets me drive on it and park my car on it, the pavement lets me walk on it, the houses protect me from the wind and my own house keeps me warm at night because I can go in it. Big up to my hood, it's keeping it real, and has been representing for the last 300 years. Bring it on all you haters.

joannie said...

One final comment-this was really a thought-provoking entry...I'm a middle class white person, and have always felt there is nothing I could say or do to help the situation for a person who came up in a ghetto or had these limitations and for whom a gang might provide a "way out". Due to my son's incarceration and subsequent involvement in a recovery group and volunteering in the county lock-up where he started out, I've come to see that there isn't a huge gap between people needing a role model and myself. Maybe this is idealistic, but if you are faithfully in someone's life, available, and really do care, that's the best model there is. People come to trust you. I was shocked a few weeks back when this young black man came up to me after a meeting, put his arms around me and said "thank you". I wondered to myself what for. I think being a teacher, a mentor, someone who provides friendship is all it takes.

Pixie said...


Amen, Joannie.

Anonymous said...


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Anonymous said...

Regarding Bones: Once a sociopath, always a sociopath. Time and place don't matter.

Anonymous said...

Bones is not quite a sociopath. He just has it in his head that there is no other way for him to survive. Everything he said in his answers have logic in them and were well written considering he does not have an editor. He has the ability to change his future. To make big changes, he only needs to do two things. Make things right where possible in past actions that upon further review were not the right move. The other is to stop the illegal lifestyle. Stop doing illegal stuff in pursuit of money. If you need to protect friends and family fine. But get more education and bring in the money legally.