Part 29 (1/1)

Many developments have taken place sincedrugs and has come into the New Afrikan Independence Movement He and his wife have had a child, which I think has contributed greatly to his awareness He now travels throughout the country giving lectures on the all-powerful trappings of gang activity and the gang life He and I are still the closest in ot married just months before my incarceration and we had another child: Sanyika Kashi+f Shakur Crazy De escaped the gas chaiven a life sentence without the possibility of parole He's still dedicated to gangsteriss to occur was the Rodney King beating, which is not unusual given the current relations between the New Afrikan co about the incident, though, was that it was filmed by someone from the community and shown by the media, which says a lot in itself Foritself that hit ho in all of its ugliness The obvious helplessness of Rodney King as he was puers, despite the fact that he was clearly sub: This summed up for me the condition of the New Afrikancould have been any New Afrikan male in America He could have been ht the realization ofdown upon e and appetite for destruction rose It hile in this e eles, which was truly surprising to me I wasn't surprised that it occurred-that was inevitable But I was surprised by the swiftness hich it unfolded Sohborhoods, which see that the Vietnamese destroyed their land to route out the A to make is that the businesses that were destroyed were not owned by the people who lived in those communities They were owned and operated by folks who live in the suburban areas The services that they were supplying were provided at astronomical prices, and the products were often inferior No matter how many Toms try to paint a different scenario, there was a collective consciousness a the oppressed that is evidenced in their selection of targets and items taken As a victie rebel who took part in the burning and expropriation of goods

What it boils down to is an overwhel sense of inadequacy: the invisiblefactors are coroup has the absolute solution From what I've studied and seen it would seem that this country's 130-year-old experiment of ned to work My fear is that an at here siovina, due to the failure of positive multicultural existence My personal belief is that separation is the solution

The ether under the banner of a cease-fire, an effort which I applaud But realistically, it hasn't accomplished the objective, which I believe was sidetracked by the open e Before there can ever be Crip and Blood peace there must be Crip and Crip peace As evidenced by the accounts in this book, the number-one enemy of Crips is other Crips This fact must be addressed before any one Crip set can coh the cease-fire is still holding in Watts, where CJ froanized it, other parts of South Central are still conducting their ”talks” with fullies, body arht Trays have been killed, reportedly by Rollin' Sixties, bringing the Eight Tray death toll to thirty-two

And what about the children? What do we tell therips with the fact that this thing has gotten way too real, out of control like so to sinally fashi+oned it? Ti person with a stake in life-especially those involved in the fighting-should put forth an effort, so edy The children deserve to have a decent childhood where they live They shouldn't have to be uprooted to the suburbs to experience peace We cannot contaminate them with our feuds of madness, which are predicated on factors over which we have no control

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