Mensah M. Dean

Racism hemmed in the Black population and it stifled their ability to move upward, even those who had the aptitude to do so. Where you have the lower income populations, that's where you have more crime.

Racism hemmed in the Black population and it stifled their ability to move upward, even those who had the aptitude to do so. Where you have the lower income populations, that's where you have more crime.

Hunger does drive people and deprivation. And so when you live in a community where there's so much poverty and despair and dysfunction and aberrant behavior, children are exposed to that from the time they can walk and to the time they're taking the subway.

Hunger does drive people and deprivation. And so when you live in a community where there's so much poverty and despair and dysfunction and aberrant behavior, children are exposed to that from the time they can walk and to the time they're taking the subway.

He was shot in gang warfare. He did his share of violence. He was arrested many times before he was able to catch a break.

He was shot in gang warfare. He did his share of violence. He was arrested many times before he was able to catch a break.

I hope that he helps the reader see how poverty, how it shapes or misshapes people. And some people like Palmer can escape the clutches of poverty and live productive lives while others fall by the wayside.

I hope that he helps the reader see how poverty, how it shapes or misshapes people. And some people like Palmer can escape the clutches of poverty and live productive lives while others fall by the wayside.

Racism hemmed in the Black population and it stifled their ability to move upward, even those who had the aptitude to do so. Where you have the lower income populations, that's where you have more crime.

Hunger does drive people and deprivation. And so when you live in a community where there's so much poverty and despair and dysfunction and aberrant behavior, children are exposed to that from the time they can walk and to the time they're taking the subway.

He was shot in gang warfare. He did his share of violence. He was arrested many times before he was able to catch a break.

I hope that he helps the reader see how poverty, how it shapes or misshapes people. And some people like Palmer can escape the clutches of poverty and live productive lives while others fall by the wayside.