Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...described driving around with one homeless gang member named Faro...
...Because they have nothing to live for, except their gang, their 'hood. They "claim their 'hood," -- pledge allegiance to their neighborhood gang -- and it becomes their whole world, their family. Their loyalty is fierce. The drive-bys are mostly "paybacks," revenge killings, sometimes for feuds that started before they were born...
...Some gang members talked to you about their lives with devastating clarity. One, Sidewinder, said that he does not want to have children, that he would rather kill his own child than live to see him killed by another child. Another, Hart, was so vulnerable, so sad, that you seriously considered raising him yourself...
...most of the conversations with gang members in your book take place in cars...
...most remarkable things about your book, Do or Die, is that you were able to get close to people who would kill each other on sight, yet they accepted the fact that you shared the confidence of their mortal enemies. Gang members knew that if you were talking to them one day, you might be visiting the homes of their enemies the next day. How could they confide...