Thursday, 28 April 2011

Entering the World of Violence and Pain

This is not the story of just Luis but the story of many young men that have been pushed into a world that is harsh and cold. I grew up in a suburb where this other world was the problem - a world where at best we needed to ignore or build a gated community to keep our distance. I saw the crimes committed from stories on television. I learned to lock my doors in fear. They were the enemy - the ones that made my world unsafe and uncomfortable. What else was I to do?