A Matter of Black Lives

“White” and “Black” races are, in a sense, army uniforms that many of us are born into. We are born with skin color to which is assigned mythology and a belief system, and then we are judged and treated by the world accordingly. 

The “Crips” and “Bloods” have a similar story. Young people are born into a certain neighborhood, and family, and thereby they are often assigned an “affiliation” almost at birth. The following interviews are of men and women who risk their lives trying to bring young people back from this trap.