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I mean, you don’t have to kill yourself for someone who’s already dead.”
“Kalton Harris says it's pretty common for young men like Dontay to drop out of programs designed to help them. All the barriers to good jobs, and all the other barriers that exist out in the world outside the program, are part of the reason, he says, but there is another: they have been deeply hurt at a young age, and they don't know how to deal with it.”
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
“In fact, about 75 percent of child welfare cases involve not abuse but neglect, which can often be caused by or confused with poverty.”
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
“Some kids, when they grown, come back and say, 'Why didn't you fight for us?' And I swear I did. We all did.”
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
“If you come from privilege,' she explained, 'and you respect money and power, and the people in your court don't have any of that- it's unconcious and sometimes concious racism and classism.”
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
― We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
“I went to that meet.' She waves a hand. 'For Barry. And I cannot describe to you how sexy the girn on your face was when you landed your last jump in that first round. Oh my God.' Her fingers tangle in her hair, bunching it up. 'I can picture it. You were wearing your cute tank top team jersey and these tiny athletic shorts, and you did that little backward jumpy thing you guys do, you know?'
I nod, amused by her description of the Fosbury Flop.
'And you were upside down.' Her mouth quirks up on one side. 'And I swear to God, you smiled right at me. Just this huge shit-eating grin, like, 'Screw you, look what I can do.' I remember watching you stretch on the track after and thinking that a girl like you could ruin my whole goddamn life.”
― Wish You Weren't Here
I nod, amused by her description of the Fosbury Flop.
'And you were upside down.' Her mouth quirks up on one side. 'And I swear to God, you smiled right at me. Just this huge shit-eating grin, like, 'Screw you, look what I can do.' I remember watching you stretch on the track after and thinking that a girl like you could ruin my whole goddamn life.”
― Wish You Weren't Here
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