Renegade Dreams Quotes

“My argument is straightforward. We should not allow the specter of urban violence—made more palpable with each news special and each viral video—to reify the notion of the "isolated" ghetto." That notion grows increasingly outmoded with each passing day. Instead, we should embrace the opportunities to reframe seemingly familiar narratives that...impede our understanding of how injury is experienced. [...] Attention to how multiple frameworks on the inner city collapse upon one another and become conflated will lead us to ask new questions: What are the ways in which the cell phone, in this instance, proves critical to disseminating images of (and frameworks about) gang violence?”
― Laurence Ralph, Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago

“A "renegade dream" is to imagine a different future for yourself and your community even when living a life that's at odds with the dignity of your aspirations.”
― Laurence Ralph, Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago