We walk up through what I am now being told is Blood Alley, which is an extremely narrow outdoor corridor with very high walls. ... As I am being escorted to my cell I notice as we walk by how small they are. ... Even though he was flanked front to back and side to side by guards toting rifles and himself shackled from his ankles to his wrists I could not help but cringe when he walked by. ...
Introduction As a native New Yorker, I can remember growing up in Harlem on 112th street and St. ... I remember many days sitting on the stoop and wandering why is my block different from the others. ... I remember him saying how much his life has changed for the better since he moved to New York. ... I can remember my grandfather telling me about his trips up seventh avenue on the bus and looking at the beautiful churches, social and civic centers, shops, theatres and other places of amusement. ...
They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. ... That follows the same scenario, if a white man walks in a black community, it's generally unsafe in the inner cities or slums. Or if a black man walks in the presence of one or several KKK members, it would be unsafe for the black person. ...
(David 68) But Claudia, too, learns to interject those ideals knowing that, in order to be loved and accepted, she must conform because, as she remembers, "all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured-(Morrison 20) But Morrison is not intent upon merely affirming the existence of the fear, frustration, and fury inherent in black life; she wished to expose the psychic causes for the social distortions within a black community. ...
