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Prisoners. Entering The. Prison. In. The. Rain. Street. Thug. ,His. ,Mother. Warned. Him. Again. And. Again. . Money. And. Fashion,Clothers. Was. His. Pursuit.. In Prison He Is Penniless,And,Wears A Orange Jump Suit.. Looking Around ,So. Many. Black. Men. He Looks At Them ,They Look At Him.. Over-Crowded. Cells,A Dreadful Place. Silent,He Tries Not To Show ,A,Tear Trace. Over Crowded. ,Prisoners Playing Cards,Some Back,And Forth Pacing. Armed Guards ,Barbed Wire. Fences,No ,Chance. Of Escaping. Loneliness,Hopelessness ,Emptiness. Invades ,The. Mind. And. Soul. Some. Prisoners. Serving. A. Few. Years. ,Some. Life. Without. Parole. Told. When. To. Shut. Up,Talk. And. Eat. When. To. Get. Up,When. To. Sleep. Prison. Yard,Time. For. Recreation . Religion. With. Chaplains,Teachers. For. Education. Fighting. Prisoners,Solitary. Confinement. They. Are. Lead. Outside. Prison ,Graveyard. ,For. Prisoners. That. Are. Dead.. . Violence ,Over-Crowded,Cells. And. Prison,Years. Here. He. Cannot. Conceive. Many. ,Years. To. Serve. ,Before. He. Can. Leave...

Ahhh yes, while reading a Baldwin biography, the Harlem based one, it was mentioned there. I think . 😀

I don't fundamental disagree with anything you just wrote @Pioneer1 my point deal with the relative level of stress experiences by Black teens today compared to Black kids in the 60s. Would you rather be a kid in the 1950s jim crow south or be a kid today living today in ATL, Charlotte, or Austin? Who do you think had more stress? Now I can see white teens being more stressed today than they were in the 50s but Black kids I dunno know. Of course there are exceptions. I know, for example, it was much more stressful for me growing up surrounded by crime, drugs, and crooked cops, than it would have been for some kid growing up in the 50s in the segregated south. A kid who had no reason to engage with white folks. Who never needed to lock a door, enjoyed fresh air, and fresh food. Now that I think more about it, I can see where the average kid today might be under more stress than I was or a kid or one from my parent's generation. I did not have to worry about social media, I was not the target of aggressive marketers trying to get me to buy everything (marketing to children was only just starting) , I did not have to worry about global warming, obesity, AIDS, terrorism, etc...

Kind of like what you do for feminists, right? You don't speak for them...but you convey to us their likes and dislikes, lol. Chev To me this is just plain common sense. Mel Lightskinned and light eyed? Well....that's a start. You're on your way back home!

@Mel Hopkins Will do! @Troy This would help me.