Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Poetic Obituaries: [Cheryl Green] was 14, an eighth grader

who loved junk food and watching Court TV with her mother and had recently written a poem beginning: "I am black and beautiful. I wonder how I will be living in the future."

from The New York Times: Racial Hate Feeds a Gang War's Senseless Killing

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