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[pale_blue_arrow]

This is Brendan Frye. If it's urgent, you might have a better chance o' tracking me down on foot. If I'm not answering, chances are I've gotten in over my head with something, not that I'm refusin' to give you the time of day. So leave me some words and I'll get back to you as soon as I don't have a fire to put out.

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[pale_blue_arrow]

i kinda wish it was. you're pretty hot, tbh. but you're not into people in my age bracket. i can just sort of tell from how you act.

but you're overlooking the reasons why kara would never be given the chance not to sell drugs: because the justice system doesn't rehabilitate or protect certain people. and by certain people i mean lower class people, people who aren't white, women and especially people who are at an intersection of all those. she can't take a chance that's never going to be offered to her and that chance SHOULD be but it won't because she's black and poor and a lady.

everyone is different but that also means that some people are given less chances or none. some people are pushed towards badness by society's expectations of who they should be. and when they are, over time, they can come to believe that's the only choice, and then people who believe that, say, a poor black girl is destined to deal drugs, can point to her and go 'see what i mean' and keep the system going. so the stereotypes reign over us and she can't change because it'd get her killed, and THAT is the cost she cannot afford. even if she could make legitimate income, the switch over might anger people for whom that classist, racist system is basically god, and if they put a bullet in her, they know they could get away with it.

rich or poor, if the cost of being good is your own life, you cannot afford it unless you're borderline suicidal, chuck.

[aberranthubris]

I thank you for that compliment but no, Brendan, no, I could never see you in that light. Though, I am sure you are a good partner to someone of your own age.

I have a friend who is blue, has no possessions on her name and very much a person of the fairer sex. She seems to be doing well for herself. Life is largely about decisions and choices. I'm quite sure you could find several success stories with poor, black ladies as well. I understand that it's harder to generate traction for some people for various reasons. But her situation is hardly impossible if those are her downfalls.

I might agree with you if your example was a child who grew up on a war zone or a little baby sold into slavery. These are awful things that happen all the time in the world and yet, we still find ways to be good to each other. It doesn't take much,
just a smile might change someone's life. Just a kind word might give them something to go on for another day.

A person should not be judged based on what the world has made them do. No one should be judged by their skin colour, their race, their heritage, or their social status and fortune. The change in the society starts from us, not from sinking further into victimisation of ourselves. It takes a lot of strength of character to change the circumstances that you are in, but it is not impossible. And I choose to believe that people are both capable and willing to do that.