THEY AINT HIRING KIDS FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD YOUG MEN OF COLOR NEGOTIATING POOR PUBLIC SCHOOL AND POOR WORK OPTIONS IN NEW YOURK CITY

ONE AFTERNOON AS I SIT ON A CROWDED SUBWAY CAR EN ROUTE TO THE CAMPUS OF EASTERN UNIVERSITY MY FIELDWORK SITE THE CHATTER OF PASSENGERS IS SUBBENLY DORWNED BY THE AMPLIFED VOICES OF THE TWO MEN. MANY PASSENGERS WHO HAD NERVOUSLY DIVERTED THER EYES TO THEIR NEWSPAPERS VISIBLY AFRID OR CAUTIONS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY WHEN THESE YOUG MEN ENTERED TGHE TRAIN WITH RAISED VOICES ARE NEW GRINNING WITH RELIEF AND STARING IN WONDSERMENT AS THE B YOIUNG MEN SOMERSULT INTJHE MIDDLE OF A CONGERSTED SUBWAY B CAR CAR LOCKING ARTEMS AND FEET.LIOUBREIA BLACKMON> bubbaliciaes