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In Brownsville's twenty-one housing projects, the young cops and the teenagers who stand solemnly on the street corners are bitter and familiar enemies. The Ville, as the Brownsville-East New York section of Brooklyn is called by the locals, is one of the most dangerous places on earth-a place where homicide is a daily occurrence. Now, Greg Donaldson, a veteran urban reporter and a longtime teacher in Brooklyn's toughest schools, evokes this landscape with stunning and frightening accuracy.The Ville follows a year in the life of two urban black males from opposite sides of the street. Gary Lemite, an enthusiastic young Housing police officer, charges recklessly into gunfire in pursuit of respect and promotion. Sharron Corley, a member of a gang called the LoLifes and the star of the Thomas Jefferson High School play, is also looking for respect as he tries to survive these streets.Brilliantly capturing the firestorm of violence that is destroying a generation, waged by teenagers who know at thirty yards the difference between a MAC-10 machine pistol and a .357 Magnum, The Ville is the story of our inner cities and the lives of the young men who remain trapped there. In the tradition of There Are No Children Here, Clockers, and Random Family, The Ville is a vivid and unforgettable contribution to our understanding of race and violence in America today.

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Publié par	Fordham University Press
Date de parution	01 juin 2015
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780823265695
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	34 Mo

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Foreword by Mark Naîson Preace Acknowedgmens

Proogue: Lîkey

S U M M E R Don’ Gîve Up on Your Dreams Gun Coar One Mae Back “Ge Ou o Brownsvîe” J. R. Junîor Props he Scream Payday “No, Robo, No” he Feds Are Cockîng Boody Vaenîne he Troops Eddîe on e Back Od-Tîmers “ï Never Me e Man” He Nîg Kîds’ Suf

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FA L L Jef “Come Beînd Me” “Straîgt to hat Hoy House” Sateîte In Fu Efect Goîng to Represent Apartment 5AB “He Looks Lîke a Perp” “Trap Of ” “It Hurts, Prîce” Rîker’s Isand

W I N T E R “He’s Gone” “Crîstmas Is or Wîte Peope” Country Boys “Let te Dogs Loose” Dîscontent “Two Tears în a Bucket” “I Lîke te Way I Am” Homecomîng

S P R I N G A N D S U M M E R “I Can’t Wak” “I Am te Vîe” Twenty-our Seven Judgment “Bîg Days” Brownsvîe

Epîogue: Later Epîogue: 1994 Epîogue: 2015

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he re-pubîcaîon o Greg Donadson’she Villeby Fordam Unîver-sîy Press îs a grea even or anyone îneresed în New York Cîy îsory or e poîîcs o drug enorcemen.he Villeîs, wîou quesîon, e bes book ever wrîen abou înner-cîy New York durîng e years o e crack epîdemîc.he Villepresens îs ragedy rom so many vanage poîns—ose o e deaers, e poîce and prosecuors, e eacers and scoo prîncîpas, e amîîes ryîng o raîse cîdren amîds e carnage, and e young peope wo, despîe îvîng în a danger zone, ry o say cear o a drug busîness a promîsed unprecedened rewards and even graver rîsks. ï can înk o no oer book a peneraes an înner-cîy neîgbor-ood în New York în îs era wî suc însîg, suc eoquence, and suc respec and compassîon or dîferen groups o peope ryîng o make a îe în a word o îmîed opporunîy ren by deady vîoence. To puhe Villeîn perspecîve, ï ave o urn o medîa oer an books. he ony paces ï can Ind you narraîves o equa eoquence rom e crack years în New York are în e îp-op soryeîng o JZ, Nas, Bîggîe Smas, and Wu Tang Can.he Villeîs e perec companîon voume o ree o e greaes îp-op abums o a îme, se în e ousîng projecs o Brookyn, Queens, and Saen ïsand: Nas’s “ïmaîc,” JZ’s “Reasonabe Doub,” and Wu Tang Can’s “36 Cambers.” Donadson capures e wordvîew o young peope în a word saped by crack a-mos as we as ese amazîng arîss—wîe aso provîdîng an equay compeîng porraî o eîr major adversary, e poîce. And ere, o puhe Villeîn perspecîve, you ave o urn o wa many înk îs e greaes TV serîes ever made, “he Wîre.”he Villeîs “he Wîre” în prîn orm, en years earîer, se în Brownsvîe, Brook-

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