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Born to be a Thug

By Donna Ladd

Jackson Free Press | October 13, 2005

Young people are demonized in America: It pays to hate them, disparage them, ridicule them, stereotype them, profile them, arrest them, condescend to them, use them for votes and lead the evening news with them.

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