“A fog of despair so pervaded the ghetto that the smallest gesture of rebellion could seem like a bold, piercing light. Bad, said with a fond expression, was almost always a compliment.” PovertySurvivalDeprivationGhetto Lifestyle Book:Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx Source: Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
