CHAPTER SIX
Justice
Chris lived in a poor neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and his father drove a truck. To give Chris a better chance in life, Chris’s parents enrolled him into a school in a wealthier part of town. This meant a very long commute, but that wasn’t what Chris most despised. Chris was the only African American at his school, and because of his ethnicity he was bullied.
The abuse Chris suffered was appalling – he was beaten, spat on, and even one day had balloons filled with urine thrown at him. Worse, the abuse wasn’t confined to his fellow students. Chris recalled a group of parents rallying outside his school one day holding picket placards with ‘n****r ...
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