Comments on: Ghandi, Job and the ghetto http://erika.haub.net/ghandi-job-and-the-ghetto/04/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: erika http://erika.haub.net/ghandi-job-and-the-ghetto/04/#comment-28463 Tue, 01 May 2007 16:47:41 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/ghandi-job-and-the-ghetto/04/#comment-28463 Jamie, Thanks for offering the updates here and on your blog. The whole issue of the media is certainly a frustrating one. Most of the time here there is just no mention: our news consists of which celeb is entering rehab or getting plastic surgery--no joke. I think if you are black and live in the inner city and you get shot, unless you are a child, there really is no one who is going to assume the best of you. Jamie,
Thanks for offering the updates here and on your blog. The whole issue of the media is certainly a frustrating one. Most of the time here there is just no mention: our news consists of which celeb is entering rehab or getting plastic surgery–no joke. I think if you are black and live in the inner city and you get shot, unless you are a child, there really is no one who is going to assume the best of you.

]]> by: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://erika.haub.net/ghandi-job-and-the-ghetto/04/#comment-28328 Tue, 01 May 2007 01:26:00 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/ghandi-job-and-the-ghetto/04/#comment-28328 Thanks for the very encouraging words. I appreciate having others who truly understand. To further frustrate the situation we learned today that the victim is a guy we know, a very close friend of one of our staff. While he is a former gang member, he has been out for some time, cleaning up his life. He does not know his shooters and did cooperate with police as best he could. And yet, the police and the papers call him a gang member and claim he was unhelpful. Why? Because he is an inner city black kid with a record. Our "trusted media" and city government can't get it right. All the more reason the church needs to step up. Now. Peace, Jamie Thanks for the very encouraging words. I appreciate having others who truly understand.

To further frustrate the situation we learned today that the victim is a guy we know, a very close friend of one of our staff. While he is a former gang member, he has been out for some time, cleaning up his life. He does not know his shooters and did cooperate with police as best he could. And yet, the police and the papers call him a gang member and claim he was unhelpful. Why? Because he is an inner city black kid with a record. Our “trusted media” and city government can’t get it right. All the more reason the church needs to step up. Now.

Peace,
Jamie

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