And that was as far as we ever
thought about it: When white
people lose stuff they get money,
just another nice perk of being
white.
It’s easy to be judgmental
about crime when you live in a
world wealthy enough to be
removed from it. But the hood
taught me that everyone has
different notions of right and
wrong, different definitions of what
constitutes crime, and what level of
crime they’re willing to participate
in. If a crackhead comes through
and he’s got a crate of Corn Flakes
boxes he’s stolen out of the back of