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Ghetto Life 101 and Remorse

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This is a moving and powerful radio documetary conduted by two 13 year old boys living in the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago's inner city. It is the story of their lives told in a real and honest way that leaves no one unmoved who hears it. Their mentor, David Isay, gives them the opportunity to tell the world what the life of a child growing up in an American ghetto is truly like. Sometmes hard to hear, the efforts of these young men are genuine and accurate and leave listeners with a glimpse into the problems that grip our inner cities. For anyone who wants to understand the lives and realities of families trapped in America's slums, this should rank at the top of the list. I highly recommend Ghetto Life:101 and Remorse. I use it every semester in my university social problems class. My students come away with amazing insight as a result of these powerful documentaries.

the boys in this booklive depressing lives in lots of ways.it shows their lives how they lived and the crime associated wit them. the little boy who fell off the building pray for him...
god bless u

One of the running jokes with NPR is that it produces "Driveway Moments", which are times you sit in your car in the driveway in order to finish listening to a story. When I first heard this segment on NPR it wasn't just a "Driveway Moment", it was a driveway half-hour. Even after the story segment ended, I just sat in my car dumbfounded. I bought the cd as soon as I heard it was out, and it was well worth it. You will not hear reporting like this very often. I would advise getting the book as well, as it is also brilliant.