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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 5:01 pm
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A memorial for Derrion Albert
​Reader "New Creature" responds to "Brutal Video: Honor Student Derrion Albert Killed by Chicago Mob." She's worked with street kids this troubled, and believes they're beyond redemption:

"I've worked with street kids in the past, and honestly thought I had a gift for it until I was called upon to take a temporary position at a public school in an "alternative classroom". I learned quickly that all the love and compassion in the world would not be enough, but was only viewed as weakness.

"I'm ashamed to say I lasted only two days before I finally decided I'd had enough. That classroom was merely grooming those kids for prison. We have a whole culture of young black men whose dream it is to be the top-dog in the joint, and their school age years are spent practicing. They are without hope, and making excuses and feeling guilty only makes it worse. Dear God, give us wisdom."

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