Black and white. I am the gray area
Born Ricardo D’ Amico Chamberlan in Columbus, Ohio, I was the baby of a black man whose only crime was marrying a white woman. My mom, a Bay area native, grew up in Castro Valley while my dad was born and raised in South Central, Los Angeles. Somehow faith brought them together, ultimately producing a baby, me. I was the victim of my own uncontrollable birth. In my life it is all the little things that count. We moved to East Oakland when I was only two. Even as a young baby I seen what was happening around me. As a young child my dad was always drunk. My mom didn’t have a job and she didn’t do much of anything. Growing up I seen my cousin “gang bangin.” My cousin always tried to avoid me, he said I was an annoying little whit boy. When I turned twelve I wanted to be a “G,” I wanted to start “doin my thing,” make a name for myself in the town. It turned out the town already had a name picked out for me. I wasn’t hard
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Town Hayward, East Oakland, Gadding Road, Angeles Somehow, Columbus Ohio, Castro Valley, racism social, black white, victim own, wasnt black,
Approximate Word count = 651
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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