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On a hot summer day in 1989, Sudhir Venkatesh, a callow sociology student with a ponytail and tie-dyed T-shirt, walked into one of Chicago’s toughest housing projects, clipboard in hand, ready to ask residents about their lives. Sample question: “How does it feel to be black and poor?” Suggested answers: “very bad, somewhat bad, neither bad nor good, somewhat good, very good.” Actual answers: unprintable.
Im reading this right now. I kinda love it. Ive always been so interested in the gang world of Chicago.
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We discussed this in my Sociological Theory class!
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Im reading this right now. I kinda love it. Ive always been so interested in the gang world of Chicago.
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