Line Spkr StTime Content EnTime 1 LES_int_01 0.3593 We're back on. Okay, so I mean 1.9468 2 LES_int_01 1.9468 (pause 0.24) 2.1851 3 LES_int_01 2.1851 so, there's a couple like f- 3.3817 4 LES_int_01 3.3817 (pause 0.63) 4.0155 5 LES_int_01 4.0155 s- forces going on right? I mean this- there's some stuff- 6.7673 6 LES_int_01 6.7673 (pause 0.10) 6.8648 7 LES_int_01 6.8648 still some tough stuff happening in your community, but at the same time, now, back this gentrification. 12.0957 8 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 12.2907 [Yeah.] 12.7427 9 LES_int_01 12.4016 [That's coming] in. 13.2487 10 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 13.2709 And then. [Okay.] 13.8192 11 LES_int_01 13.6508 [So, how do things] interact? Like [/inaudible/] 16.0041 12 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 13.9079 [This is.] 14.4219 13 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 14.4219 (pause 1.03) 15.4545 14 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 15.4545 [Alright. I got] friends from w- from [college.] 17.9452 15 LES_int_01 17.8964 [Yeah.] 18.2465 16 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 18.2465 And they come down here and they're pissed off 19.9395 17 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 20.5327 about what the change has been. 21.8578 18 LES_int_01 21.9908 [Yeah.] 22.2966 19 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 22.1459 [Because] 22.6289 20 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 22.9392 they w- g- they remember when this place when nobody really wanted to be here. 26.2920 21 LES_int_01 26.3718 Right. 26.7219 22 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 26.8637 And, so when the first, when like- when the 28.4865 23 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 28.4865 (pause 0.19) 28.6727 24 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 28.6727 bars started first, like tha- remember I told you that close 31.1899 25 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 31.1899 (pause 0.38) 31.5710 26 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 31.5710 the up close? [Like the beautiful.] 32.9094 27 LES_int_01 32.1923 [Yeah.] 32.7197 28 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 33.1487 So, you see bars and 34.2347 29 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 34.2347 (pause 0.24) 34.4784 30 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 34.4784 I'm twenty-one, and I'm like, yeah, I can drink [and] 37.0178 31 LES_int_01 36.9070 [Yeah.] 37.3591 32 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 37.3591 I'm identifying with my community in a different way. [I'm older.] 40.1643 33 LES_int_01 39.4242 [Right.] 39.8497 34 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 40.4923 I'm a- 40.7493 35 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 40.7493 (pause 0.12) 40.8699 36 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 40.8699 coming home from college and 42.4018 37 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 42.4018 (pause 0.40) 42.8023 38 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 42.8023 wow. This is, you know. 44.0034 39 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 44.0034 (pause 0.14) 44.1408 40 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 44.1408 This- I- cause I went away to school, but um. 46.1484 41 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 46.1484 (pause 0.42) 46.5694 42 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 46.5694 It was very close. So, [I w- sometimes] I came home on the weekends. 49.1304 43 LES_int_01 47.5615 [Yeah.] 47.8518 44 LES_int_01 49.1304 Okay. 49.5207 45 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 49.6311 Um. Especially when I stopped playing basketball and 52.1129 46 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 52.1129 (pause 0.17) 52.2858 47 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 52.2858 I used to work here. So I- since I- you know I said- 54.1536 48 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 54.1536 (pause 0.45) 54.6019 49 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 54.6019 you [know, st-] 55.3509 50 LES_int_01 54.9609 [/Yet/] you stayed kind of connected. 56.6709 51 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 56.6228 Yeah. Very 57.0704 52 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 57.1723 yeah. So I stayed /conne-/ connected. 58.7279 53 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 58.7279 (pause 0.47) 59.1939 54 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 59.1939 And um. 59.6282 55 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 59.6282 (pause 0.97) 60.5999 56 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 60.5999 Yeah, we'd come down. We'd come down here 62.2307 57 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 62.2307 (pause 0.23) 62.4612 58 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 62.4612 And we'd frolic these little- we'd frequent these little bars and stuff like [that.] 65.8110 59 LES_int_01 65.4564 [Yeah.] Yeah. 66.1788 60 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 66.2541 And um, people from the neighborhood was in the bars. 68.5492 61 LES_int_01 68.7619 Yeah. 69.1120 62 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 69.2273 And I would go in there and be like 70.0161 63 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 70.0161 (pause 0.10) 70.1180 64 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 70.1180 oh, oh yeah, we're all grown up, we can drink, uh. 72.7925 65 LES_int_01 72.8723 [Right.] 73.7365 66 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 73.5194 [And I] thought, aye this is nice. 75.4693 67 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 75.7264 [Oh. I'm seeing] some trees and some nice good things happening. 78.3336 68 LES_int_01 75.7264 [Yeah.] 76.0955 69 LES_int_01 78.3336 Yeah. 78.8388 70 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 78.8388 Hm. 79.1740 71 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 79.6083 This is good. 80.6276 72 LES_int_01 80.8536 Right. 81.1949 73 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 81.7400 I'm seeing a patch of grass. 83.3443 74 LES_int_01 83.3620 [Yeah.] 83.8938 75 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 83.7165 [You don't] see a patch of grass, now you put it next to a church. 86.2349 76 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 86.5495 Now, we seeing a patch of grass 87.8303 77 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 87.8303 (pause 0.26) 88.0918 78 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 88.0918 in a place where I used to s- play with glass. 90.1714 79 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 90.1714 (pause 0.26) 90.4329 80 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 90.4329 [Like I just told you, now it's] grass here. 92.4183 81 LES_int_01 90.4329 [Yeah.] 91.0622 82 LES_int_01 91.0622 (pause 0.16) 91.2262 83 LES_int_01 91.2262 [Yeah.] 91.6963 84 LES_int_01 93.0432 [And is that what other] people thought? 94.5791 85 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 93.2318 [This is good.] 93.9099 86 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 94.6544 Yeah. [This is.] 95.3192 87 LES_int_01 95.0141 [initially, they were like-] 96.0599 88 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 95.6028 [Yeah.] 95.9618 89 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 96.1833 This is good. 96.7550 90 LES_int_01 96.7550 you're like alright. 97.6015 91 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 97.6015 Yeah. 97.8674 92 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 98.0004 The waterfront. 98.6996 93 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 98.6996 (pause 0.31) 99.0098 94 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 99.0098 It was, you know, homeless people who always relegated on the waterfront. [It was] nothing to walk 103.0674 95 LES_int_01 101.7923 [Yeah.] 102.2233 96 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 103.5301 you know, walk by. [And] 104.6912 97 LES_int_01 104.4430 [Yeah.] 104.9084 98 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 105.4047 I was just bike riding over there on the waterfront. I'm like, it is fucking bike lanes and shit like that. 109.6385 99 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 109.6385 (pause 0.23) 109.8646 100 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 109.8646 Why am I resenting these things? 111.4600 101 LES_int_01 111.4600 Yeah. 111.8367 102 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 111.8367 And I'm thinking, you know why I resent this shit? Cause it should have been here ten years ago. 115.0665 103 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 115.3723 It's so- 116.1523 104 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 116.1523 (pause 0.69) 116.8441 105 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 116.8441 it's so 117.6374 106 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 117.6374 (pause 0.28) 117.9166 107 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 117.9166 late 118.3420 108 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 118.3420 (pause 0.79) 119.1362 109 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 119.1362 you know. 119.5838 110 LES_int_01 119.5838 Uh-huh. 120.0624 111 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 120.0624 And so 121.0152 112 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 121.5559 you know y- uh. Uh. I never- it didn't til then like people would come into the bars, and then now, 126.1316 113 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 126.1316 (pause 0.56) 126.6900 114 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 126.6900 more and more, I'm coming to these bars 128.4818 115 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 128.4818 (pause 0.31) 128.7965 116 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 128.7965 and there's new people coming in. 129.9982 117 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 129.9982 (pause 0.21) 130.2110 118 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 130.2110 And they're not even from the neighborhood. 131.6203 119 LES_int_01 131.6601 Yeah. 132.1710 120 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 132.2407 And now, the bar 133.5028 121 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 133.5028 (pause 0.19) 133.6934 122 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 133.6934 the- the- the guys at the bouncers are telling us that we can't come in. 136.9272 123 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 136.9272 (pause 0.69) 137.6186 124 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 137.6186 And that we don't have the right dress codes. 139.5891 125 LES_int_01 140.1796 What? 140.5164 126 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 141.4338 And [it's l-] 142.0454 127 LES_int_01 141.8238 [Really?] 142.1783 128 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 142.2891 Yeah. 142.6924 129 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 142.6924 (pause 0.38) 143.0744 130 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 143.0744 And then I'm no- s- only s- I'm seeing this as this patterning. 145.8974 131 LES_int_01 146.1323 [Yeah.] 146.5533 132 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 146.2165 [Where] old money 147.3453 133 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 148.3779 is now old. 149.2421 134 LES_int_01 149.7651 [Yeah.] 150.1994 135 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 149.9290 [Now, people] want new money. 151.1254 136 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 151.6971 And I've seen this spill into 152.9867 137 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 152.9867 (pause 0.15) 153.1374 138 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 153.1374 businesses, 153.9174 139 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 153.9174 (pause 0.47) 154.3871 140 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 154.3871 into where the land is used, 155.9666 141 LES_int_01 155.9666 Mm-hm. 156.4718 142 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 156.6845 the way businesses run. Yeah, there- 158.1672 143 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 158.1672 (pause 0.16) 158.3253 144 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 158.3253 this stuff, and the way landlords are- 159.8942 145 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 159.8942 (pause 0.19) 160.0797 146 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 160.0797 harass residents. 161.0813 147 LES_int_01 161.1832 [Yeah.] 161.6043 148 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 161.3162 [We don't] want you old residents anymore. 163.3415 149 LES_int_01 163.4354 [Right.] 163.9530 150 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 163.7944 [Your money] was good to sustain us. 165.4863 151 LES_int_01 165.5484 Yeah. 165.8985 152 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 165.9251 But now we got new people coming in. 167.2683 153 LES_int_01 167.3392 Yeah. 167.7558 154 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 167.7691 And that's what I was feeling, like this money that I've invested in this community for ye- I'm twenty-nine years old. 172.2882 155 LES_int_01 172.4256 [Yeah.] 172.7668 156 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 172.5984 [How much] money did I put in this neighborhood? 174.3674 157 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 174.5713 [With my] little checks. 175.6571 158 LES_int_01 174.5713 [Yeah.] 174.9200 159 LES_int_01 175.8817 Yeah. 176.3116 160 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 176.6396 Now, w- it's not for me anymore? 178.3458 161 LES_int_01 178.5009 Yeah. 178.8998 162 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 179.2233 My first little dollar, I went right across the street to some bakery and bought something. 182.3914 163 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 182.3914 (pause 0.29) 182.6795 164 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 182.6795 This is my neighborhood. I've invested in it. 184.3591 165 LES_int_01 184.5408 Yeah. 184.9396 166 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 184.9396 And m- when- when the parks weren't safe, 187.3244 167 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 187.7853 that was a- that was 188.7469 168 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 188.7469 (pause 0.35) 189.1015 169 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 189.1015 my mother and- and 190.4774 170 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 190.4774 (pause 0.53) 191.0048 171 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 191.0048 and parents, they s- 192.3064 172 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 192.3064 (pause 0.13) 192.4394 173 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 192.4394 they went and made complaints about that. 194.1855 174 LES_int_01 194.7410 Right. 195.0290 175 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 195.0246 You know, [they did.] 195.8578 176 LES_int_01 195.4279 [Right.] 195.7204 177 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 196.1148 They did community clean ups. 197.7097 178 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 197.7097 (pause 0.43) 198.1351 179 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 198.1351 It was us when the city wouldn't even do it. 199.8369 180 LES_int_01 200.0452 Yeah. 200.4308 181 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 201.2684 So, 202.0350 182 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 202.0350 (pause 0.48) 202.5175 183 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 202.5175 it's like, wow. 203.4836 184 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 203.4836 (pause 0.20) 203.6875 185 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 203.6875 And now I can't even go to no bar here. 205.4469 186 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 205.4469 (pause 0.53) 205.9743 187 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 205.9743 Then I was looking for waitressing. This is when it was really hitting me. I'm [looking for] waitressing jobs in the middle. 210.0856 188 LES_int_01 208.5212 [Yeah.] 208.8625 189 LES_int_01 210.0856 Yeah. 210.3405 190 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 210.3405 And I th- my school let us out early, you'd get out in May. 213.0616 191 LES_int_01 213.2610 Yeah. 213.5325 192 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 213.4737 S- I thought this was a benefit man, I'm like yo, [this] is a benefit. 216.3095 193 LES_int_01 215.3605 [Yeah.] 215.6319 194 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 216.5311 We get out in May, I could definitely get me a little job. 218.8843 195 LES_int_01 218.8843 Yeah, [yeah.] 219.3284 196 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 219.2211 [I-] I'm ahead of everybody. 220.1784 197 LES_int_01 220.1784 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 221.0337 198 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 221.6010 No. 221.9068 199 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 221.9068 (pause 0.87) 222.7763 200 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 222.7763 Could not find a job. 223.7006 201 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 223.7006 (pause 0.09) 223.7892 202 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 223.7892 And I- 224.0551 203 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 224.0551 (pause 0.11) 224.1659 204 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 224.1659 And I'd say 224.9503 205 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 224.9503 (pause 0.30) 225.2472 206 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 225.2472 that I really- it was discrimination. 227.2238 207 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 227.2238 (pause 0.23) 227.4542 208 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 227.4542 I really feel it, because 228.5943 209 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 228.5943 (pause 1.18) 229.7769 210 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 229.7769 I- I know how to look for a job. 231.0932 211 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 231.0932 (pause 0.31) 231.3990 212 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 231.3990 Kay. I'm [I know how to look for a job. Trust me.] 233.6946 213 LES_int_01 231.8268 [Yeah.] 232.1725 214 LES_int_01 232.1725 (pause 0.19) 232.3675 215 LES_int_01 232.3675 [] 232.7390 216 LES_int_01 232.7390 (pause 0.37) 233.1120 217 LES_int_01 233.1120 [Yeah.] 233.3292 218 LES_int_01 233.6946 234.0802 219 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 234.0802 And when the job openings were there, I came, I was there, 237.0127 220 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 237.3451 and um. 238.1146 221 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 238.1146 (pause 0.76) 238.8724 222 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 238.8724 All I did was leave resumes in every places and stuff like [that.] 241.6467 223 LES_int_01 241.5929 [Yeah.] 241.8810 224 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 242.1779 And it really hit me when I was leaving one guy 244.2741 225 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 244.2741 (pause 0.12) 244.3982 226 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 244.3982 he- fo- one guy he had a- he was doing interviews. 246.4440 227 LES_int_01 246.4440 Yeah. 246.7232 228 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 247.0112 And he's like 247.5568 229 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 247.5568 (pause 0.39) 247.9459 230 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 247.9459 he's just 248.4195 231 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 248.4195 (pause 0.08) 248.5034 232 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 248.5034 finished this lady, and I said, oh. I'm here for an interview. 250.5224 233 LES_int_01 250.6761 Yeah. 251.0141 234 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 251.0668 He- he wasn't even acknowledging me either. He's like 253.0936 235 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 253.0936 (pause 0.50) 253.5897 236 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 253.5897 after he just interviewed her, he walked and started cutting lemons, and I was like 256.6777 237 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 256.6777 (pause 0.33) 257.0098 238 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 257.0098 Oh, I'm- I'm here for a interview, it says that you're doing interviews, so I'm here for that. 259.8240 239 LES_int_01 259.8832 Yeah. 260.2069 240 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 260.2411 He's like, oh yeah. Okay. 261.3914 241 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 261.3914 (pause 0.52) 261.9094 242 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 261.9094 I said 262.2694 243 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 262.2694 (pause 0.23) 262.5021 244 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 262.5021 so, 262.8841 245 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 262.8841 (pause 0.17) 263.0553 246 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 263.0553 are you 263.4636 247 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 263.4636 (pause 0.18) 263.6436 248 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 263.6436 you know. 263.9679 249 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 263.9679 (pause 0.06) 264.0294 250 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 264.0294 he says, no. We're not doing it anymore. 265.2762 251 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 265.2762 (pause 0.23) 265.5089 252 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 265.5089 I said 265.7767 253 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 265.7767 (pause 0.14) 265.9216 254 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 265.9216 oh, okay. 266.7382 255 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 266.7382 (pause 0.45) 267.1904 256 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 267.1904 Is there a time where I can come back? He's like 268.5937 257 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 268.5937 (pause 0.32) 268.9098 258 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 268.9098 Nah. Just leave your resume. 269.9723 259 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 269.9723 (pause 0.09) 270.0601 260 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 270.0601 Just leave it. 270.4991 261 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 270.4991 (pause 0.24) 270.7362 262 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 270.7362 And I said, okay. Thank you. 271.7811 263 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 271.7811 (pause 0.45) 272.2289 264 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 272.2289 So then, 272.6811 265 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 272.6811 (pause 0.47) 273.1465 266 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 273.1465 I 273.6338 267 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 273.6338 (pause 0.22) 273.8489 268 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 273.8489 walked out, and I said, I- let me just go back in and ask him when is a good time to call. 277.2938 269 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 277.2938 (pause 0.20) 277.4957 270 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 277.4957 So, I went back. 278.1060 271 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 278.1060 (pause 0.31) 278.4144 272 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 278.4144 This motherfucker was throwing my resume in the garbage. 280.8274 273 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 280.8274 (pause 2.17) 282.9978 274 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 282.9978 Throwing my resume in the fucking [garbage.] 284.8772 275 LES_int_01 284.3111 [Yeah.] 284.7237 276 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 285.4787 I got my k- I got my way back with them 287.2921 277 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 287.2921 (pause 0.22) 287.5160 278 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 287.5160 they used to keep this um, 288.7174 279 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 288.7174 (pause 0.16) 288.8754 280 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 288.8754 freaking sign in front of the 290.0213 281 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 290.0213 (pause 0.10) 290.1223 282 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 290.1223 the store all the time. 291.1803 283 LES_int_01 291.1803 Yeah. 291.6369 284 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 291.6852 Man. I called, make so many complaints. And m- I don't know how [many fines] they got. 294.5202 285 LES_int_01 293.7915 [] 294.1251 286 LES_int_01 294.6783 [] 295.4625 287 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 294.9532 [And uh- and you] can follow up. It's real. 296.6303 288 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 296.7708 It's- happens. All you gotta- people [don't even know.] 298.7245 289 LES_int_01 298.1524 [] 299.3510 290 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 298.9133 [All you got to do] is call three-one-one. 300.5903 291 LES_int_01 300.5903 Yeah. 300.8813 292 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 300.8274 Make the complaint, they'll give you a ticket number, a reference, you'll follow up 304.1723 293 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 304.4488 It's so [easy. It's so easy.] And I got- they got at least 307.4046 294 LES_int_01 305.0934 [] 306.2623 295 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 307.8524 two fines from me. 308.6646 296 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 308.6646 (pause 0.26) 308.9280 297 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 308.9280 Cause I never [kept track.] 310.0563 298 LES_int_01 309.3666 [Good for you. Good for you. (laughing)] 311.8076 299 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 310.2139 [Yeah. Fuck that.] 311.0612 300 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 311.0612 (pause 0.54) 311.5968 301 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 311.5968 [Fuck that.] 312.0490 302 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 312.4382 But, I'm like wow. All these people that work in the n- 314.7607 303 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 314.7607 (pause 0.14) 314.9012 304 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 314.9012 work in 315.5641 305 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 315.5641 (pause 0.16) 315.7222 306 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 315.7222 in these stores, they're not even from the neighborhood. 317.8207 307 LES_int_01 317.9437 [Yeah.] 318.2264 308 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 318.0139 [I thought] it must be a benefit. 319.3822 309 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 319.6280 But he- that was what he used to work against me. 321.9900 310 LES_int_01 322.1963 Yeah. 322.7151 311 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 322.7825 He probably thought 323.6517 312 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 323.6517 (pause 0.29) 323.9371 313 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 323.9371 um man, and this is what um, 325.4327 314 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 325.4327 (pause 0.84) 326.2756 315 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 326.2756 another guy told me 327.2634 316 LES_int_01 327.3512 Yeah. 327.6717 317 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 327.7859 He was like, um 328.6903 318 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 328.6903 (pause 1.06) 329.7483 319 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 329.7483 we usually don't 330.5325 320 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 330.5325 (pause 0.48) 331.0140 321 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 331.0140 we- we had somebody here local. I said, I worked here 333.3182 322 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 333.3182 (pause 0.46) 333.7791 323 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 333.7791 I said, I'm local. 334.4772 324 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 334.4772 (pause 0.35) 334.8240 325 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 334.8240 And um. 335.2938 326 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 335.2938 (pause 0.24) 335.5352 327 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 335.5352 I'm flexible, I'm saying all things they wanna hear. 337.0850 328 LES_int_01 337.1245 Yeah. 337.4494 329 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 337.4757 I'm like, I'm right here, so 338.4240 330 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 338.4240 (pause 0.42) 338.8411 331 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 338.8411 whenever you need me, I'm on call. 340.0880 332 LES_int_01 340.1977 Yeah. 340.5182 333 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 340.8211 That's a- that seems like a benefit for a restaurant. 342.6420 334 LES_int_01 342.8483 Sure. 343.2610 335 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 343.2610 Mm. Like, yeah. 344.1391 336 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 344.4157 But, 344.7581 337 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 344.7581 (pause 0.40) 345.1532 338 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 345.1532 we had some guy here 346.0845 339 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 346.0845 (pause 0.26) 346.3435 340 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 346.3435 and he was hooking up his friends. 347.8011 341 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 347.8011 (pause 1.18) 348.9821 342 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 348.9821 So, I was like, well that's that guy. 350.2465 343 LES_int_01 350.5450 Yeah. 350.9709 344 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 350.9797 You know what I'm saying? [Uh.] 351.9516 345 LES_int_01 351.7013 [Yeah.] 352.0920 346 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 352.5838 And um. 353.3038 347 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 353.3038 (pause 0.25) 353.5496 348 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 353.5496 He did. They hired me. 354.6955 349 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 354.6955 (pause 0.26) 354.9545 350 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 354.9545 They hired me to work, but then that made me realize, 357.5184 351 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 357.5184 (pause 0.66) 358.1814 352 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 358.1814 like, um. 359.1165 353 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 359.1165 (pause 1.74) 360.8589 354 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 360.8589 Just why people were not- 362.1759 355 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 362.1759 (pause 0.12) 362.2945 356 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 362.2945 it made me 362.7544 357 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 362.7544 (pause 0.18) 362.9334 358 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 362.9334 k- put things in perspective [for me.] 364.2289 359 LES_int_01 364.0485 [Right.] Right. [Right. Right.] 365.8968 360 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 365.1066 [So, now I'm seeing the] neighborhood change a lot. 366.8627 361 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 367.1876 The streets are getting more crowded. 368.5090 362 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 368.5090 (pause 0.19) 368.6978 363 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 368.6978 Our neighborhood is no longer a neighborhood, it is a destination. 371.2709 364 LES_int_01 371.5400 [Yeah.] 371.9175 365 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 371.7902 [I] look on the internet. There's flashy beautiful colors. 374.3366 366 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 374.6922 [And it's describing] the Lower East Side like some real hipster place. 377.8356 367 LES_int_01 374.6922 [Yeah.] 375.0654 368 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 378.1254 to go and have fun, and party at. 380.2601 369 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 380.2601 (pause 0.32) 380.5762 370 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 380.5762 And it's not talking about the churches, 382.3455 371 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 382.3455 (pause 0.24) 382.5826 372 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 382.5826 it's not talking about the schools, 384.1543 373 LES_int_01 384.3474 [Yeah.] 384.7784 374 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 384.3650 [it's not talking] about the families and hospitals. Like 387.1363 375 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 387.3910 things that constitute communities like 389.3798 376 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 389.3798 (pause 0.36) 389.7354 377 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 389.7354 they're not talking about 390.7452 378 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 390.7452 (pause 0.28) 391.0261 379 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 391.0261 those things in these 392.0121 380 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 392.0121 (pause 0.11) 392.1263 381 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 392.1263 flashy little [websites.] 393.7964 382 LES_int_01 393.6779 [Yeah.] 394.0291 383 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 394.6613 They're talking about 395.4427 384 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 395.4427 (pause 1.24) 396.6852 385 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 396.6852 destination. 397.4711 386 LES_int_01 397.5676 [Yeah.] 398.0030 387 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 397.7169 [Then they're] not punching gentrification 399.4637 388 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 399.7745 on Google, that shit. 400.7105 389 LES_int_01 401.9222 [Like what comes up? (laughing) ] 404.5981 390 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 402.2976 [My neighborhood comes up.] 403.5796 391 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 403.5796 (pause 0.52) 404.0976 392 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 404.0976 [That's fucked up.] 404.9054 393 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 405.1179 That does- that d- that is really- that f- like imagine like just growing up here and seeing that shit. That will fuck you're head up. 411.4097 394 LES_int_01 411.4800 Yeah. 411.9346 395 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 411.8707 Like wow. Places where 412.9156 396 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 413.0122 it was crack vials 414.0269 397 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 414.0269 (pause 0.34) 414.3649 398 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 414.3649 everywhere. Now people wanna live here? 416.0332 399 LES_int_01 416.3406 Yeah. 416.6040 400 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 416.6567 Or, when they saw a beautiful, 417.8678 401 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 417.8678 (pause 0.47) 418.3332 402 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 418.3332 at the end of the day, I can't enjoy that? 419.8873 403 LES_int_01 420.0322 Yeah. 420.4581 404 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 421.1413 It's something seriously wrong- 423.0851 405 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 423.0851 (pause 0.59) 423.6759 406 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 423.6759 wrong with that. 424.3363 407 LES_int_01 424.7710 Yeah. So, you talked about community. Um. 427.5709 408 LES_int_01 427.5709 (pause 0.19) 427.7640 409 LES_int_01 427.7640 I mean, first of all, like, what- what does that word mean to you? How do you define 431.3739 410 LES_int_01 431.3739 (pause 0.26) 431.6374 411 LES_int_01 431.6374 community? 432.2680 412 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 433.5149 Alright, well 434.3402 413 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 434.3402 (pause 0.82) 435.1612 414 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 435.1612 you could break it up. 435.9076 415 LES_int_01 436.4476 Yeah. 436.8295 416 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 437.9758 Um. 438.4894 417 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 438.4894 (pause 2.73) 441.2231 418 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 441.2231 And 441.8992 419 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 441.8992 (pause 1.27) 443.1723 420 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 443.1723 When you put the- when you break up the word, 445.0455 421 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 445.0455 (pause 0.75) 445.7918 422 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 445.7918 you know, like come- k- k- like 447.5392 423 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 447.5392 (pause 1.38) 448.9177 424 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 448.9177 unity. 449.5499 425 LES_int_01 449.7478 Yeah. 449.9981 426 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 449.9981 You know. Come and unify. 451.1606 427 LES_int_01 451.3186 Yeah. 451.7357 428 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 451.8586 Come and unite. 452.6840 429 LES_int_01 452.9951 Right. 453.3683 430 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 453.7546 Come-unity. 454.5756 431 LES_int_01 454.7995 Right. 455.1990 432 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 455.2956 I- you know. 455.9893 433 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 455.9893 (pause 0.93) 456.9222 434 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 456.9222 And what I think about is like, um. 458.9813 435 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 458.9813 (pause 0.28) 459.2579 436 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 459.2579 Well, people actually tell me that 461.0359 437 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 461.0359 (pause 0.83) 461.8613 438 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 461.8613 a lot- they don't have um. 463.0950 439 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 463.0950 (pause 0.28) 463.3765 440 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 463.3765 People tell me that wow, you know what, your neighborhood is really like a village. 466.1983 441 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 466.1983 (pause 0.53) 466.7251 442 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 466.7251 Like, you know, like 467.4759 443 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 467.4759 (pause 0.52) 467.9939 444 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 467.9939 you really 468.5647 445 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 468.5647 (pause 0.23) 468.7995 446 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 468.7995 people that come from outside, they [be like.] 470.1474 447 LES_int_01 469.8777 [Like] a urban [village] 471.3020 448 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 471.1948 [Yeah.] They're [like] 471.8973 449 LES_int_01 471.9043 thing. 472.4241 450 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 472.4856 Well, they're no- not like a vill- more like a- 474.6836 451 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 474.6836 (pause 0.10) 474.7802 452 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 474.7802 a k- like a real sense of community, like 476.6021 453 LES_int_01 476.7734 [Yeah.] 477.1860 454 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 476.9270 [I went] to school with people 478.3626 455 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 478.8133 that I still s- I- I went to 480.3367 456 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 480.3367 (pause 0.29) 480.6265 457 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 480.6265 p- I went to elementary school, and I still see these people. 482.7311 458 LES_int_01 482.7311 Yeah [yeah.] 483.4625 459 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 483.3150 [And] my f- my sister's woman. 484.5443 460 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 484.8984 She was telling me, that, you know, she goes back to her neighborhood in Staton I- Long Island or Staton Island. One of those. 489.4467 461 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 489.4467 (pause 0.12) 489.5696 462 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 489.5696 No, Long Island. 490.2150 463 LES_int_01 490.3072 Yeah. 490.6859 464 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 490.9142 And 491.4410 465 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 491.4410 (pause 0.54) 491.9766 466 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 491.9766 The block isn't the same, you know, everybody's not, you know. She doesn't know everybody walking down the street, and then [she- you know,] if she does she just met them. 499.1668 467 LES_int_01 497.0582 [Yeah.] 497.4616 468 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 499.5312 Where, when I'm walking down the street, I've known these people 501.7142 469 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 501.7142 (pause 0.16) 501.8717 470 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 501.8717 since I was five. 502.6664 471 LES_int_01 502.6752 [Right.] 503.0521 472 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 502.8639 [Or] 503.2195 473 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 503.8424 you know, I've seen or we 505.0673 474 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 505.0673 (pause 0.11) 505.1814 475 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 505.1814 it's very- it's deep how it's very like villagey over here. 508.3848 476 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 508.3848 (pause 0.54) 508.9204 477 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 508.9204 Like everybody's been in each other's lives and then 510.6897 478 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 510.6897 (pause 0.51) 511.1990 479 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 511.1990 a- for- for many [years.] 512.6550 480 LES_int_01 512.5804 [Right.] 512.9931 481 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 512.9931 For many years. It's deep. 514.3936 482 LES_int_01 514.7536 [Okay.] 515.0214 483 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 514.8941 [And I'm] like wow. I don't wanna take 516.0399 484 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 516.4043 I- I don't I wouldn't- I don't take that for granted. 518.4689 485 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 518.4689 (pause 0.26) 518.7323 486 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 518.7323 Like- [like] my friend 519.7552 487 LES_int_01 518.9055 [Okay.] 519.1909 488 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 520.0318 she- before I came here, I came here, I said, I have to go, I have a interview. I have to leave, I have to go. You know. 523.3573 489 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 523.3573 (pause 0.60) 523.9543 490 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 523.9543 Um. Do this interview. 524.9187 491 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 524.9187 (pause 0.28) 525.1997 492 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 525.1997 Um. 525.5597 493 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 525.5597 (pause 0.93) 526.4904 494 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 526.4904 But I went to- I went to preschool with her. 528.9841 495 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 528.9841 (pause 0.55) 529.5373 496 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 529.5373 And 529.9327 497 LES_int_01 529.9327 [Yeah.] 530.4025 498 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 530.1566 [We were] ketchup sisters. 531.3270 499 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 531.4894 [Cause our mothers] would whoop our asses if we cut out, did [some blood sister shit.] 535.3002 500 LES_int_01 531.4894 [] 532.0165 501 LES_int_01 532.0165 (pause 2.30) 534.3199 502 LES_int_01 534.3199 [] 535.1365 503 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 535.6734 So, that was my ketchup sister. 537.0135 504 LES_int_01 537.0135 [] 537.7402 505 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 537.4218 [We-] you know, I still see her. 539.0248 506 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 539.1697 You know, like [we-] 539.9687 507 LES_int_01 539.8241 [Yeah.] 540.3334 508 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 540.4384 people know, like I can't put anything on anybody 543.2880 509 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 543.2880 (pause 0.22) 543.5032 510 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 543.5032 [In this] neighborhood. Cause everybody knows who I was when I was little? 545.7978 511 LES_int_01 543.5401 [Yeah.] 543.8870 512 LES_int_01 546.1709 Now, like 547.0095 513 LES_int_01 547.0095 (pause 0.15) 547.1588 514 LES_int_01 547.1588 so those are the people that 548.7612 515 LES_int_01 548.7612 (pause 0.45) 549.2134 516 LES_int_01 549.2134 you grew up with that have lived here for a while. Like what about the new folks that are moving in? Are they 554.1464 517 LES_int_01 554.1464 (pause 0.09) 554.2342 518 LES_int_01 554.2342 do they become a part of the Lower East Side 556.3855 519 LES_int_01 556.3855 (pause 0.09) 556.4777 520 LES_int_01 556.4777 community? 557.0264 521 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 558.7518 Oh. 558.9274 522 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 558.9274 (pause 0.29) 559.2172 523 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 559.2172 When I was little, I used to hope for this. 560.9612 524 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 560.9612 (pause 0.22) 561.1851 525 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 561.1851 Right. 561.4768 526 LES_int_01 561.4768 Yeah. 561.9289 527 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 561.8612 I wasn't- I used to work at Goldman Sachs. This big time 564.2660 528 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 564.7149 uh- a trading company [on the Lower East Side.] 566.9484 529 LES_int_01 565.8344 [Yeah. Yeah.] 566.9045 530 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 567.2338 And um. 567.8616 531 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 567.8616 (pause 1.19) 569.0470 532 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 569.0470 I used to g- I was wondering, like why 570.9480 533 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 570.9480 (pause 0.30) 571.2465 534 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 571.2465 well, people I worked with don't live over here. 572.6148 535 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 572.6148 (pause 0.74) 573.3523 536 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 573.3523 And I used to tell my co-workers. Cause I was young, I was a intern, and they put me on 576.6011 537 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 576.6011 (pause 0.22) 576.8163 538 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 576.8163 full time. 577.3591 539 LES_int_01 577.5038 [Yeah.] 577.9434 540 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 577.6313 [Like,] so I'm just like, they just liked the way I w- you know, work, so I'm working in this corporates s- 581.1523 541 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 581.4158 place 581.7275 542 LES_int_01 581.9065 [Yeah.] 582.3851 543 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 582.1172 [full time.] And I used to say to my co-workers, like 584.0572 544 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 584.6630 you co- you travel hours to get here. 586.5201 545 LES_int_01 586.8582 [Right.] 587.3060 546 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 587.1084 [You know] I takes me thirty minutes. 588.7767 547 LES_int_01 588.9172 Yeah. 589.3743 548 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 589.3222 I was like, I don't get why people don't live over here. It's not as bad as people think. 592.8212 549 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 592.9398 I used to say that all the [time.] 593.9759 550 LES_int_01 593.8354 [] You're like it's [okay.] 595.3998 551 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 595.2227 [It's] not as bad as people think. 596.4964 552 LES_int_01 596.4745 Yeah. 596.8784 553 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 596.9311 And then I saw, I remember this white couple coming in the neighborhood. 599.4687 554 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 599.4687 (pause 0.25) 599.7233 555 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 599.7233 Because you had 600.4982 556 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 600.4982 (pause 0.31) 600.8055 557 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 600.8055 white- when you saw white people in this neighborhood, 602.6362 558 LES_int_01 602.6362 Yeah. 603.0972 559 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 603.7294 They were on drugs, 604.8753 560 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 604.8753 (pause 0.72) 605.5997 561 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 605.5997 they were a undercover cop, 606.8070 562 LES_int_01 606.8070 607.8299 563 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 607.8299 or maybe some artist that did not give a fuck. [Like, they] was just like, fuck it, I'm a artist. 611.9579 564 LES_int_01 610.0305 [Right.] 610.3115 565 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 612.3618 And, I'm not scared of none of y'all. 613.7979 566 LES_int_01 613.9335 [] 614.9608 567 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 614.1135 [That's- that's what you had.] Those are the three types of white people. [That's it.] 617.3936 568 LES_int_01 616.8221 [Right.] 617.1603 569 LES_int_01 617.7471 Right. 618.0632 570 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 618.3705 And um. 619.1300 571 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 619.1300 (pause 0.27) 619.3978 572 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 619.3978 Just be honest, right? 620.4515 573 LES_int_01 620.4036 [Yeah, yeah.] 620.9463 574 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 620.7899 [So,] I saw these two, I saw this white couple come, and I remem- I remember this day. And they said 625.0474 575 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 625.2054 we're looking for housing. And I'm like 626.5066 576 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 626.5066 (pause 0.09) 626.5944 577 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 626.5944 I'm telling them to- li- they should go to my projects, and I'm like, you know what, 629.5666 578 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 629.5666 (pause 0.78) 630.3475 579 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 630.3475 my- 630.6022 580 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 630.6022 (pause 0.30) 630.9007 581 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 630.9007 where I live at, my building's [nice.] 632.5838 582 LES_int_01 632.3555 [It's really nice.] 633.2599 583 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 632.9482 [It's nice.] It's beautiful. 634.0678 584 LES_int_01 634.1687 [Yeah.] 634.4541 585 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 634.3882 [Y'all] should move in there. [And then what I was] thinking of, was like wow. 636.9478 586 LES_int_01 635.2399 [It is. (laughing)] 635.8414 587 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 637.2156 My neighborhood would get more mixed. 639.0815 588 LES_int_01 639.3899 [Right.] 639.7543 589 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 639.5742 [And] everybody would be mixed. Like, I always, [always] 642.2315 590 LES_int_01 641.7452 [You like] that. You would- [yeah.] 643.0257 591 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 642.8720 [I've] always liked that. My [mothers] raised us like that. 644.9618 592 LES_int_01 643.8842 [Yeah.] 644.1037 593 LES_int_01 645.1330 Mm-hm. 645.3745 594 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 645.4096 The first time I said something bad about a white person, 647.5257 595 LES_int_01 647.7540 Mm-hm. 648.0262 596 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 648.0262 I didn't even know what that meant. 649.4832 597 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 649.7159 [Because my] mother's- one of my mother's best friends are white. 651.5994 598 LES_int_01 649.8178 [Mm-hm.] 650.1295 599 LES_int_01 651.8847 Mm-hm. 652.3062 600 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 652.3062 But I never 652.8242 601 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 652.9598 looked- I never 653.8719 602 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 653.8719 (pause 0.13) 654.0036 603 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 654.0036 put that connection. I never thought of color or- I just really do- didn't. 657.3934 604 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 657.3934 (pause 0.12) 657.5163 605 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 657.5163 [Like I was] that's how innocent it is. 659.0172 606 LES_int_01 657.5163 [Yeah.] 658.0079 607 LES_int_01 659.1007 Yeah. 659.4958 608 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 659.5397 And I'm just like 660.2817 609 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 660.2817 (pause 0.16) 660.4397 610 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 660.4397 and I forgot so- oh. Something happened with these- we got followed in the store 662.7227 611 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 662.7227 (pause 0.13) 662.8500 612 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 662.8500 by these white people. [And I remember] I came home /??/ 664.7093 613 LES_int_01 663.5703 [Uh.] 663.8733 614 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 665.0504 These white people. They- I just came home crying about it and I was like 667.3544 615 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 667.3544 (pause 0.32) 667.6705 616 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 667.6705 white people, they- I'm'a fuck them up. They made me /this-/ You know, I was so [angry.] 671.3188 617 LES_int_01 670.8494 [Uh-huh.] 671.3188 618 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 671.6376 And my mother said, oh. Oh. 673.2533 619 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 673.2533 (pause 0.19) 673.4420 620 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 673.4420 You got all that about white people? 675.1191 621 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 675.1191 (pause 0.21) 675.3255 622 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 675.3255 Oh. 675.5713 623 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 675.5713 (pause 0.33) 675.9050 624 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 675.9050 Really? 676.2079 625 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 676.2079 (pause 0.26) 676.4669 626 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 676.4669 I'm like yeah. Fuck that. 677.5277 627 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 677.5277 (pause 0.40) 677.9316 628 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 677.9316 I don't like them, /you know what they make me say/. 679.4068 629 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 679.4068 (pause 0.28) 679.6834 630 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 679.6834 She go, oh. Why don't you tell /RD-NAME-2/ all of that? 681.3604 631 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 681.3604 (pause 0.34) 681.6985 632 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 681.6985 I'm'a p- I'm'a call her right now. 682.9335 633 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 682.9335 (pause 0.46) 683.3975 634 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 683.3975 And I- I was like, tell /RD-NAME-2/? 684.9786 635 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 684.9786 (pause 0.10) 685.0795 636 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 685.0795 And then, it li- it slowly dawned on me. And I was like, no. I remember, begging my mother and crying, like please don't call [her.] 692.1067 637 LES_int_01 687.1763 [Right.] 687.5407 638 LES_int_01 687.5407 (pause 4.32) 691.8634 639 LES_int_01 691.8634 [Don't call /RD-NAME-2/] 693.3402 640 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 692.5414 [Please don't tell] her I said that. 694.5346 641 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 694.6531 Please. But she goes, no, but she is white. 696.5277 642 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 696.5277 (pause 0.51) 697.0425 643 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 697.0425 And you real right? Go tell everything you told me, tell her. 700.2957 644 LES_int_01 700.6030 Yeah. 700.8840 645 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 700.8840 And that's when I had to literally put things in perspective. 702.8736 646 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 703.0440 [I've always] wanted things mixed up. 704.4363 647 LES_int_01 703.0883 [Yeah.] 703.4438 648 LES_int_01 704.4363 Yeah. 704.8194 649 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 704.7699 Cause then I was like, wow. You know what? Then 706.1397 650 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 706.4470 what it is, is what things that- like what society's teaching me 709.1838 651 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 709.1838 (pause 0.38) 709.5614 652 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 709.5614 to make- you know, make these- 710.4965 653 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 710.4965 (pause 0.11) 710.6019 654 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 710.6019 these differences. It's not like 712.0786 655 LES_int_01 712.2147 [Yeah.] 712.7152 656 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 712.6099 [I-] I- I really should just take people for who they are. I've always like mixing and whatever. 716.1775 657 LES_int_01 716.4760 Yeah. 716.8080 658 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 716.8080 And 717.2207 659 LES_int_01 717.5500 But- but maybe there's not mixing. 719.3895 660 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 719.8900 But. [This is the thing.] 720.7853 661 LES_int_01 720.2497 [That's the- yeah.] So, the mixing's not actually [happening?] 722.5634 662 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 722.3087 [No.] The mix- [the mixing's not happening this time.] 724.1351 663 LES_int_01 722.8498 [Yeah.] 723.1528 664 LES_int_01 723.1528 (pause 0.39) 723.5391 665 LES_int_01 723.5391 [So, what's- I mean- yeah.] 724.7223 666 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 724.3546 [Because what I] feel like, if you aks me, it's like a distain type of 727.8054 667 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 728.5912 disposition I feel 729.7832 668 LES_int_01 729.7832 [Yeah.] 730.1256 669 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 729.9763 [with n-] the new folk 731.2759 670 LES_int_01 731.2759 [Yeah.] 731.7112 671 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 731.4954 [coming] in the hood. 732.2373 672 LES_int_01 732.2373 Yeah. 732.5783 673 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 732.8739 Um. 733.2910 674 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 733.2910 (pause 0.12) 733.4139 675 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 733.4139 Yeah. You could just stand in the middle of the sidewalk. Nobody fucking lives here. Nobody gotta walk through. 737.7549 676 LES_int_01 737.9789 Yeah. 738.2203 677 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 738.2203 And then 738.7208 678 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 739.2564 um, it's- 740.0950 679 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 740.0950 (pause 0.12) 740.2136 680 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 740.2136 it's more like um, 741.1349 681 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 741.1349 (pause 0.09) 741.2227 682 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 741.2227 the people look- uh, loo- ask me for directions and don't look at me in my eye. 744.2696 683 LES_int_01 745.0554 Mm-hm. 745.2969 684 LES_int_01 745.2969 (pause 0.53) 745.8237 685 LES_int_01 745.8237 [Mm-hm.] 746.3418 686 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 746.0129 [Mm.] Don't fucking ask me shit if you scared. 748.0851 687 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 748.5461 You know. 748.9500 688 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 748.9500 (pause 0.07) 749.0233 689 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 749.0233 [Don't do] it. 749.5866 690 LES_int_01 749.0641 [Yeah.] 749.3558 691 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 749.9070 [The other] day I was um 751.2982 692 LES_int_01 749.9070 [Yeah.] 750.2147 693 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 752.2202 752.3387 694 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 752.3387 (pause 0.44) 752.7777 695 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 752.7777 this lady, you could tell, she's illegally- 754.3901 696 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 754.3901 (pause 0.50) 754.8949 697 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 754.8949 she's illegally uh 756.0496 698 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 756.0496 (pause 0.09) 756.1418 699 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 756.1418 I don't know what she was doing over here, whatever, in m- in the projects over there. But [she was over] there. 759.7407 700 LES_int_01 759.0655 [Yeah.] 759.4914 701 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 760.0524 And you know, 761.0666 702 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 761.0666 (pause 2.50) 763.5685 703 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 763.5685 I- cause I've seen her a couple of times. I think she just knows somebody over here. [Or she's] 766.7778 704 LES_int_01 766.1719 [Yeah.] 766.6724 705 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 767.1553 but the whole thing was, like she got a little nervous when we was walking out. Like, I feel like she got a little nervous cause she looked and then 772.0406 706 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 772.0406 (pause 0.36) 772.4050 707 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 772.4050 she started speeding up a little bit. 773.8055 708 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 773.8055 (pause 0.47) 774.2709 709 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 774.2709 And that happens to me a lot. 775.1988 710 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 775.1988 (pause 0.09) 775.2910 711 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 775.2910 So, it's like almost where I know, it's like, ah man. 777.4467 712 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 777.4467 (pause 0.13) 777.5740 713 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 777.5740 Fuck that bitch. 778.4037 714 LES_int_01 778.4037 [Yeah.] 779.2141 715 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 778.9262 [And then] um. 779.7999 716 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 780.2110 The other day, 781.1110 717 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 781.1110 (pause 0.11) 781.2164 718 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 781.2164 uh. 781.6993 719 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 781.6993 (pause 1.88) 783.5828 720 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 783.5828 I forgot somebody- I was loo- 784.8603 721 LES_int_01 784.9902 Sorry. 785.3897 722 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 785.4969 uh. I was look- oh. I'm sorry. 786.7289 723 LES_int_01 786.6836 /Sorry ?/. 787.1502 724 LES_int_01 787.3522 [Touch.] 787.5673 725 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 787.4224 [I w-] 787.5673 726 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 787.8265 I was looking for something 789.0031 727 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 789.0031 (pause 0.08) 789.0821 728 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 789.0821 and um 789.7538 729 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 789.7538 (pause 1.69) 791.4413 730 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 791.4413 now, I forgot what happened. I just bumped in- 793.1184 731 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 793.1184 (pause 0.39) 793.5092 732 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 793.5092 I bumped into this guy. 794.5145 733 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 794.5145 (pause 0.25) 794.7648 734 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 794.7648 [By accident] I wasn't looking. 795.8958 735 LES_int_01 794.7648 [Yeah.] 795.0615 736 LES_int_01 796.0054 Yeah. 796.3083 737 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 796.6861 And this guy's like 797.4807 738 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 797.4807 (pause 1.00) 798.4773 739 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 798.4773 He's like um, 799.2571 740 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 799.2571 (pause 2.07) 801.3249 741 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 801.3249 Yo. 801.7332 742 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 801.7332 (pause 0.38) 802.1108 743 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 802.1108 Fucking watch where you going. 803.7352 744 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 803.7352 (pause 0.35) 804.0864 745 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 804.0864 And I'm looking at this white mother fucker 805.6894 746 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 805.6894 (pause 0.08) 805.7728 747 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 805.7728 your ass is ballsy. 807.2002 748 LES_int_01 807.3381 [] 809.6166 749 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 807.4505 [Cause] 807.7095 750 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 807.7095 (pause 0.47) 808.1793 751 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 808.1793 [ten years ago,] 809.1715 752 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 809.9266 you wouldn't have even p- 811.0988 753 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 811.0988 (pause 0.14) 811.2349 754 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 811.2349 curled your lip up, talk to me that way. 812.7658 755 LES_int_01 812.6517 [Yeah.] 813.3585 756 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 812.9634 [I know you] wouldn't have. 814.1143 757 LES_int_01 814.2190 Yeah. 814.6099 758 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 814.6099 And so just getting this. 815.7645 759 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 816.0236 Even when I go to bars, it's like 817.5294 760 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 817.5294 (pause 0.14) 817.6655 761 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 817.6655 everybody don't get carded. Then I come in, and I get carded, and it's [like] 820.6498 762 LES_int_01 820.3573 Yeah.] 820.6690 763 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 820.9220 I- I o- I mean, I know I look young, but it's just like 823.1369 764 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 823.1369 (pause 0.09) 823.2247 765 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 823.2247 all these little different things that 824.5111 766 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 824.5111 (pause 0.47) 824.9764 767 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 824.9764 I noticed 825.8501 768 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 825.8501 (pause 0.65) 826.5043 769 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 826.5043 that um. 827.5448 770 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 827.5448 (pause 0.76) 828.3087 771 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 828.3087 I mean, one day, this lady. 829.6592 772 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 829.6592 (pause 0.66) 830.3221 773 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 830.3221 We'd just- we was- 831.0202 774 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 831.0202 (pause 0.12) 831.1387 775 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 831.1387 we was celebrating 831.9817 776 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 831.9817 (pause 0.40) 832.3856 777 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 832.3856 um, winning a victory for affordable housing. 834.7432 778 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 834.7432 (pause 0.27) 835.0170 779 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 835.0170 [Just a-] 835.4297 780 LES_int_01 835.0170 [Yeah.] 835.4297 781 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 835.7589 And this white woman. She comes, she sits there, and she's like um. 838.7756 782 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 838.7756 (pause 1.27) 840.0444 783 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 840.0444 She comes in and she's like um. 841.2034 784 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 841.2034 (pause 1.27) 842.4766 785 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 842.4766 Oh, can I sit with y'all? Cause it's so noisy in there. 844.6816 786 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 844.6816 (pause 0.65) 845.3314 787 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 845.3314 So, I was like, ah. I'm thinking she's a old school white person they're like 848.1647 788 LES_int_01 848.1647 Yeah. 848.5467 789 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 848.5467 the- the white people that's been here for years. One of the white people that's been here [for years.] And they don't 851.8745 790 LES_int_01 851.1436 [Yeah.] 851.4933 791 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 852.0106 They tired of the bar too, 853.2819 792 LES_int_01 853.3588 [Yeah.] 853.6969 793 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 853.4550 [so I] thought she was one of us. I was like, 855.1980 794 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 855.4833 hell yeah. Come and sit down man. Yeah. We talking, we drinking. 858.9813 795 LES_int_01 859.1205 Yeah. 859.4774 796 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 859.4774 And then she 860.4564 797 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 860.7198 had a whole different idea of her existence in our community. 863.6525 798 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 863.6525 (pause 0.57) 864.2189 799 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 864.2189 She was- when I told her about the- the af- affordable housing opportunities, she- she was like completely against that. She was like 869.8313 800 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 869.8313 (pause 0.33) 870.1606 801 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 870.1606 h- oh, I don't get it. I mean. 871.2230 802 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 871.2230 (pause 0.32) 871.5435 803 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 871.5435 You just should work 872.3074 804 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 872.3074 (pause 0.27) 872.5796 805 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 872.5796 for what you get. Like I worked 874.5377 806 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 874.5377 (pause 0.43) 874.9679 807 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 874.9679 s- see where I am today? 876.2104 808 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 876.2104 (pause 0.19) 876.4035 809 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 876.4035 I worked for that. 877.3205 810 LES_int_01 877.4566 [Oh /?/.] 877.9981 811 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 877.6805 [I earned] this. 878.7210 812 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 879.3620 And this- if you ask me, we're making the neighborhood better. 882.1751 813 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 882.1751 (pause 0.24) 882.4166 814 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 882.4166 This what she's telling me. 883.3034 815 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 883.3034 (pause 0.23) 883.5361 816 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 883.5361 The neighborhood was shit 884.5886 817 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 884.5886 (pause 0.33) 884.9223 818 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 884.9223 when people lived here before and als- and all this other stuff and 887.0472 819 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 887.0472 (pause 0.53) 887.5784 820 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 887.5784 this lady's like going on about how my nei- Like how she's this benefit to my neighborhood. 891.7135 821 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 891.7135 (pause 0.93) 892.6398 822 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 892.6398 And I couldn't believe it. 893.5882 823 LES_int_01 893.6408 Oh, you're like. (laughing) 894.4662 824 LES_int_01 894.4662 (pause 0.12) 894.5847 825 LES_int_01 894.5847 [Like, I mean, I don't] disagree [with you or uh.] 896.7799 826 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 894.6550 [And I was like] 895.4013 827 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 895.4013 (pause 0.65) 896.0555 828 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 896.0555 [I said miss,] you looking at what we do. We moving from 898.5711 829 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 898.9135 things that are public 899.8575 830 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 899.8575 (pause 0.11) 899.9628 831 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 899.9628 to now private. 900.6784 832 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 900.6784 (pause 0.53) 901.2097 833 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 901.2097 You're looking at a town where nobody had control over 903.4761 834 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 903.4761 (pause 0.51) 903.9854 835 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 903.9854 what repairs happened in their building. Let alone in their apartments. 906.5010 836 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 906.5010 (pause 0.10) 906.6020 837 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 906.6020 You have slum landlords who care less about the residents. 909.7795 838 LES_int_01 909.7795 Yeah. 910.2668 839 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 911.3512 Then, 911.8648 840 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 911.8648 (pause 0.26) 912.1286 841 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 912.1286 you- you- now we're moving to a more private 914.4730 842 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 914.4730 (pause 0.37) 914.8462 843 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 914.8462 uh, sector, with everything 916.4032 844 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 916.4032 (pause 0.33) 916.7369 845 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 916.7369 and now people wanna give a fuck about shit. 918.3218 846 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 918.3218 (pause 0.40) 918.7213 847 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 918.7213 And now, landlords, wanna make sure things are correct 920.4950 848 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 920.4950 (pause 0.12) 920.6179 849 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 920.6179 cause they gonna make more money off of that. 922.0652 850 LES_int_01 922.0652 Yeah. 922.5437 851 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 923.0706 And I said, but 923.8125 852 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 923.8125 (pause 0.59) 924.4052 853 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 924.4052 uh. My mother fought for the change. 926.6223 854 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 926.6223 (pause 0.32) 926.9384 855 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 926.9384 [And the] reason why we lived here, was not because of choice. We was forced to. There was no where else to live. 931.4062 856 LES_int_01 926.9384 [Yeah.] 927.2047 857 LES_int_01 931.4062 Yeah. 931.8189 858 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 931.8584 In this- in but this piece of shit hole. 933.7594 859 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 933.7594 (pause 0.11) 933.8735 860 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 933.8735 And when we make the change, we should enjoy it. 935.5726 861 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 935.5726 (pause 0.30) 935.8740 862 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 935.8740 [You came] here 936.8311 863 LES_int_01 935.8740 [Yeah.] 936.2049 864 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 937.0681 not 937.5335 865 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 937.5335 (pause 0.80) 938.3369 866 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 938.3369 cause you didn't have a choice. Because you wanted to. 940.8526 867 LES_int_01 941.0677 Yeah. 941.5067 868 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 942.0013 Know what I'm saying? [It wasn't for] 943.0593 869 LES_int_01 942.4949 [You want to] appreciate [what you] fought for [right? Yeah.] 945.7360 870 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 943.5994 [Yeah.] 944.0677 871 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 944.0677 (pause 0.62) 944.6881 872 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 944.6881 [Yeah.] 945.1960 873 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 945.1960 (pause 0.31) 945.5047 874 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 945.5047 [It wasn-] y- and she was just like 947.2916 875 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 947.3750 I find myself like 948.5457 876 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 948.5457 (pause 2.32) 950.8638 877 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 950.8638 she's just- she's just like, no. I'm no. I'm 952.9096 878 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 952.9096 (pause 0.19) 953.1028 879 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 953.1028 we make the neighborhood better. The people didn't appreciate it. 955.1208 880 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 955.1208 (pause 0.43) 955.5511 881 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 955.5511 I'm like, well, you wasn't there when somebody called five or six times for their landlord to fix their house. 959.1862 882 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 959.1862 (pause 0.26) 959.4452 883 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 959.4452 That's why these buil- that's how these buildings got decrepit 961.5159 884 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 961.5159 (pause 0.16) 961.6784 885 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 961.6784 over a period of time. 962.9472 886 LES_int_01 963.0309 Yeah. 963.3730 887 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 963.3730 You know. 963.8604 888 LES_int_01 964.0495 [Yeah.] 964.4402 889 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 964.1062 [You weren't] here when the sanitation wasn't picking things up regularly. This is the whole city. 967.4589 890 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 967.7091 Why didn't they pick up garbage as regularly as they did 969.9921 891 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 969.9921 (pause 0.23) 970.2247 892 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 970.2247 in other parts of th- of the city? 971.7043 893 LES_int_01 971.7529 Yeah.] 972.1700 894 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 972.3681 You wasn't here when- for that. 973.5642 895 LES_int_01 973.6941 [Yeah.] 974.1112 896 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 974.0208 [So,] you can't sit here and say that people didn't care about where they lived at, cause my mother did. 977.4409 897 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 977.6516 My mother cared about where we lived at. 979.0813 898 LES_int_01 979.3976 [Yeah.] 979.7437 899 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 979.5511 [And I'm] happy and I'm fine. 980.8242 900 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 981.3467 And then, even the bars. The new bar owners they have the same /iadea/. 984.3701 901 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 984.3701 (pause 0.30) 984.6730 902 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 984.6730 Well, 985.0637 903 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 985.0637 (pause 0.29) 985.3535 904 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 985.3535 nobody wanted to be here, and now we have these businesses 987.5662 905 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 987.5662 (pause 0.29) 987.8560 906 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 987.8560 and I'm like man. 988.5189 907 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 988.5189 (pause 0.15) 988.6726 908 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 988.6726 Y'all still disruptive, y'all still don't give back to the community. 991.6289 909 LES_int_01 991.6289 Yeah. 992.1776 910 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 992.2830 And you still have people that- 993.4493 911 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 993.4493 (pause 0.29) 993.7391 912 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 993.7391 that um 994.4942 913 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 994.4942 (pause 0.36) 994.8498 914 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 994.8498 they're like yeah, lining up and- and causing ruckus in our- in our [neighborhood. Please.] 998.4919 915 LES_int_01 997.8581 [Yeah. And] not serving [the community. /inaudible/.] 1000.7672 916 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 999.4797 [Not serve the neighborhood. You ask] even anybody else too, 1002.1095 917 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1002.4739 like the long standing white people that lived in the [neighborhood,] 1004.9582 918 LES_int_01 1004.8441 [Yeah.] 1005.2480 919 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1005.5158 those, they will fucking tell 1007.3312 920 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1007.3312 (pause 0.08) 1007.4102 921 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1007.4102 they will say the drug dealers saved them. 1008.8535 922 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1008.8535 (pause 1.08) 1009.9291 923 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1009.9291 I've s- I swear to [God, they will say] the drug dealers protected them 1012.6555 924 LES_int_01 1010.7501 [Yeah.] 1011.3691 925 LES_int_01 1012.6730 [Okay.] 1013.2680 926 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1013.0023 [from] other drug dealers. 1014.3809 927 LES_int_01 1014.3809 Yeah. 1014.7189 928 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1014.7496 Like, that's what- 1015.7620 929 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1015.7620 (pause 0.41) 1016.1747 930 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1016.1747 that's what it was. I even [heard this one] time I was getting my taxes done and this guy, 1019.1540 931 LES_int_01 1017.1686 [Yeah.] 1017.5807 932 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1019.4920 he was t- he was an old police officer in the area. 1021.5247 933 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1021.5247 (pause 0.76) 1022.2843 934 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1022.2843 And he was like 1022.8857 935 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1022.8857 (pause 0.49) 1023.3731 936 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1023.3731 yeah, this neighborhood was bad. That's why I do this now. 1025.5259 937 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1025.5259 (pause 0.35) 1025.8771 938 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1025.8771 And he was bragging about how 1027.3084 939 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1027.3084 (pause 0.41) 1027.7167 940 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1027.7167 the- the cops would get called and they would wait for three 1030.2220 941 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1030.2220 (pause 1.05) 1031.2757 942 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1031.2757 cop cars 1032.0308 943 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1032.0308 (pause 0.09) 1032.1230 944 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1032.1230 to come to respond before they would get out the car do anything. 1035.1069 945 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1035.1069 (pause 0.19) 1035.3000 946 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1035.3000 There had to be three on site. 1036.5776 947 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1036.5776 (pause 1.33) 1037.9123 948 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1037.9123 And how none of them ever wanted to get there. Of course. 1040.2903 949 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1040.2903 (pause 0.26) 1040.5537 950 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1040.5537 Now, I've watched people die, 1042.0420 951 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1042.0420 (pause 0.31) 1042.3537 952 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1042.3537 I've watched people die 1043.5435 953 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1043.5435 (pause 0.33) 1043.8771 954 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1043.8771 in the street 1044.4698 955 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1044.4698 (pause 1.02) 1045.4884 956 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1045.4884 cause no cops came. 1046.4703 957 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1046.4703 (pause 0.58) 1047.0498 958 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1047.0498 I've watched that s- 1047.8451 959 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1047.8451 (pause 0.47) 1048.3186 960 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1048.3186 that's my reality. 1049.2493 961 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1049.2493 (pause 0.55) 1049.8025 962 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1049.8025 It's happened twice in my life. [Twice too many.] 1051.9977 963 LES_int_01 1051.2252 [Yeah.] 1051.7409 964 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1052.7030 And I remember one time on Grand Street, 1054.2571 965 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1054.2571 (pause 0.36) 1054.6127 966 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1054.6127 I'm looking outside and everybody's w- 1056.9264 967 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1056.9264 (pause 0.49) 1057.4181 968 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1057.4181 out 1057.7606 969 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1057.7606 (pause 0.53) 1058.2944 970 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1058.2944 o- there's no cell phones at the time. 1059.6789 971 LES_int_01 1059.7404 [Yeah.] 1060.1882 972 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1060.0828 [People] were out their windows 1061.5316 973 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1062.0394 like I saw every window with a phone. 1063.8965 974 LES_int_01 1064.1423 [Yeah.] 1064.4145 975 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1064.3048 [And] the ambulance took 1065.3804 976 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1065.9248 forty-five minutes to get there. 1067.4438 977 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1067.4438 (pause 0.85) 1068.2896 978 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1068.2896 Those are the longest forty-five minutes I've ever seen. 1070.3575 979 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1070.3575 (pause 0.45) 1070.8053 980 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1070.8053 And this kid died. 1071.7887 981 LES_int_01 1072.4824 Was it a shooting? 1073.3736 982 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1073.3736 Uh-huh. Yeah. It was a shooting. 1074.3116 983 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1074.9262 And 1075.5189 984 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1075.5189 (pause 0.19) 1075.7121 985 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1075.7121 cops used to shoot kids. Cops used to beat up 1078.0960 986 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1078.0960 (pause 0.15) 1078.2453 987 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1078.2453 kids in my neighborhood. 1079.1629 988 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1079.1629 (pause 0.26) 1079.4219 989 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1079.4219 Y- people used to come back fucked up from cops. 1081.7955 990 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1081.7955 (pause 1.79) 1083.5867 991 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1083.5867 This was it. 1084.1481 992 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1084.1481 (pause 0.10) 1084.2447 993 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1084.2447 This was us. [This was it.] 1085.4768 994 LES_int_01 1085.1184 [Yeah.] 1085.5882 995 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1085.9422 And. 1086.4998 996 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1086.4998 (pause 0.19) 1086.6886 997 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1086.6886 So, yeah. We deserve it and 1088.4140 998 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1088.4140 (pause 0.26) 1088.6774 999 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1088.6774 you know w- why can't we- 1089.7530 1000 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1089.7530 (pause 0.15) 1089.9023 1001 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1089.9023 we live with each other collectively? 1091.3523 1002 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1091.3523 (pause 0.32) 1091.6716 1003 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1091.6716 I- I mean, why can't we 1092.6623 1004 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1092.6623 (pause 0.32) 1092.9871 1005 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1092.9871 why can't there be an /inclusin/ 1094.5501 1006 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1094.5501 (pause 0.27) 1094.8179 1007 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1094.8179 uh- uh- a c- an um. 1095.7179 1008 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1095.7179 (pause 0.68) 1096.4028 1009 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1096.4028 An inc- like an all inclusive community? 1098.5086 1010 LES_int_01 1098.5788 [Yeah.] 1098.9915 1011 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1098.7984 [I'm] down for that. 1099.6237 1012 LES_int_01 1099.6589 Yeah. 1100.0540 1013 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1100.2559 But, 1100.7169 1014 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1100.7169 (pause 0.50) 1101.2130 1015 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1101.2130 you know, when they start 1102.2096 1016 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1102.2096 (pause 0.32) 1102.5301 1017 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1102.5301 chartering all the schools up, 1103.9466 1018 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1103.9466 (pause 0.17) 1104.1135 1019 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1104.1135 chopping them up, 1105.1452 1020 LES_int_01 1105.7818 [Mm-hm.] 1106.2384 1021 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1105.9223 [And you have] PTAs that can actually 1108.1833 1022 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1108.4774 support a commu- a computer lab, and do all this other stuff, and but they want it on their e- 1112.4930 1023 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1112.4930 (pause 0.43) 1112.9233 1024 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1112.9233 they want it on their terms, and kids gotta take specialized tests in these public schools. 1116.8071 1025 LES_int_01 1117.1452 Yeah. 1117.5008 1026 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1117.5008 Man. 1117.9618 1027 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1118.5764 There's something wrong with that. 1119.5555 1028 LES_int_01 1119.8408 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1121.0262 1029 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1121.4740 You know, so. 1122.3448 1030 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1122.3448 (pause 1.20) 1123.5403 1031 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1123.5403 I remember wanting to g- I went, when after that lady, after I saw that lady, man. 1126.2316 1032 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1126.2316 (pause 0.41) 1126.6442 1033 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1126.6442 I went home and cried. 1127.7462 1034 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1127.7462 (pause 0.63) 1128.3725 1035 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1128.3725 I went home and cried. 1129.1540 1036 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1129.1540 (pause 0.66) 1129.8169 1037 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1129.8169 And I wanted to like 1131.1911 1038 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1131.1911 (pause 0.99) 1132.1789 1039 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1132.1789 Yeah. I felt [helpless.] 1133.3423 1040 LES_int_01 1133.2501 [Yeah.] 1133.7418 1041 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1133.9771 And I was like, you know what miss, 1134.9210 1042 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1134.9210 (pause 1.13) 1136.0537 1043 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1136.0537 I remember me telling her, like tryna hold back my tears, cause I'm very sensitive. 1138.8256 1044 LES_int_01 1138.9502 [Yeah.] 1139.4595 1045 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1139.2571 [You know] miss, 1139.9463 1046 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1140.2975 you enjoy your food, and you have a nice 1142.6288 1047 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1142.6288 (pause 0.40) 1143.0239 1048 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1143.0239 beautiful 1143.6678 1049 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1143.6678 (pause 0.27) 1143.9356 1050 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1143.9356 night. 1144.1595 1051 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1144.1595 (pause 0.75) 1144.9102 1052 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1144.9102 And I got [up] 1145.5822 1053 LES_int_01 1145.3825 [Get] out of there. 1146.1552 1054 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1146.4029 And I fucking 1147.2283 1055 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1147.2283 (pause 0.38) 1147.6102 1056 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1147.6102 m- 1147.7946 1057 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1147.7946 (pause 0.25) 1148.0493 1058 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1148.0493 literally was crying. Somebody- 1149.5712 1059 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1149.5712 (pause 0.61) 1150.1814 1060 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1150.1814 It was so funny too. People have seen me cry in the street 1152.5731 1061 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1152.5731 (pause 0.08) 1152.6493 1062 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1152.6493 about- and it's always about my neighborhood. [And they] think it's about a guy, they be like 1155.9405 1063 LES_int_01 1154.3225 [] 1154.6345 1064 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1156.3005 wait, stop. 1157.0900 1065 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1157.0900 (pause 0.55) 1157.6352 1066 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1157.6352 What's [wrong?] 1158.3903 1067 LES_int_01 1158.0938 [What did they do to you? ] 1160.2829 1068 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1158.5440 [What did he do to you?] 1159.7074 1069 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1159.7074 (pause 0.32) 1160.0235 1070 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1160.0235 [And I'm like] 1160.5240 1071 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1160.6337 man, 1161.0186 1072 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1161.0186 (pause 1.21) 1162.2303 1073 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1162.2303 look at that building! 1163.2488 1074 LES_int_01 1163.2488 1164.4258 1075 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1164.5132 Man, we getting displaced! 1165.9050 1076 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1165.9050 (pause 0.21) 1166.1157 1077 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1166.1157 And I'm really, I'm joking, but 1167.5278 1078 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1167.5278 (pause 0.36) 1167.8922 1079 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1167.8922 [literally, just the other] day I was crying on the corner. 1170.2103 1080 LES_int_01 1167.8922 [] 1168.9676 1081 LES_int_01 1168.9676 (pause 1.20) 1170.1721 1082 LES_int_01 1170.1721 Yeah. 1170.5538 1083 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1170.5220 Because I saw, like on Avenue D, 1172.5635 1084 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1173.3303 it's all torn dow- Avenue D 1175.4815 1085 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1175.4815 (pause 0.29) 1175.7669 1086 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1175.7669 is like the p- the- the- was the base- like it was like the- the Mecca of violence for the Lower East Side. Okay? 1181.1917 1087 LES_int_01 1180.4333 [Yeah. Yeah.] 1181.4036 1088 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1181.5386 It's the last avenue 1183.0752 1089 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1183.0752 (pause 0.62) 1183.6942 1090 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1183.6942 in Manhattan, 1184.5811 1091 LES_int_01 1184.6106 Yeah. 1185.1155 1092 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1185.5281 Kay. 1185.9101 1093 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1185.9101 (pause 0.50) 1186.4106 1094 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1186.4106 And this is fucking a- it's not Avenue D, it's D Ave. 1189.9372 1095 LES_int_01 1190.0382 1190.9338 1096 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1190.9338 You know? 1191.5792 1097 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1191.7153 That's what it is. Like 1192.7953 1098 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1192.7953 (pause 0.25) 1193.0440 1099 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1193.0440 you a /??/? I'm on the Ave. 1194.4884 1100 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1194.4884 (pause 0.12) 1194.6070 1101 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1194.6070 [There's thousands] of Ave's in city 1196.1163 1102 LES_int_01 1194.6070 [Yeah.] 1195.0583 1103 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1196.3762 but you on The [Ave.] 1197.8294 1104 LES_int_01 1197.6275 [Yeah.] Yeah. 1198.5231 1105 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1198.8852 And that- that place was violent and now when you [see] 1201.7286 1106 LES_int_01 1201.3952 [Right.] 1201.7286 1107 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1201.9832 development like a cuchifrito place that 1203.9720 1108 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1203.9720 (pause 0.27) 1204.2442 1109 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1204.2442 I used to go to. I rem- I have memories of going to the cuchifrito place 1207.4185 1110 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1207.4185 (pause 0.31) 1207.7258 1111 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1207.7258 after h- after the hospital 1208.9770 1112 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1208.9770 (pause 0.41) 1209.3864 1113 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1209.3864 for soup. They had nice little chicken soup. [And I] could go to the cuchifrito place and get that soup. 1213.6922 1114 LES_int_01 1211.2875 [Yeah.] 1211.5733 1115 LES_int_01 1213.7062 Yeah. 1213.9580 1116 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1214.0594 It was minority only. Been there forever. 1215.9714 1117 LES_int_01 1216.0600 [Yeah.] 1216.4301 1118 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1216.1533 [These are the] businesses that were serving us when nobody wanted to, [right.] 1218.7630 1119 LES_int_01 1218.4925 [Right.] 1219.0754 1120 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1219.3132 Now, they're gone. 1220.0686 1121 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1220.0686 (pause 0.14) 1220.2085 1122 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1220.2085 On the corner, gone. 1221.1737 1123 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1221.1737 (pause 0.62) 1221.7927 1124 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1221.7927 We don't know what's gonna come of that. 1223.0843 1125 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1223.0843 (pause 0.63) 1223.7138 1126 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1223.7138 I don't know what's gonna be built there. 1225.0428 1127 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1225.0428 (pause 0.16) 1225.2013 1128 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1225.2013 [But,] I'll tell you this much. 1226.3624 1129 LES_int_01 1225.2013 [Yeah.] 1225.3598 1130 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1226.9545 I know it's not gonna be for me. 1228.3942 1131 LES_int_01 1228.6927 Yeah. 1229.2149 1132 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1229.7232 And that's why I got involved with 1231.0451 1133 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1231.0451 (pause 0.10) 1231.1430 1134 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1231.1430 the organization. 1231.9934 1135 LES_int_01 1232.0476 Right. 1232.4672 1136 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1233.9023 Um. Because, I wanted to be a more a part of the- 1236.2710 1137 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1236.2710 (pause 0.94) 1237.2083 1138 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1237.2083 the solution, than a part of a problem. 1239.0594 1139 LES_int_01 1239.2040 Yeah. 1239.5339 1140 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1239.6738 And I felt like I was alone. 1241.1612 1141 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1241.1612 (pause 0.94) 1242.1031 1142 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1242.1031 And when I came back from college, 1243.8657 1143 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1243.8657 (pause 0.57) 1244.4346 1144 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1244.4346 uh, 1244.8309 1145 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1244.8309 (pause 0.18) 1245.0081 1146 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1245.0081 one of the things that 1245.7904 1147 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1245.7904 (pause 0.08) 1245.8743 1148 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1245.8743 in p- I lived in p- I was raised in public housing. 1247.8187 1149 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1247.8187 (pause 0.34) 1248.1544 1150 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1248.1544 One of the things is if you are under-employed, or unemployed, 1250.4299 1151 LES_int_01 1250.5745 Yeah. 1250.9848 1152 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1251.0734 you have to do community service. 1252.5084 1153 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1252.5084 (pause 1.36) 1253.8700 1154 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1253.8700 Mandatory community service. [If you do] not do it, the consequence is eviction. 1257.2804 1155 LES_int_01 1255.1709 [Huh.] 1255.4134 1156 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1257.8679 This is a federal law. 1259.0697 1157 LES_int_01 1259.2981 Huh. 1259.5499 1158 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1259.5499 That's only applicable, arbitrarily 1261.4664 1159 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1261.8021 to residents that live in public housing across the country. 1264.1522 1160 LES_int_01 1264.5241 Huh. 1264.7573 1161 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1264.9251 But, where does that come from? Stigmatizations, right? 1267.2146 1162 LES_int_01 1267.4757 [Yeah.] 1267.7648 1163 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1267.6902 [Stigmatizations] of 1268.8699 1164 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1269.1497 people that live in public housing. They ain't shit. Even subsidies, right? You have [those] stigmatizations for that. 1273.4824 1165 LES_int_01 1272.2966 [Yeah.] 1272.5624 1166 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1273.8694 Subsidies. Oh. People are lazy. They're bums. And there's violence, and there's drugs and they living off the government. They taking my tax dollars, and all of these [things.] 1280.4929 1167 LES_int_01 1280.3949 [Yeah.] 1280.7213 1168 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1281.2622 And 1281.6819 1169 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1281.6819 (pause 0.55) 1282.2341 1170 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1282.2341 I really think that that's- those negative things are spill- they've- they spill into our everyday lives. 1287.6151 1171 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1287.6151 (pause 0.18) 1287.7969 1172 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1287.7969 The way services are allocated and- 1289.3615 1173 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1289.3615 (pause 0.35) 1289.7065 1174 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1289.7065 and in the way even 1290.8738 1175 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1290.8738 (pause 0.19) 1291.0603 1176 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1291.0603 money's appropriated to them on our government levels. 1293.4803 1177 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1293.4803 (pause 0.25) 1293.7275 1178 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1293.7275 The way police come into our community, the way policies are written, 1296.5267 1179 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1296.5267 (pause 0.20) 1296.7226 1180 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1296.7226 these things spill, 1297.8510 1181 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1297.8510 (pause 0.17) 1298.0235 1182 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1298.0235 these things stigmatizations spill into our realities. 1300.2212 1183 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1300.2212 (pause 0.40) 1300.6222 1184 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1300.6222 And make it harder for us to live. 1301.9605 1185 LES_int_01 1302.2216 Yeah. 1302.6273 1186 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1302.7205 And so, here we got a federal lawyer, says, oh. 1304.7995 1187 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1304.7995 (pause 0.38) 1305.1819 1188 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1305.1819 You have to do mandatory community service. 1306.9491 1189 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1306.9491 (pause 0.46) 1307.4061 1190 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1307.4061 And I just came out of college. 1309.0148 1191 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1309.0148 (pause 0.83) 1309.8401 1192 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1309.8401 And I got six months to find a job. 1311.6467 1193 LES_int_01 1311.9674 [Yeah.] 1312.2332 1194 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1312.0933 [And] that six months passed, and I didn't have a job. 1314.2382 1195 LES_int_01 1314.4014 Yeah. 1314.9097 1196 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1314.9097 Okay, I didn't. 1315.6884 1197 LES_int_01 1315.8469 You sh- sounds like you sure tried [though. ] 1318.5409 1198 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1317.3519 [Yeah.] 1317.9347 1199 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1317.9347 (pause 0.27) 1318.2052 1200 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1318.2052 [And I was even] waitr- that- that was before in the middle 1320.4154 1201 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1320.4993 [forget about that.] When it was towards my career, 1322.5838 1202 LES_int_01 1320.4993 [Yeah.] 1321.0356 1203 LES_int_01 1322.7470 [Yeah. Okay, okay.] 1324.3977 1204 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1322.8496 [I was looking for other stuff, like teaching] and stuff like [that.] 1325.3135 1205 LES_int_01 1325.1690 [Yeah.] 1325.6539 1206 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1325.7099 And 1326.1669 1207 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1326.1669 (pause 0.10) 1326.2694 1208 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1326.2694 come on. I couldn't. I couldn't find a job. 1328.1042 1209 LES_int_01 1328.1648 Yeah. 1328.5332 1210 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1328.7477 And 1329.1767 1211 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1329.1767 (pause 0.26) 1329.4378 1212 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1329.4378 so, that- that effected me. 1330.5755 1213 LES_int_01 1330.7061 [Yeah.] 1331.0838 1214 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1330.9439 [You know.] And. 1331.8438 1215 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1332.5153 Um. 1332.9723 1216 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1332.9723 (pause 1.19) 1334.1601 1217 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1334.1601 Then I see a fly- I was like totally against the community service requirement. I'm like so, I gotta do ninety-six hours cause I can't find a job yet? That's fucked up. 1340.5934 1218 LES_int_01 1340.7799 [Yeah.] 1341.0970 1219 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1340.8638 [Or, my] mother and all of us get evicted? 1342.7174 1220 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1343.9425 See, a flyer in my building and this- 1345.3134 1221 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1345.3134 (pause 0.21) 1345.5186 1222 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1345.5186 this flyer telling people to do the community service. 1347.9946 1223 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1347.9946 (pause 0.20) 1348.1951 1224 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1348.1951 I'm like who the fuck 1349.3690 1225 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1349.3690 (pause 0.54) 1349.9052 1226 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1349.9052 is telling people to do this [shit?] 1351.2948 1227 LES_int_01 1351.1316 [Yeah.] 1351.7657 1228 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1352.3066 It was GOLES. 1352.9688 1229 LES_int_01 1354.2462 1355.3280 1230 LES_int_01 1355.3280 (pause 0.16) 1355.4912 1231 LES_int_01 1355.4912 It was? 1356.0198 1232 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1356.0018 It was GOLES. And there was a meeting, I said, oh. 1358.3828 1233 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1358.5816 Word. They're telling people to do this slave shit? 1360.4279 1234 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1360.4279 (pause 0.23) 1360.6565 1235 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1360.6565 I'm coming. I'm on my way. 1361.8998 1236 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1361.8998 (pause 0.17) 1362.0673 1237 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1362.0673 What date? Boom. 1363.0499 1238 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1363.0499 (pause 0.14) 1363.1865 1239 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1363.1865 I brought six homegirls. My homegirls that I grew up. 1365.5199 1240 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1365.5199 (pause 0.15) 1365.6742 1241 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1365.6742 I ain't seen them in years. 1366.8514 1242 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1366.8514 (pause 0.32) 1367.1687 1243 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1367.1687 I just- I got, said, listen, yo. Y'all heard about this community service shit? 1369.8238 1244 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1369.8238 (pause 0.18) 1370.0045 1245 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1370.0045 Damn. We need to go to [this meeting.] 1371.2515 1246 LES_int_01 1370.6875 [] 1372.2218 1247 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1371.6842 [Right, so,] we came in there hooded. 1373.1075 1248 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1373.9095 Who's presenting? 1374.6998 1249 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1374.6998 (pause 0.17) 1374.8673 1250 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1374.8673 Damaris Reyes. 1375.9072 1251 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1375.9072 (pause 0.84) 1376.7488 1252 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1376.7488 and another member that we have, Amanda Morales. 1379.4148 1253 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1379.4148 (pause 0.45) 1379.8598 1254 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1379.8598 And I'm like, yeah. Let me sign y'all little sign in sheet. Let me hear what y'all gotta say about this bullshit 1384.7337 1255 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1384.7337 (pause 0.60) 1385.3382 1256 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1385.3382 community service. 1386.2416 1257 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1386.2416 (pause 0.29) 1386.5324 1258 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1386.5324 Damaris was educating people. 1387.8588 1259 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1387.8588 (pause 0.36) 1388.2201 1260 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1388.2201 And telling them, listen. 1389.0265 1261 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1389.0265 (pause 0.17) 1389.1937 1262 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1389.1937 You have to do this community service, 1390.5994 1263 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1390.5994 (pause 0.16) 1390.7624 1264 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1390.7624 cause it's a federal law and you can get evicted. 1392.6572 1265 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1392.6572 (pause 0.22) 1392.8819 1266 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1392.8819 But, you know what? 1393.5764 1267 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1393.5764 (pause 0.08) 1393.6557 1268 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1393.6557 the same way it's a federal law, 1394.9071 1269 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1394.9071 (pause 0.18) 1395.0834 1270 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1395.0834 you can fight it on a federal level. 1396.4098 1271 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1396.4098 (pause 0.21) 1396.6169 1272 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1396.6169 And here's the ways that you can do it. 1397.8727 1273 LES_int_01 1398.1371 [Mm-hm.] 1398.5337 1274 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1398.3090 [And that's] how I got involved with goo- Good Old Lower East Side. 1400.4405 1275 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1400.9428 It found me the work. 1402.0841 1276 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1402.0841 (pause 0.39) 1402.4719 1277 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1402.4719 But, 1402.9037 1278 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1402.9037 (pause 0.84) 1403.7409 1279 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1403.7409 that community service requirement shit was fucked up. 1406.2245 1280 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1406.2245 (pause 0.41) 1406.6388 1281 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1406.6388 And I'm like damn. I just came out of school. 1408.7627 1282 LES_int_01 1408.8200 Yeah. 1409.2122 1283 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1409.2122 Why is this only happening to me? 1411.1642 1284 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1411.4154 So, I'm seeing just a lot of 1412.7267 1285 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1412.7267 (pause 0.93) 1413.6521 1286 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1413.6521 how- how my community's being singled out. 1416.0272 1287 LES_int_01 1416.2695 Yeah. 1416.6009 1288 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1416.6009 You know, and [people] t- 1417.5774 1289 LES_int_01 1417.1279 [Yeah.] 1417.4690 1290 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1417.6629 People have these warped perceptions of like 1419.4078 1291 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1419.4078 (pause 0.68) 1420.0870 1292 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1420.0870 tax dollars. Like, the average- aver- the average ed- he average person like 1423.3576 1293 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1423.3576 (pause 0.38) 1423.7365 1294 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1423.7365 my brothers, like 1424.5385 1295 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1424.5385 (pause 0.24) 1424.7809 1296 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1424.7809 my brothers are even like 1425.7328 1297 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1425.7328 (pause 0.08) 1425.8121 1298 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1425.8121 to- they're like some cons- they have these conservative views. I'm like you 1428.4915 1299 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1428.4915 (pause 0.07) 1428.5576 1300 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1428.5576 you a black man. What are you fucking [f-] 1430.8355 1301 LES_int_01 1430.3992 [Yeah.] 1430.8355 1302 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1431.0117 What do you mean? You know, [like they're even] conservative. Like 1433.8407 1303 LES_int_01 1432.3425 [Yeah.] 1432.9021 1304 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1434.0170 No. 1434.3126 1305 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1434.3126 (pause 0.17) 1434.4844 1306 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1434.4844 They believe that bootstrap shit too. 1436.2955 1307 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1436.2955 (pause 0.17) 1436.4630 1308 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1436.4630 You know, like you gotta pull yourself [up at your boot] straps. 1438.9306 1309 LES_int_01 1437.7364 [Right.] 1438.3974 1310 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1439.1584 you have to pull yourself up by your [bootstraps.] 1441.3000 1311 LES_int_01 1441.0303 [Mm-hm.] 1441.5371 1312 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1441.6129 My- I'm working on a quote. 1442.7806 1313 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1442.7806 (pause 0.08) 1442.8643 1314 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1442.8643 I haven't refin- I haven't- 1443.8249 1315 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1443.8249 (pause 0.43) 1444.2564 1316 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1444.2564 bare with me. 1444.8160 1317 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1444.8160 (pause 0.15) 1444.9614 1318 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1444.9614 [The quote] is though. 1445.8912 1319 LES_int_01 1444.9614 [Alright.] 1445.2372 1320 LES_int_01 1446.9600 Try um. 1447.7752 1321 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1448.3158 It's like, you know, we talk about this idea of, you know. I believe in that 1451.6515 1322 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1451.6515 (pause 0.16) 1451.8145 1323 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1451.8145 I- you know, I- I'm worried ab- here it is. I'm worried about the person who actually believes 1455.6799 1324 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1455.6799 (pause 0.48) 1456.1646 1325 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1456.1646 that they can pull s- they can pull themselves up by their boot straps. 1458.8733 1326 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1458.8733 (pause 0.52) 1459.3888 1327 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1459.3888 Because, they're not thinking about the person that 1461.7483 1328 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1461.7483 (pause 0.34) 1462.0876 1329 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1462.0876 has to make 1463.0879 1330 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1463.0879 (pause 0.33) 1463.4140 1331 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1463.4140 the boots. 1464.0529 1332 LES_int_01 1464.0529 1465.1766 1333 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1465.6304 Clean the boots. 1467.0029 1334 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1467.0029 (pause 1.04) 1468.0429 1335 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1468.0429 Sell the boot. 1469.0475 1336 LES_int_01 1469.2414 Yeah. 1469.5984 1337 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1470.3783 You know what I'm saying? 1471.0621 1338 LES_int_01 1471.1590 Yeah. 1471.5071 1339 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1471.8024 There's a whole other bigger picture around that fucking boot. 1474.1327 1340 LES_int_01 1474.1327 Yeah. 1474.5690 1341 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1474.8655 Okay. Here we go, pull our selves [up] 1476.5960 1342 LES_int_01 1476.4726 [A lot-] a lot goes into the boot. 1477.9355 1343 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1477.9355 A lot goes into [the boot.] 1479.0926 1344 LES_int_01 1478.5524 [] 1479.8532 1345 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1479.9325 You know, and we never think about those things. Like, [you know.] 1482.6873 1346 LES_int_01 1482.3908 [Right.] 1482.7389 1347 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1482.8636 So, you gonna make- okay. If everybody's pulling they own selves up by their bootstraps, does that mean they're gonna start making their own boots? 1487.1133 1348 LES_int_01 1487.1133 Yeah. 1487.5496 1349 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1487.9241 Is that what we 1488.5700 1350 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1488.5700 (pause 0.26) 1488.8344 1351 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1488.8344 that's what that mean? You gonna make them shine their own boots? 1491.0156 1352 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1491.0156 (pause 0.30) 1491.3153 1353 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1491.3153 If we're gonna pull ourselves up by our own boot straps, 1493.3618 1354 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1493.3618 (pause 0.29) 1493.6482 1355 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1493.6482 because then everybody's living 1495.0627 1356 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1495.0627 (pause 0.17) 1495.2302 1357 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1495.2302 equally, and nobody's doing the, you know, like come on. 1497.7762 1358 LES_int_01 1497.9965 [Yeah.] 1498.4812 1359 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1498.1596 [We know this] is gonna always be 1499.5137 1360 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1499.9059 an unjust society. Everything- but does it have to be so hard? Does inequality have to be so hard? 1504.7280 1361 LES_int_01 1504.7676 Yeah. 1505.1378 1362 LES_int_01 1505.1378 (pause 0.35) 1505.4903 1363 LES_int_01 1505.4903 Yeah. 1505.8825 1364 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1506.2130 You know, I don't get- you know what I'm saying. I [just] 1507.9512 1365 LES_int_01 1507.8278 [Yeah.] 1508.2420 1366 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1508.3786 I always think there's gonna be some type of /irocracy/ somewhere 1511.2649 1367 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1511.2649 (pause 0.52) 1511.7849 1368 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1511.7849 but 1512.1085 1369 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1512.1085 (pause 1.86) 1513.9681 1370 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1513.9681 I mean, hierera- hierarchy. Like, you know, like boom, boom, boom, but 1516.5759 1371 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1516.5759 (pause 1.51) 1518.0873 1372 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1518.0873 the end of the day, 1518.9333 1373 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1518.9333 (pause 2.68) 1521.6139 1374 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1521.6139 g- does it have to be so hard? 1523.1870 1375 LES_int_01 1523.5219 [Yeah.] 1523.9980 1376 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1523.8084 [You know? 1524.1344 1377 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1524.2641 But 1524.4932 1378 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1524.4932 (pause 1.40) 1525.8901 1379 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1525.8901 that's tha- the- when- when I came back from my neighborhood, 1529.1277 1380 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1529.1277 (pause 0.59) 1529.7182 1381 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1529.7182 and I'm seeing like, damn. I gotta do community service, and this gentrification, 1533.8126 1382 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1533.8126 (pause 0.54) 1534.3502 1383 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1534.3502 I wanna be up- I- I- I wanna fight this. And then [when I found-] when GOLES gave me the vehicle, 1539.3977 1384 LES_int_01 1537.2774 [Yeah.] 1537.6564 1385 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1539.6224 I decided to be 1540.6359 1386 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1540.6359 (pause 0.28) 1540.9179 1387 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1540.9179 a part of the solution. Not the problem, not the complainer. 1543.5163 1388 LES_int_01 1543.8318 [Yeah.] 1544.2346 1389 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1543.8865 [And not] this person by myself. 1546.0798 1390 LES_int_01 1546.0710 [Yeah.] 1546.4588 1391 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1546.2913 [You know.] 1546.7672 1392 LES_int_01 1546.7672 Yeah. 1547.0316 1393 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1547.1903 I felt 1547.7455 1394 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1547.7455 (pause 0.27) 1548.0187 1395 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1548.0187 I felt like people had my back. I felt like GOLES was- /Froze/ was my gang. 1551.1394 1396 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1551.1394 (pause 0.08) 1551.2231 1397 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1551.2231 I did. 1551.5316 1398 LES_int_01 1551.6373 Yeah. 1552.0912 1399 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1552.1705 And I used to do things off the strength of- 1554.0565 1400 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1554.0565 (pause 0.49) 1554.5441 1401 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1554.5441 Before I even worked there. That's why I think /RD-NAME-3/ hired me. Because I just- I would love my organization right? 1558.4380 1402 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1558.4380 (pause 0.48) 1558.9183 1403 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1558.9183 And 1559.3199 1404 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1559.3199 (pause 0.20) 1559.5226 1405 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1559.5226 I w- I would be like um 1560.9654 1406 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1560.9654 (pause 0.37) 1561.3399 1407 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1561.3399 I would tell the- I would tell business owners. 1563.2074 1408 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1563.2074 (pause 0.33) 1563.5379 1409 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1563.5379 Like, the- like uh. This business owner. 1565.1652 1410 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1565.1652 (pause 0.15) 1565.3155 1411 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1565.3155 There was a crowd. It was all crazy in the front, and I was like, listen. 1567.5403 1412 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1567.5403 (pause 0.90) 1568.4393 1413 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1568.4393 Um. 1568.9722 1414 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1568.9722 (pause 0.26) 1569.2322 1415 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1569.2322 I'm a member of Good Old Lower East Side. I'm a member of Froze. 1571.6558 1416 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1571.6558 (pause 1.36) 1573.0167 1417 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1573.0167 And we don't like this shit. 1574.3519 1418 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1574.3519 (pause 0.82) 1575.1759 1419 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1575.1759 And 1575.6870 1420 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1575.6870 (pause 0.48) 1576.1674 1421 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1576.1674 if you want people protesting in front of your business, 1578.6614 1422 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1578.6614 (pause 0.63) 1579.2937 1423 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1579.2937 then keep this going. 1580.2852 1424 LES_int_01 1580.6201 Yeah. 1581.0740 1425 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1581.2546 And, actually, the guy's like, nah man. 1582.8674 1426 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1582.8674 (pause 0.08) 1582.9467 1427 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1582.9467 I feel y'all. I'm from the neighborhood too. He was a guy from the neighborhood [too.] 1585.5362 1428 LES_int_01 1585.2541 [] 1586.1986 1429 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1585.8545 [And he was like] nah. I know they act all cra- 1587.2910 1430 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1587.4673 I said, man, control this shit. 1588.9611 1431 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1588.9611 (pause 0.34) 1589.3048 1432 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1589.3048 Control this fucking 1590.5637 1433 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1590.5637 (pause 0.26) 1590.8281 1434 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1590.8281 party on the block. Because I can't party on the block. 1593.0534 1435 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1593.0534 (pause 0.33) 1593.3839 1436 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1593.3839 When I stand on the block, I- I deal with youth. 1595.5487 1437 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1595.5487 (pause 0.61) 1596.1625 1438 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1596.1625 When we stand on the block and talk, 1597.6828 1439 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1597.6828 (pause 0.73) 1598.4098 1440 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1598.4098 cops stop us and tell us to keep it moving. 1600.4070 1441 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1600.4070 (pause 0.95) 1601.3544 1442 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1601.3544 Or, I seen kids get strip searched in front of fucking mad people. 1604.8302 1443 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1604.8302 (pause 0.32) 1605.1474 1444 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1605.1474 Where cops pull down they pants. 1606.7426 1445 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1606.7426 (pause 3.08) 1609.8237 1446 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1609.8237 Pulling they pants. 1610.8857 1447 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1610.8857 (pause 0.39) 1611.2778 1448 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1611.2778 And you got six squad cars. 1613.0105 1449 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1613.0105 (pause 0.24) 1613.2484 1450 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1613.2484 And I'm like what was that kid doing? Riding his bike on the sidewalk. 1616.2140 1451 LES_int_01 1617.3866 /inaudible/ 1618.3389 1452 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1618.6075 You know. 1619.0438 1453 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1619.0438 (pause 0.20) 1619.2421 1454 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1619.2421 I've been harassed. I've had a cop pull a gun 1621.2856 1455 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1621.2856 (pause 1.04) 1622.3299 1456 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1622.3299 out on me once. 1623.1540 1457 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1623.1540 (pause 0.48) 1623.6343 1458 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1623.6343 They had their guns drawn 1624.7667 1459 LES_int_01 1625.0532 [Yeah.] 1625.2294 1460 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1625.1193 [Because] we was in the park playing basketball. We had beads of sweat coming down our heads. 1628.5508 1461 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1628.8549 This is when I was younger. 1629.7362 1462 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1629.7362 (pause 0.64) 1630.3751 1463 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1630.3751 And we was like, yo. 1631.6387 1464 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1631.6387 (pause 0.77) 1632.4055 1465 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1632.4055 But, and this is when they started enforcing all that shit. 1634.6219 1466 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1634.6219 (pause 0.20) 1634.8202 1467 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1634.8202 All the parks gotta be closed. 1636.3748 1468 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1636.3748 (pause 0.27) 1636.6436 1469 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1636.6436 That sign was always there, but nobody ever f- forced that shit. 1639.5216 1470 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1639.5216 (pause 0.20) 1639.7243 1471 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1639.7243 Now, they enforcing it. No. The parks gotta be closed. 1642.0862 1472 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1642.0862 (pause 0.20) 1642.2844 1473 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1642.2844 And now, I got a gun pointed at me. 1644.0162 1474 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1644.0162 (pause 2.29) 1646.3079 1475 LES_se0_ag2_f_01 1646.3079 Man. 1646.7838