Thursday, 19 November 2009

'The Lost Boys of Brixton'

A fantastic article in The Week (14th Nov) has outlined the experiences of a female middle class writer who has befriended gang members in Brixton.

It isn't a story about how she's turned their lives around, they are still committing crimes and she mentions the hopelessness of their situation. Poorly educated and uninspired, they have dropped out of society - they can make more money selling drugs and guns than they can from any 'legit' paid work.

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