>and developed standpoint, means it's surely threaded into my
>fiber. Hell, even then, it was into my fiber.
>
>Not sure if growing up in L.A. makes it even more of a case,
>but I would say so...Magic Johnson = Lakers, Riots,
>Biggie/Pac, OJ Trial...all of that was L.A. So it surely
>impacted me more than a lot of folks who just happened to see
>it on TV or read about it.
>
>I mentioned it on Twitter last week...I feel like Magic is
>like, THE reason I've still to this day never had sex without
>a condom. And many kids my age are the same...we learned what
>a condom was because of that.
>
>ALL my feelings about Race were developed early, due to the
>Riots and then OJ case. Seeing my teachers reaction in
>contrast to my classmates when they let OJ off...I KNEW it was
>more to it than just "oh, a murderer got off."
>
>And once again, the KEY phrase is: "grew up in"....not
>"completely developed and solidified in"...growing up =
>growing up. Like...learning about things, not even
>understanding some tings until later, while some things were
>understood RIGHT away.
>
>AND...even to say "you had to be a teen in the 90's"....Teen =
>13-17 unless you count the 18-19 adult years. But in most
>cases, that's 13-17, and I was 13-15 in the 90's, half my teen
>years.


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