D1 college soccer under threat

MacDre said:
I wanted to join my neighborhood gang but they wouldn’t let me. I was very rebellious. I’m glad I crossed the path of people more compassionate than you or I’d probably still be in jail.
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Why should I be compassionate towards someone that wants to join a gang and violate the rights of others?
 
The Outlaw said:
Unfortunately, that's what I thought. You don't want to talk about drug use and fathers not sticking around to raise their kids. I commend you for your overcoming such obstacles, sincerely, but I'm not surprised you are choosing to walk away from the facts. You haven't explained anything other than the lack of accountability and honesty makes things uncomfortable for certain people. Because what I'm hearing is that the systematic oppression that held you back had nothing to do with anything other than your personal situation.
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Statistically speaking drug use and abuse is more prevalent in other more affluent communities. The issues of broken homes is directly related to slavery, mass incarceration, and several other policies.
I think my families life is a good example of systemic oppression but I’m trying to stay on topic.
 
MacDre said:
Statistically speaking drug use and abuse is more prevalent in other more affluent communities. The issues of broken homes is directly related to slavery, mass incarceration, and several other policies.
I think my families life is a good example of systemic oppression but I’m trying to stay on topic.
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So your father didn't stick around because of slavery and mass incarceration?
 
MacDre said:
That’s not what I wanted. I wanted to be loved. I wanted to be a part of something. I was a kid.
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But you're blaming that on everything other than your parents. Are you not? How is that someone else's fault? And frankly, if you look to gangs for love and acceptance, why would someone you victimize show you compassion?
 
MacDre said:
Yes, they’re contributing factors.
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How would slavery, that happened generations ago, prevent a man from staying around to raise his kids? Was your father or his father a slave?

I get it if he was locked up... but then I'd ask you why he was locked up and you might not want to share that.
 
The Outlaw said:
But you're blaming that on everything other than your parents. Are you not? How is that someone else's fault? And frankly, if you look to gangs for love and acceptance, why would someone you victimize show you compassion?
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Who did I victimize? You’re making assumptions? Adolescent kids do dumb shit everywhere.
I was actually very angry until I looked closely at my family history and realized my family hadn’t recovered from the trauma of slavery and that slavery was not long ago.
 
The Outlaw said:
How would slavery, that happened generations ago, prevent a man from staying around to raise his kids? Was your father or his father a slave?

I get it if he was locked up... but then I'd ask you why he was locked up and you might not want to share that.
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Yes, kind of but I’ve already explained it on this board before. You don’t get it and that’s okay.
 
MacDre said:
Who did I victimize? You’re making assumptions? Adolescent kids do dumb shit everywhere.
I was actually very angry until I looked closely at my family history and realized my family hadn’t recovered from the trauma of slavery and that slavery was not long ago.
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How are you traumatized by something that happened well before you were born? Again, you're telling me that prevented someone from sticking around to raise their kids? Really?
 
The Outlaw said:
How are you traumatized by something that happened well before you were born? Again, you're telling me that prevented someone from sticking around to raise their kids? Really?
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How do you think being raised by a kid that was traumatized by human trafficking and no resources impacts a kids trajectory?
 
MacDre said:
Who did I victimize? You’re making assumptions? Adolescent kids do dumb shit everywhere.
I was actually very angry until I looked closely at my family history and realized my family hadn’t recovered from the trauma of slavery and that slavery was not long ago.
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Gangs victimize people. I'm not aware of any charity work they do. Most kids do dumb shit but it doesn't usually involve robbing people or beating the shit out of innocent folks minding their business.
 
MacDre said:
How do you think being raised by a kid that was traumatized by human trafficking and no resources impacts a kids trajectory?
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Are we talking about your mother or father? I know lots of kids that were raised by abusive alcoholics that smacked their wives around. The kids became great parents that didn't want to fuck their kids up.
 
The Outlaw said:
Are we talking about your mother or father? I know lots of kids that were raised by abusive alcoholics that smacked their wives around. The kids became great parents that didn't want to fuck their kids up.
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I’m talking about my grandma. She was freed from slavery approximately 100 years before I was born. She was 13 and had already been raped and had a biracial child. No money. No education. No property. Unjust laws. So still in de facto slavery after the abolition of slavery. Her day to day didn’t change and she had over 20 kids and not by choice. How long for her offspring to recover in your opinion? Please be specific. Give me a timeline.
 
The Outlaw said:
And what is this "God wanted me to live" nonssense
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Lester, go read again my story. My mother told me I was a blessing from God and their is a purpose for me and so on. I din;t say that. I have no idea why I'm here. I'm just here talking to you. I will tell my mom what you said. She will get a good laugh from it :)
 
MacDre said:
I’m talking about my grandma. She was freed from slavery approximately 100 years before I was born. She was 13 and had already been raped and had a biracial child. No money. No education. No property. Unjust laws. So still in de facto slavery after the abolition of slavery. Her day to day didn’t change and she had over 20 kids and not by choice. How long for her offspring to recover in your opinion? Please be specific. Give me a timeline.
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I fail to see the correlation between her horrendous life and any opportunities you feel society cheated you out of. Furthermore, though it's not my place to produce a "timeline", nothing would stop me from doing whatever it took to stay home and raise my children. My grandfather was also the product of a rape, adopted and in no way, shape or form did that have any impact on my father... let alone me.
 
The Outlaw said:
Gangs victimize people. I'm not aware of any charity work they do. Most kids do dumb shit but it doesn't usually involve robbing people or beating the shit out of innocent folks minding their business.
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I actually agree. But sometimes good people do bad things for all of the right reasons. I’m trying to give the youth alternatives to gangs but again I am disturbed by the soccer system.
 
Ellejustus said:
Lester, go read again my story. My mother told me I was a blessing from God and their is a purpose for me and so on. I din;t say that. I have no idea why I'm here. I'm just here talking to you. I will tell my mom what you said. She will get a good laugh from it :)
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No, I've read your story 1,275 times already. I'm not reading it again. And I don't want to read your kid's story again, either. She can be a GOAT, I'll wish her the best and that's the end of that.
 
The Outlaw said:
I fail to see the correlation between her horrendous life and any opportunities you feel society cheated you out of. Furthermore, though it's not my place to produce a "timeline", nothing would stop me from doing whatever it took to stay home and raise my children. My grandfather was also the product of a rape, adopted and in no way, shape or form did that have any impact on my father... let alone me.
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Society hasn’t cheated me. I’m blessed. I was also fortunate to be mentored by very successful white men that grew up poor. The other was always rich and was raised by a black nanny. I consider them all family.
I guess it’s my turn to mentor. I don’t want to do it because of the childhood trauma.

I wish I was as resilient as your family. I have achieved great success in life but it doesn’t erase the pain. Maybe I’m the reluctant messiah. IDK, just trying to keep kids out of gangs and very frustrated with the current system.
 
MacDre said:
I actually agree. But sometimes good people do bad things for all of the right reasons. I’m trying to give the youth alternatives to gangs but again I am disturbed by the soccer system.
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You have clubs along HWY80. You don't have the ECNL choices others do but I see girls from Diablo, etc. playing in college. And I know there are lower profile comp clubs in those areas.
 
MacDre said:
Society hasn’t cheated me. I’m blessed. I was also fortunate to be mentored by very successful white men that grew up poor. The other was always rich and was raised by a black nanny. I consider them all family.
I guess it’s my turn to mentor. I don’t want to do it because of the childhood trauma.

I wish I was as resilient as your family. I have achieved great success in life but it doesn’t erase the pain. Maybe I’m the reluctant messiah. IDK, just trying to keep kids out of gangs and very frustrated with the current system.
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Gang life is glorified in all the RAP music. That's why I laugh when I hear Nipsey Hussle was some kind of hero. Really? Drive into the hood in a $150k Mercedes, wearing 3 gold chains, and tell kids "don't do what I did." Seriously? Maybe that needs to stop being considered a good thing in certain communities.
 
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