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  1094 There's little in the way of basic sanitation. Trashes everywhere. Typically a garbage fire going down some side streets. There's always something burning in the hood. There's little in the way of basic sanitation. Trashes everywhere. Typically a garbage fire going down some side streets. There's always something burning in the hood. 1 train male False None
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  1095 As you walk, there's every smell you can imagine. People are cooking, eating takeaways in the streets. Some family has a shack that's jury-rigged onto the back of someone else's shack, and they don't have any running water. So they've bathed in a bucket from the outdoor tap and then dumped the dirty water in the street, where it runs into the river of sewerage that's already there because the water system has backed up again. As you walk, there's every smell you can imagine. People are cooking, eating takeaways in the streets. Some family has a shack that's jury rigged onto the back of someone else's shack, and they don't have any running water. So they've bathed in a bucket from the outdoor tap and then dumped the dirty water in the street, where it runs into the river of sewerage that's already there because the water system has backed up again. 1 train male False None
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  1096 There's a guy fixing cars who thinks he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't. He's dumping old motor oil into the street and now the oil is combining with the dirty bathwater to make a river of filth running down the streets. There's probably a goat hanging around. There's always a goat. As you're walking, sound washes over you. The steady thrum of human activity. People talking in a dozen different languages. Chatting, haggling, arguing. There's a guy fixing cars who thinks he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't. He's dumping old motor oil into the street and now the oil is combining with the dirty bathwater to make a river of filth running down the streets. There's probably a goat hanging around. There's always a goat. As you're walking, sound washes over you. The steady thrum of human activity. People talking in a dozen different languages. Chatting, haggling, arguing. 1 train male False None
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- 1098 After 20th Avenue, you hit the Yookské River. And on the far side of that, across the Roosevelt Street Bridge was East Bank. The newest, nicest part of the hood. East Bank was where the government had gone in, cleared out the squatters and their shacks and started to build actual homes. It was still low-income housing, but decent two-bedroom houses with tiny yards. The families who lived there had a bit of money and usually sent their kids out of the hood to better school. After twenty th Avenue, you hit the Yookské River. And on the far side of that, across the Roosevelt Street Bridge was East Bank. The newest, nicest part of the hood. East Bank was where the government had gone in, cleared out the squatters and their shacks and started to build actual homes. It was still low income housing, but decent two bedroom houses with tiny yards. The families who lived there had a bit of money and usually sent their kids out of the hood to better school. 1 train male False None
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  1099 I graduated from high school when I was 17 and by that point life at home had become toxic because of my stepfather. I didn't want to be there anymore and my mom agreed that I should move out. She helped me move to a cheap, roach-infested flat in a building down the road. My plan, insofar as I had one, was to go to university to be a computer programmer. But we couldn't afford the tuition. I needed to make money. The only way I knew how to make money was selling pirated CDs. I graduated from high school when I was seventeen and by that point life at home had become toxic because of my stepfather. I didn't want to be there anymore and my mom agreed that I should move out. She helped me move to a cheap, roach infested flat in a building down the road. My plan, insofar as I had one, was to go to university to be a computer programmer. But we couldn't afford the tuition. I needed to make money. The only way I knew how to make money was selling pirated CDs. 1 train male False None
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  11 Perhaps the starkest of those divisions was between South Africa's two dominant tribes, the Zulu and the Tosa. Perhaps the starkest of those divisions was between South Africa's two dominant tribes, the Zulu and the Tosa. 1 train male False None
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  110 In America, you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations, coupled with slavery, followed by segregation. In America, you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations, coupled with slavery, followed by segregation. 1 train male False None
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  1127.05 White people have insurance. White people have insurance. 1 train male False None
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  1127.06 Insurance Insurance. 1 train male False None
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  1127.09 So it's like they've lost nothing. So it's like they've lost nothing. 1 train male False None
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- 1127.10 Oh, okay, I said. Oh, okay, I said. 1 train male False None
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  1127.11 Sounds nice. Sounds nice. 1 train male False None
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  1127 At first, I didn't know not to ask. I remember one time, we bought a car stereo or something like that. But who did this belong to? I said. Hey, don't worry about it. One of the guys told me. White people have insurance. Insurance? Yeah. When white people lose stuff, they have insurance policies that pay them cash for what they've lost. So it's like they've lost nothing. Oh, okay. I said. Sounds nice. At first, I didn't know not to ask. I remember one time, we bought a car stereo or something like that. But who did this belong to? I said. Hey, don't worry about it. One of the guys told me. White people have insurance. Insurance? Yeah. When white people lose stuff, they have insurance policies that pay them cash for what they've lost. So it's like they've lost nothing. Oh, okay. I said. Sounds nice. 1 train male False None
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  1129 It's easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong. Different definitions of what constitutes crime and what level of crime they're willing to participate in. It's easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong. Different definitions of what constitutes crime and what level of crime they're willing to participate in. 1 train male False None
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  1146.07 More guys would come through selling stuff too. More guys would come through selling stuff too. 1 train male False None
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  1146.08 because they'd been out hustling and stealing all day. because they'd been out hustling and stealing all day. 1 train male False None
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  1146.09 There'd be a guy selling a cell phone. There'd be a guy selling a cell phone. 1 train male False None
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- 1146.10 A guy selling some leather jacket. A guy selling some leather jacket. 1 train male False None
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  1146.12 There was this one dude who looked like a black version of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. There was this one dude who looked like a black version of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. 1 train male False None
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  1146.13 He'd always come by at the end of his shift with the most random useless crap. He'd always come by at the end of his shift with the most random useless crap. 1 train male False None
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  1146.14 like an electric toothbrush without the charger. like an electric toothbrush without the charger. 1 train male False None
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  1240.006 Shit's about to get loco essay. Shit's about to get loco essay. 1 train male False None
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  1240.007 That's basically what I was doing. That's basically what I was doing. 1 train male False None
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  1240.008 the South African version of that. the South African version of that. 1 train male False None
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- 1240.010 But it worked. But it worked. 1 train male False None
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  1240.011 The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. They had no idea what real colored gangsters were like. The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. They had no idea what real colored gangsters were like. 1 train male False None
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  1240.012 Everyone left me alone. Everyone left me alone. 1 train male False None
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  1240.013 We were all playing a game. Only nobody knew we were playing it. We were all playing a game. Only nobody knew we were playing it. 1 train male False None
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  1240.016 So I went shits. So I went shits. 1 train male False None
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  1240.017 These people are hardened criminals. These people are hardened criminals. 1 train male False None
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  1240.018 I shouldn't be here because I am not a criminal. I shouldn't be here because I am not a criminal. 1 train male False None
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- 1240.020 One by one, guys left to go to their hearings. I stayed to wait for my lawyer, and new people started to pitch up. Now, I was the veteran. One by one, guys left to go to their hearings. I stayed to wait for my lawyer, and new people started to pitch up. Now, I was the veteran. 1 train male False None
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  1240.021 Doing my colored gangster routine giving the new guys the same look. I'm dangerous Don't fuck with me Doing my colored gangster routine giving the new guys the same look. I'm dangerous Don't fuck with me. 1 train male False None
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  1240.022 And they looked at me and went, shit, he's a hardened criminal. I shouldn't be here because I'm not like him. And they looked at me and went, shit, he's a hardened criminal. I shouldn't be here because I'm not like him. 1 train male False None
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  1240 I figured that if I was in jail, people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail. A violent criminal. So I played it up. I put on this character. I played the stereotype. Anytime the cops asked me questions, I started speaking in broken off recants with a thick colored accent. Imagine a white guy in America, just dark enough to pass for Latino, walking around jail, doing bad Mexican gangster dialogue from the movies. I figured that if I was in jail, people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail. A violent criminal. So I played it up. I put on this character. I played the stereotype. Anytime the cops asked me questions, I started speaking in broken off recants with a thick colored accent. Imagine a white guy in America, just dark enough to pass for Latino, walking around jail, doing bad Mexican gangster dialogue from the movies. 1 train male False None
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  1300 It must be my fault. This is happening. It's the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath? It must be my fault. This is happening. It's the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath?. 1 train male False None
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  1302 One night, my mom and I were at a prayer meeting and she took me aside. Hey, she said, I want to tell you something. One night, my mom and I were at a prayer meeting and she took me aside. Hey, she said, I want to tell you something. 1 train male False None
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  1303 Abel and I are going to get married. Instinctively, without even asking, I said, I don't think that's a good idea. I wasn't upset or anything. I just had a sense about the guy. An intuition. I'd felt it even before the mulberry tree. That night hadn't changed my feelings towards Abel. It had only shown me, in flesh and blood, what he was capable of. Abel and I are going to get married. Instinctively, without even asking, I said, I don't think that's a good idea. I wasn't upset or anything. I just had a sense about the guy. An intuition. I'd felt it even before the mulberry tree. That night hadn't changed my feelings towards Abel. It had only shown me, in flesh and blood, what he was capable of. 1 train male False None
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- 1304 I understand that it's hard, she said. I understand that you don't want a new dad." No, I said. It's not that. I like Abel. I like him a lot. But you shouldn't marry him. I didn't know the word sinister then, but if I had, I probably would have used it. There's just something not right about him. I don't trust him. I don't think he's a good person. I understand that it's hard, she said. I understand that you don't want a new dad." No, I said. It's not that. I like Abel. I like him a lot. But you shouldn't marry him. I didn't know the word sinister then, but if I had, I probably would have used it. There's just something not right about him. I don't trust him. I don't think he's a good person. 1 train male False None
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  1305 I'd always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I'd never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. I enjoyed being with Abel, the same way I enjoyed playing with a tiger cub the first time I went to a tiger sanctuary. I liked it, I had fun with it, but I never thought about bringing it home. I'd always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I'd never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. I enjoyed being with Abel, the same way I enjoyed playing with a tiger cub the first time I went to a tiger sanctuary. I liked it, I had fun with it, but I never thought about bringing it home. 1 train male False None
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  1307 Mom and Abel got married. There was no ceremony, no exchange of rings. They went and signed the papers and that was it. A year or so later, my baby brother Andrew was born. I only vaguely remember my mom being gone for a few days and when she got back, there was now this thing in the house that cried and shat and got fed. But when you're nine years older than your sibling, their arrival doesn't change much for you. I wasn't changing diapers. I was out playing arcade games at the shop. Mom and Abel got married. There was no ceremony, no exchange of rings. They went and signed the papers and that was it. A year or so later, my baby brother Andrew was born. I only vaguely remember my mom being gone for a few days and when she got back, there was now this thing in the house that cried and shat and got fed. But when you're nine years older than your sibling, their arrival doesn't change much for you. I wasn't changing diapers. I was out playing arcade games at the shop. 1 train male False None
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  1308 The main thing that marked Andrew's birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel's family during the Christmas holidays. They lived in Zannin, a town in Gazankulu, which had been the Tzonga homeland under apartheid. Zannin has a tropical climate, hot and humid. The white farms nearby grow some of the most amazing fruit, mangoes, lychees, the most beautiful bananas you've ever seen in your life. That's where all the fruit we export to Europe The main thing that marked Andrew's birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel's family during the Christmas holidays. They lived in Zannin, a town in Gazankulu, which had been the Tzonga homeland under apartheid. Zannin has a tropical climate, hot and humid. The white farms nearby grow some of the most amazing fruit, mangoes, lychees, the most beautiful bananas you've ever seen in your life. That's where all the fruit we export to Europe. 1 train male False None
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  1365.07 I looked at his arms and I knew, don't be on the other end of those things. I looked at his arms and I knew, don't be on the other end of those things. 1 train male False None
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  1365.08 I ducked in close and he kept hitting and hitting, but I was in too tight for him to land any solid blows. Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wrestle me. I ducked in close and he kept hitting and hitting, but I was in too tight for him to land any solid blows. Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wrestle me. 1 train male False None
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  1365.09 He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. 1 train male False None
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- 1365.10 Jesus that hurts. Jesus that hurts. 1 train male False None
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  1365.12 I had never been that scared before, ever, because there was no purpose to it. I had never been that scared before, ever, because there was no purpose to it. 1 train male False None
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  1365.13 That's what made it so terrifying. That's what made it so terrifying. 1 train male False None
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  1365.14 It wasn't discipline. It wasn't discipline. 1 train male False None
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  1447 The light changed. I couldn't even see the road, but I drove through the tears, thinking, just get there. Just get there. Just get there. We pulled up to the hospital and I jumped out of the car. There was an outdoor sitting area by the entrance to the emergency room. Andrew was standing there waiting for me. Alone, his clothes smeared with blood. He still looked perfectly calm, completely stoic. Then, the moment he looked up and saw me, The light changed. I couldn't even see the road, but I drove through the tears, thinking, just get there. Just get there. Just get there. We pulled up to the hospital and I jumped out of the car. There was an outdoor sitting area by the entrance to the emergency room. Andrew was standing there waiting for me. Alone, his clothes smeared with blood. He still looked perfectly calm, completely stoic. Then, the moment he looked up and saw me,. 1 train male False None
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  1448 I turned and ran into the emergency room. My mom was there in triage on a gurney. The doctors were stabilizing her. Her whole body was soaked in blood. There was a hole in her face, a gaping wound above her lip, part of her nose, gone. She was as calm and serene as I'd ever seen her. She could still open one eye, and she turned and looked up at me and saw the look of horror on my face. I turned and ran into the emergency room. My mom was there in triage on a gurney. The doctors were stabilizing her. Her whole body was soaked in blood. There was a hole in her face, a gaping wound above her lip, part of her nose, gone. She was as calm and serene as I'd ever seen her. She could still open one eye, and she turned and looked up at me and saw the look of horror on my face. 1 train male False None
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  145.01 I want to have a kid, she told him. I want to have a kid, she told him. 1 train male False None
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- 145.02 I don't want kids," he said. I don't want kids," he said. 1 train male False None
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  145.03 I didn't ask you to have a kid. I asked you to help me to have my kid. I didn't ask you to have a kid. I asked you to help me to have my kid. 1 train male False None
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  145.04 I just want the sperm from you. I just want the sperm from you. 1 train male False None
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  145.06 We don't do such things. We don't do such things. 1 train male False None
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  1455.006 Abel kept shooting and everyone ran. They scattered. My mom was struggling to get back to her feet when Abel walked up and stood over her. Abel kept shooting and everyone ran. They scattered. My mom was struggling to get back to her feet when Abel walked up and stood over her. 1 train male False None
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  1455.007 He pointed the gun at her head, point blank, execution style. He pointed the gun at her head, point blank, execution style. 1 train male False None
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  1455.008 Then he pulled the trigger. Then he pulled the trigger. 1 train male False None
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- 1455.010 Abel stopped to see what was wrong with the gun. My mother jumped up in a panic. She shoved him aside, ran for the car, jumped into the driver's seat. Abel stopped to see what was wrong with the gun. My mother jumped up in a panic. She shoved him aside, ran for the car, jumped into the driver's seat. 1 train male False None
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  1455.011 Andrew ran behind and jumped into the passenger seat next to her. Just as she turned the ignition, Andrew heard one last gunshot and the windshield went red. Andrew ran behind and jumped into the passenger seat next to her. Just as she turned the ignition, Andrew heard one last gunshot and the windshield went red. 1 train male False None
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  1455.012 Abel had fired from behind the car. Abel had fired from behind the car. 1 train male False None
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  1455.013 The bullets went into the back of her head and exited through the front of her face, and blood sprayed everywhere. The bullets went into the back of her head and exited through the front of her face, and blood sprayed everywhere. 1 train male False None
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  1465.06 Take this, I'll pay, I'll pay for everything. Take this, I'll pay, I'll pay for everything. 1 train male False None
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  1465.07 Sir, hospital can be very expensive. Sir, hospital can be very expensive. 1 train male False None
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  1465.09 Sir, I don't think you understand. Sir, I don't think you understand. 1 train male False None
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- 1465.10 Hospital can be really expensive. Hospital can be really expensive. 1 train male False None
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  1465.11 Lady, I have money. I'll pay anything. Just help us. Lady, I have money. I'll pay anything. Just help us. 1 train male False None
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  1465.12 Sir, you don't understand. Sir, you don't understand. 1 train male False None
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  1465.14 Three thousand... What? Lady, this is my mother's life we're talking about. I'll pay! Three thousand... What? Lady, this is my mother's life we're talking about. I'll pay!. 1 train male False None
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  1484 But what happened to your mother today was a miracle. I never say that because I hate it when people say it, but I don't have any other way to explain this. But what happened to your mother today was a miracle. I never say that because I hate it when people say it, but I don't have any other way to explain this. 1 train male False None
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  1485 The bullet that hit my mother in the butt, he said, was a through and through. It went in, came out, and didn't do any real damage. The other bullet went through the back of her head, entering below the skull at the top of her neck. It missed the spinal cord by her hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. With the trajectory the bullet was on, it was headed straight for her left The bullet that hit my mother in the butt, he said, was a through and through. It went in, came out, and didn't do any real damage. The other bullet went through the back of her head, entering below the skull at the top of her neck. It missed the spinal cord by her hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. With the trajectory the bullet was on, it was headed straight for her left. 1 train male False None
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  1486 On the gurney in the emergency room, the blood had made the wound look much worse than it was. The bullets took off only a tiny flap of skin on the side of her nostril and it came out clean with no bullet fragments left inside. She didn't even need surgery. They stopped the bleeding, stitched her up in back, stitched her up in front and let her heal. On the gurney in the emergency room, the blood had made the wound look much worse than it was. The bullets took off only a tiny flap of skin on the side of her nostril and it came out clean with no bullet fragments left inside. She didn't even need surgery. They stopped the bleeding, stitched her up in back, stitched her up in front and let her heal. 1 train male False None
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- 1487 There was nothing we can do because there's nothing we need to do," the doctor said. There was nothing we can do because there's nothing we need to do," the doctor said. 1 train male False None
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  1489 She was back at work in Seven. She was back at work in Seven. 1 train male False None
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  149 When the doctors pulled me out, there was an awkward moment where they said, huh, that's a very light-skinned baby. When the doctors pulled me out, there was an awkward moment where they said, huh, that's a very light skinned baby. 1 train male False None
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  1490 The doctors kept her sedated the rest of that day and night to rest. They told all of us to go home. She's stable, they said. There's nothing you can do here. Go home and sleep. The doctors kept her sedated the rest of that day and night to rest. They told all of us to go home. She's stable, they said. There's nothing you can do here. Go home and sleep. 1 train male False None
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  151 Who is the father? They asked. His father is from Swaziland, my mother said, referring to the tiny landlocked kingdom in the west of South Africa. Who is the father? They asked. His father is from Swaziland, my mother said, referring to the tiny landlocked kingdom in the west of South Africa. 1 train male False None
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  1510 We sat there and she squeezed my hand, and we cracked each other up the way we always did. Mother and son, laughing together through the pain in an intensive care recovery room on a bright and sunny and beautiful day. We sat there and she squeezed my hand, and we cracked each other up the way we always did. Mother and son, laughing together through the pain in an intensive care recovery room on a bright and sunny and beautiful day. 1 train male False None
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  1512 When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four-year-old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. As they drove, Isaac turned to his dad. Dad, why did you kill mom? he asked, at that point assuming, as we all did, that my mom was dead. When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four year old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. As they drove, Isaac turned to his dad. Dad, why did you kill mom? he asked, at that point assuming, as we all did, that my mom was dead. 1 train male False None
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- 1513 because I'm very unhappy," Abel replied, because I'm very sad. Yeah, but you shouldn't kill mom. Where are we going now? because I'm very unhappy," Abel replied, because I'm very sad. Yeah, but you shouldn't kill mom. Where are we going now?. 1 train male False None
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  1514 I'm going to drop you off at your uncle's house. And where are you going? I'm going to kill myself. But don't kill yourself, Dad. I'm going to drop you off at your uncle's house. And where are you going? I'm going to kill myself. But don't kill yourself, Dad. 1 train male False None
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  1515 No, I'm going to kill myself. No, I'm going to kill myself. 1 train male False None
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  1517 He spent that day and went to everyone, relatives and friends, and said his goodbyes. He even told people what he had done. This is what I've done. I've killed her. He spent that day and went to everyone, relatives and friends, and said his goodbyes. He even told people what he had done. This is what I've done. I've killed her. 1 train male False None
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  237.06 Then years later, a third wall and eventually a fourth. Then years later, a third wall and eventually a fourth. 1 train male False None
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  237.07 Now you had a room. Now you had a room. 1 train male False None
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- 237.10 than Windows. than Windows. 1 train male False None
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  237.12 then your daughter would start a family. then your daughter would start a family. 1 train male False None
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  237.14 You'd add another corrugated iron structure onto your brick room and slowly over yours turn that into a proper room for them as well. You'd add another corrugated iron structure onto your brick room and slowly over yours turn that into a proper room for them as well. 1 train male False None
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  273.06 Then, my mom and my gran stood around the burning shit, praying and singing songs of praise. Then, my mom and my gran stood around the burning shit, praying and singing songs of praise. 1 train male False None
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  273.07 The commotion didn't stop there, because when there's a demon around, the whole community has to join together to drive it out. If you're not part of the prayer, the demon might leave our house and go to your house and curse you. So we needed everyone. The commotion didn't stop there, because when there's a demon around, the whole community has to join together to drive it out. If you're not part of the prayer, the demon might leave our house and go to your house and curse you. So we needed everyone. 1 train male False None
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- 273.10 My tiny old gran was out the gate going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Come, we've been bewitched! My tiny old gran was out the gate going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Come, we've been bewitched!. 1 train male False None
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  273.11 I stood there, my shit burning in the driveway, my poor aged grandmother tottering up and down the streets in a panic and I didn't know what to do. I knew there was no demon, but there was nowhere I could come clean. The hiding I would have to endure. Good lord. Honesty was never the best policy when it came to a hiding. I kept quiet. I stood there, my shit burning in the driveway, my poor aged grandmother tottering up and down the streets in a panic and I didn't know what to do. I knew there was no demon, but there was nowhere I could come clean. The hiding I would have to endure. Good lord. Honesty was never the best policy when it came to a hiding. I kept quiet. 1 train male False None
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  273 Once my mom found the turd, all hell broke loose. This was serious. They had evidence. She came into the bedroom. Trevor, Trevor, wake up. What? I said, playing dumb. What's going on? Come, come, come. There's a demon in the house. She took my hand and dragged me out of bed. It was all hands on deck. Time for action. The first thing we had to do was go outside and burn the shit. That's what you do with witchcraft. The only way to destroy it is to burn the physical. Once my mom found the turd, all hell broke loose. This was serious. They had evidence. She came into the bedroom. Trevor, Trevor, wake up. What? I said, playing dumb. What's going on? Come, come, come. There's a demon in the house. She took my hand and dragged me out of bed. It was all hands on deck. Time for action. The first thing we had to do was go outside and burn the shit. That's what you do with witchcraft. The only way to destroy it is to burn the physical. 1 train male False None
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  275 I was terrified. I believed in the power of prayer. I knew that my prayers worked. So if I prayed to God to kill the thing that left the shit, and the thing that left the shit was me, then God was going to kill me. I was terrified. I believed in the power of prayer. I knew that my prayers worked. So if I prayed to God to kill the thing that left the shit, and the thing that left the shit was me, then God was going to kill me. 1 train male False None
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  596 Then we came home one evening and found the cats strung up by their tails from our front gate, gutted and skinned and bleeding out. Their heads chopped off. On our front wall, someone had written in Afrikaans, Hex, Witch. Then we came home one evening and found the cats strung up by their tails from our front gate, gutted and skinned and bleeding out. Their heads chopped off. On our front wall, someone had written in Afrikaans, Hex, Witch. 1 train male False None
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  597 Colored people apparently were no more progressive than black people on the issue of cats. Colored people apparently were no more progressive than black people on the issue of cats. 1 train male False None
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  598 I wasn't exactly devastated about the cats. I don't think we'd had them long enough for me to get attached. I don't even remember their names. And cats are dicks for the most part. As much as I tried, they never felt like real pets. They never showed me affection, nor did they accept any of mine. Had the cats made more of an effort, I might have felt like I had lost something. But even as a kid, looking at these dead mutilated animals, I was like, well, there you have it. Maybe if they'd been nicer, they could have avoided this. I wasn't exactly devastated about the cats. I don't think we'd had them long enough for me to get attached. I don't even remember their names. And cats are dicks for the most part. As much as I tried, they never felt like real pets. They never showed me affection, nor did they accept any of mine. Had the cats made more of an effort, I might have felt like I had lost something. But even as a kid, looking at these dead mutilated animals, I was like, well, there you have it. Maybe if they'd been nicer, they could have avoided this. 1 train male False None
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- 6 Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years." Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.". 1 train male False None
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  60 The political dynamic between these two groups was very complicated, but the simplest way to understand it is as a proxy war between Zulu and Khosa. The Inkata was predominantly Zulu, very militant and very nationalistic. The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Khosa. Instead of uniting for peace, they turned on one another, committing acts of unbelievable savagery. The political dynamic between these two groups was very complicated, but the simplest way to understand it is as a proxy war between Zulu and Khosa. The Inkata was predominantly Zulu, very militant and very nationalistic. The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Khosa. Instead of uniting for peace, they turned on one another, committing acts of unbelievable savagery. 1 train male False None
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  600 Then we got dogs. Dogs are cool. Almost every black family I knew had a dog. No matter how poor you were, you had a dog. Then we got dogs. Dogs are cool. Almost every black family I knew had a dog. No matter how poor you were, you had a dog. 1 train male False None
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  601 White people treat dogs like children or members of the family. Black people's dogs are more for protection, a poor man's alarm system. You buy a dog and you keep it out in the yard. Black people name dogs by their traits. If it has stripes, you call it tiger. If it's vicious, you call it danger. If it has spots, you call it spotty. White people treat dogs like children or members of the family. Black people's dogs are more for protection, a poor man's alarm system. You buy a dog and you keep it out in the yard. Black people name dogs by their traits. If it has stripes, you call it tiger. If it's vicious, you call it danger. If it has spots, you call it spotty. 1 train male False None
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  767.06 She knew what would happen. She knew what would happen. 1 train male False None
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  767.07 She knew better than me. She knew better than me. 1 train male False None
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  767.08 Don't tell me what Abel said. Don't tell me what Abel said. 1 train male False None
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- 767.10 It's not nothing, I said. It's not nothing, I said. 1 train male False None
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  767.11 She glared at me. Don't tell him. She glared at me. Don't tell him. 1 train male False None
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  767.12 Abel was getting frustrated. What? Don't tell me what. Abel was getting frustrated. What? Don't tell me what. 1 train male False None
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  767.13 He'd been drinking. He'd been drinking. 1 train male False None
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  839.007 I'd make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids' money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. I'd make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids' money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. 1 train male False None
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  839.008 Then I could afford to catch a bus home instead of walking or save up to buy whatever. Then I could afford to catch a bus home instead of walking or save up to buy whatever. 1 train male False None
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  839.009 Every day I'll take orders. Assembly would end, and I'd make my mad dash and buy everybody's hot dogs and cokes and muffins. Every day I'll take orders. Assembly would end, and I'd make my mad dash and buy everybody's hot dogs and cokes and muffins. 1 train male False None
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- 839.010 If you paid me extra, you could even tell me where you'd be and I'll deliver it to you. If you paid me extra, you could even tell me where you'd be and I'll deliver it to you. 1 train male False None
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  839.012 Since I belong to no group, I learn to move seamlessly between groups. Since I belong to no group, I learn to move seamlessly between groups. 1 train male False None
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  839.013 I floated. I was a chameleon. Still a cultural chameleon. I floated. I was a chameleon. Still a cultural chameleon. 1 train male False None
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  839.014 I learned how to blend. I learned how to blend. 1 train male False None
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  839.017 I was like a weed dealer, but of food. I was like a weed dealer, but of food. 1 train male False None
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  839.018 The weed guy is always welcome at the party. He's not a part of the circle, but he's invited into the circle temporarily because of what he can offer. The weed guy is always welcome at the party. He's not a part of the circle, but he's invited into the circle temporarily because of what he can offer. 1 train male False None
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  839.019 That's who I was. Always an outsider. That's who I was. Always an outsider. 1 train male False None
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- 839.020 As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or you can go the other way. You protect yourself by opening up. You don't ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you're willing to share. As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or you can go the other way. You protect yourself by opening up. You don't ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you're willing to share. 1 train male False None
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  84 A Zulu driver got out with an Iwiisa. A large traditional Zulu weapon. A war club, basically. They're used to smash people's skulls in. Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side. They walked up to the driver's side of the car we were in, grabbed the man who'd offered us a ride, pulled him out, and started shoving their clubs in his face. Why are you stealing our customers? Why are you picking people up? It looked like they were gonna kill this guy. I knew that happened sometimes. A Zulu driver got out with an Iwiisa. A large traditional Zulu weapon. A war club, basically. They're used to smash people's skulls in. Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side. They walked up to the driver's side of the car we were in, grabbed the man who'd offered us a ride, pulled him out, and started shoving their clubs in his face. Why are you stealing our customers? Why are you picking people up? It looked like they were gonna kill this guy. I knew that happened sometimes. 1 train male False None
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  840 I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be a part of any group that was laughing. I'd drop in, pass out the snacks, tell a few jokes. I'd perform for them. I'd catch a bit of their conversation, learn more about their group, and then leave. I never overstayed my welcome. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time, I was all by myself. I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be a part of any group that was laughing. I'd drop in, pass out the snacks, tell a few jokes. I'd perform for them. I'd catch a bit of their conversation, learn more about their group, and then leave. I never overstayed my welcome. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time, I was all by myself. 1 train male False None
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  841 I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. What if? I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. What if?. 1 train male False None
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  878.006 A dozen of them, at least. A dozen of them, at least. 1 train male False None
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  878.007 I was running with my head down. I was running with my head down. 1 train male False None
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  878.009 I was in that more all the time. I was in that more all the time. 1 train male False None
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- 878.010 The gods knew my mom too. The gods knew my mom too. 1 train male False None
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  878.011 She did her banking at that time. She did her banking at that time. 1 train male False None
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  878.012 if they even caught a glimpse of who I was. if they even caught a glimpse of who I was. 1 train male False None
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  878.014 We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars. 1 train male False None
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  878.016 They chased and chased and we ran and ran and it was awesome. They chased and chased and we ran and ran and it was awesome. 1 train male False None
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  878.017 The risk of getting caught was half the fun of being naughty. The risk of getting caught was half the fun of being naughty. 1 train male False None
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  878.019 This was my turf. This was my neighborhood. This was my turf. This was my neighborhood. 1 train male False None
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- 878.020 You couldn't catch me in my neighborhood? You couldn't catch me in my neighborhood?. 1 train male False None
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  878.021 I knew every alley and every street, every back wall to climb over, every fence with a gap big enough to slip through. I knew every alley and every street, every back wall to climb over, every fence with a gap big enough to slip through. 1 train male False None
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  878.022 I knew every shortcut you could possibly imagine. I knew every shortcut you could possibly imagine. 1 train male False None
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  878.024 You know, in case shit went down. You know, in case shit went down. 1 train male False None
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  878.026 who needed to know where every camera was and where all the exit points were. who needed to know where every camera was and where all the exit points were. 1 train male False None
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  878.027 I knew we couldn't run forever. We needed a plan. I knew we couldn't run forever. We needed a plan. 1 train male False None
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  878.029 I knew that there was a hole in the fence to squeeze through, and on the far side was an empty field behind the mall that took you back to the main road and back to my house. I knew that there was a hole in the fence to squeeze through, and on the far side was an empty field behind the mall that took you back to the main road and back to my house. 1 train male False None
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- 878.030 A grown-up couldn't fit through the hole, but a kid could. A grown up couldn't fit through the hole, but a kid could. 1 train male False None
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  878.031 All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off. All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off. 1 train male False None
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  878.032 Now that I needed an escape, I had one. Now that I needed an escape, I had one. 1 train male False None
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  878.034 No, it's a dead end! No, it's a dead end!. 1 train male False None
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  878.036 He didn't. He didn't. 1 train male False None
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  878.037 I turned and ran into the dead end. Teddy broke the other way. I turned and ran into the dead end. Teddy broke the other way. 1 train male False None
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  878.039 Hoff followed me. Hoff followed me. 1 train male False None
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- 878.040 I got to the fence and knew exactly how to squirm through. I got to the fence and knew exactly how to squirm through. 1 train male False None
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  878.041 Head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg, done. I was through. The guards hit the fence behind me and couldn't follow. I ran across the field to a fence on the far side, popped through there, and then I was right on the road, three blocks from my house. Head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg, done. I was through. The guards hit the fence behind me and couldn't follow. I ran across the field to a fence on the far side, popped through there, and then I was right on the road, three blocks from my house. 1 train male False None
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  878.042 I slipped my hands into my pockets and casually walked home. I slipped my hands into my pockets and casually walked home. 1 train male False None
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  879 Once I got back to my house, I waited for Teddy. He didn't show up. Once I got back to my house, I waited for Teddy. He didn't show up. 1 train male False None
 
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  1094 There's little in the way of basic sanitation. Trashes everywhere. Typically a garbage fire going down some side streets. There's always something burning in the hood. There's little in the way of basic sanitation. Trashes everywhere. Typically a garbage fire going down some side streets. There's always something burning in the hood. 1 train male False None
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  1095 As you walk, there's every smell you can imagine. People are cooking, eating takeaways in the streets. Some family has a shack that's jury-rigged onto the back of someone else's shack, and they don't have any running water. So they've bathed in a bucket from the outdoor tap and then dumped the dirty water in the street, where it runs into the river of sewerage that's already there because the water system has backed up again. As you walk, there's every smell you can imagine. People are cooking, eating takeaways in the streets. Some family has a shack that's jury rigged onto the back of someone else's shack, and they don't have any running water. So they've bathed in a bucket from the outdoor tap and then dumped the dirty water in the street, where it runs into the river of sewerage that's already there because the water system has backed up again. 1 train male False None
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  1096 There's a guy fixing cars who thinks he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't. He's dumping old motor oil into the street and now the oil is combining with the dirty bathwater to make a river of filth running down the streets. There's probably a goat hanging around. There's always a goat. As you're walking, sound washes over you. The steady thrum of human activity. People talking in a dozen different languages. Chatting, haggling, arguing. There's a guy fixing cars who thinks he knows what he's doing, but he doesn't. He's dumping old motor oil into the street and now the oil is combining with the dirty bathwater to make a river of filth running down the streets. There's probably a goat hanging around. There's always a goat. As you're walking, sound washes over you. The steady thrum of human activity. People talking in a dozen different languages. Chatting, haggling, arguing. 1 train male False None
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+ 1098 After 20th Avenue, you hit the Yookske River. And on the far side of that, across the Roosevelt Street Bridge was East Bank. The newest, nicest part of the hood. East Bank was where the government had gone in, cleared out the squatters and their shacks and started to build actual homes. It was still low-income housing, but decent two-bedroom houses with tiny yards. The families who lived there had a bit of money and usually sent their kids out of the hood to better school. After twenty th Avenue, you hit the Yookske River. And on the far side of that, across the Roosevelt Street Bridge was East Bank. The newest, nicest part of the hood. East Bank was where the government had gone in, cleared out the squatters and their shacks and started to build actual homes. It was still low income housing, but decent two bedroom houses with tiny yards. The families who lived there had a bit of money and usually sent their kids out of the hood to better school. 1 train male False None
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  1099 I graduated from high school when I was 17 and by that point life at home had become toxic because of my stepfather. I didn't want to be there anymore and my mom agreed that I should move out. She helped me move to a cheap, roach-infested flat in a building down the road. My plan, insofar as I had one, was to go to university to be a computer programmer. But we couldn't afford the tuition. I needed to make money. The only way I knew how to make money was selling pirated CDs. I graduated from high school when I was seventeen and by that point life at home had become toxic because of my stepfather. I didn't want to be there anymore and my mom agreed that I should move out. She helped me move to a cheap, roach infested flat in a building down the road. My plan, insofar as I had one, was to go to university to be a computer programmer. But we couldn't afford the tuition. I needed to make money. The only way I knew how to make money was selling pirated CDs. 1 train male False None
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  11 Perhaps the starkest of those divisions was between South Africa's two dominant tribes, the Zulu and the Tosa. Perhaps the starkest of those divisions was between South Africa's two dominant tribes, the Zulu and the Tosa. 1 train male False None
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  110 In America, you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations, coupled with slavery, followed by segregation. In America, you had the forced removal of the native onto reservations, coupled with slavery, followed by segregation. 1 train male False None
 
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  1127.05 White people have insurance. White people have insurance. 1 train male False None
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  1127.06 Insurance Insurance. 1 train male False None
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  1127.09 So it's like they've lost nothing. So it's like they've lost nothing. 1 train male False None
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+ 1127.1 Oh, okay, I said. Oh, okay, I said. 1 train male False None
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  1127.11 Sounds nice. Sounds nice. 1 train male False None
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  1127 At first, I didn't know not to ask. I remember one time, we bought a car stereo or something like that. But who did this belong to? I said. Hey, don't worry about it. One of the guys told me. White people have insurance. Insurance? Yeah. When white people lose stuff, they have insurance policies that pay them cash for what they've lost. So it's like they've lost nothing. Oh, okay. I said. Sounds nice. At first, I didn't know not to ask. I remember one time, we bought a car stereo or something like that. But who did this belong to? I said. Hey, don't worry about it. One of the guys told me. White people have insurance. Insurance? Yeah. When white people lose stuff, they have insurance policies that pay them cash for what they've lost. So it's like they've lost nothing. Oh, okay. I said. Sounds nice. 1 train male False None
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  1129 It's easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong. Different definitions of what constitutes crime and what level of crime they're willing to participate in. It's easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong. Different definitions of what constitutes crime and what level of crime they're willing to participate in. 1 train male False None
 
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  1146.07 More guys would come through selling stuff too. More guys would come through selling stuff too. 1 train male False None
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  1146.08 because they'd been out hustling and stealing all day. because they'd been out hustling and stealing all day. 1 train male False None
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  1146.09 There'd be a guy selling a cell phone. There'd be a guy selling a cell phone. 1 train male False None
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+ 1146.1 A guy selling some leather jacket. A guy selling some leather jacket. 1 train male False None
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  1146.12 There was this one dude who looked like a black version of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. There was this one dude who looked like a black version of Mr. Burns from The Simpsons. 1 train male False None
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  1146.13 He'd always come by at the end of his shift with the most random useless crap. He'd always come by at the end of his shift with the most random useless crap. 1 train male False None
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  1146.14 like an electric toothbrush without the charger. like an electric toothbrush without the charger. 1 train male False None
 
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  1240.006 Shit's about to get loco essay. Shit's about to get loco essay. 1 train male False None
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  1240.007 That's basically what I was doing. That's basically what I was doing. 1 train male False None
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  1240.008 the South African version of that. the South African version of that. 1 train male False None
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+ 1240.01 But it worked. But it worked. 1 train male False None
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  1240.011 The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. They had no idea what real colored gangsters were like. The guys in the cell with me, they were there for drunk driving, for domestic abuse, for petty theft. They had no idea what real colored gangsters were like. 1 train male False None
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  1240.012 Everyone left me alone. Everyone left me alone. 1 train male False None
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  1240.013 We were all playing a game. Only nobody knew we were playing it. We were all playing a game. Only nobody knew we were playing it. 1 train male False None
 
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  1240.016 So I went shits. So I went shits. 1 train male False None
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  1240.017 These people are hardened criminals. These people are hardened criminals. 1 train male False None
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  1240.018 I shouldn't be here because I am not a criminal. I shouldn't be here because I am not a criminal. 1 train male False None
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+ 1240.02 One by one, guys left to go to their hearings. I stayed to wait for my lawyer, and new people started to pitch up. Now, I was the veteran. One by one, guys left to go to their hearings. I stayed to wait for my lawyer, and new people started to pitch up. Now, I was the veteran. 1 train male False None
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  1240.021 Doing my colored gangster routine giving the new guys the same look. I'm dangerous Don't fuck with me Doing my colored gangster routine giving the new guys the same look. I'm dangerous Don't fuck with me. 1 train male False None
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  1240.022 And they looked at me and went, shit, he's a hardened criminal. I shouldn't be here because I'm not like him. And they looked at me and went, shit, he's a hardened criminal. I shouldn't be here because I'm not like him. 1 train male False None
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  1240 I figured that if I was in jail, people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail. A violent criminal. So I played it up. I put on this character. I played the stereotype. Anytime the cops asked me questions, I started speaking in broken off recants with a thick colored accent. Imagine a white guy in America, just dark enough to pass for Latino, walking around jail, doing bad Mexican gangster dialogue from the movies. I figured that if I was in jail, people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail. A violent criminal. So I played it up. I put on this character. I played the stereotype. Anytime the cops asked me questions, I started speaking in broken off recants with a thick colored accent. Imagine a white guy in America, just dark enough to pass for Latino, walking around jail, doing bad Mexican gangster dialogue from the movies. 1 train male False None
 
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  1300 It must be my fault. This is happening. It's the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath? It must be my fault. This is happening. It's the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath?. 1 train male False None
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  1302 One night, my mom and I were at a prayer meeting and she took me aside. Hey, she said, I want to tell you something. One night, my mom and I were at a prayer meeting and she took me aside. Hey, she said, I want to tell you something. 1 train male False None
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  1303 Abel and I are going to get married. Instinctively, without even asking, I said, I don't think that's a good idea. I wasn't upset or anything. I just had a sense about the guy. An intuition. I'd felt it even before the mulberry tree. That night hadn't changed my feelings towards Abel. It had only shown me, in flesh and blood, what he was capable of. Abel and I are going to get married. Instinctively, without even asking, I said, I don't think that's a good idea. I wasn't upset or anything. I just had a sense about the guy. An intuition. I'd felt it even before the mulberry tree. That night hadn't changed my feelings towards Abel. It had only shown me, in flesh and blood, what he was capable of. 1 train male False None
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+ 1304 " I understand that it's hard, she said. I understand that you don't want a new dad."" No, I said. It's not that. I like Abel. I like him a lot. But you shouldn't marry him. I didn't know the word sinister then, but if I had, I probably would have used it. There's just something not right about him. I don't trust him. I don't think he's a good person." "I understand that it's hard, she said. I understand that you don't want a new dad."" No, I said. It's not that. I like Abel. I like him a lot. But you shouldn't marry him. I didn't know the word sinister then, but if I had, I probably would have used it. There's just something not right about him. I don't trust him. I don't think he's a good person." 1 train male False None
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  1305 I'd always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I'd never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. I enjoyed being with Abel, the same way I enjoyed playing with a tiger cub the first time I went to a tiger sanctuary. I liked it, I had fun with it, but I never thought about bringing it home. I'd always been fine with my mom dating this guy, but I'd never considered the possibility of him becoming a permanent addition to our family. I enjoyed being with Abel, the same way I enjoyed playing with a tiger cub the first time I went to a tiger sanctuary. I liked it, I had fun with it, but I never thought about bringing it home. 1 train male False None
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  1307 Mom and Abel got married. There was no ceremony, no exchange of rings. They went and signed the papers and that was it. A year or so later, my baby brother Andrew was born. I only vaguely remember my mom being gone for a few days and when she got back, there was now this thing in the house that cried and shat and got fed. But when you're nine years older than your sibling, their arrival doesn't change much for you. I wasn't changing diapers. I was out playing arcade games at the shop. Mom and Abel got married. There was no ceremony, no exchange of rings. They went and signed the papers and that was it. A year or so later, my baby brother Andrew was born. I only vaguely remember my mom being gone for a few days and when she got back, there was now this thing in the house that cried and shat and got fed. But when you're nine years older than your sibling, their arrival doesn't change much for you. I wasn't changing diapers. I was out playing arcade games at the shop. 1 train male False None
343
  1308 The main thing that marked Andrew's birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel's family during the Christmas holidays. They lived in Zannin, a town in Gazankulu, which had been the Tzonga homeland under apartheid. Zannin has a tropical climate, hot and humid. The white farms nearby grow some of the most amazing fruit, mangoes, lychees, the most beautiful bananas you've ever seen in your life. That's where all the fruit we export to Europe The main thing that marked Andrew's birth for me was our first trip to meet Abel's family during the Christmas holidays. They lived in Zannin, a town in Gazankulu, which had been the Tzonga homeland under apartheid. Zannin has a tropical climate, hot and humid. The white farms nearby grow some of the most amazing fruit, mangoes, lychees, the most beautiful bananas you've ever seen in your life. That's where all the fruit we export to Europe. 1 train male False None
 
398
  1365.07 I looked at his arms and I knew, don't be on the other end of those things. I looked at his arms and I knew, don't be on the other end of those things. 1 train male False None
399
  1365.08 I ducked in close and he kept hitting and hitting, but I was in too tight for him to land any solid blows. Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wrestle me. I ducked in close and he kept hitting and hitting, but I was in too tight for him to land any solid blows. Then he caught on and he stopped hitting and started trying to grapple and wrestle me. 1 train male False None
400
  1365.09 He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. 1 train male False None
401
+ 1365.1 Jesus that hurts. Jesus that hurts. 1 train male False None
402
  1365.12 I had never been that scared before, ever, because there was no purpose to it. I had never been that scared before, ever, because there was no purpose to it. 1 train male False None
403
  1365.13 That's what made it so terrifying. That's what made it so terrifying. 1 train male False None
404
  1365.14 It wasn't discipline. It wasn't discipline. 1 train male False None
 
492
  1447 The light changed. I couldn't even see the road, but I drove through the tears, thinking, just get there. Just get there. Just get there. We pulled up to the hospital and I jumped out of the car. There was an outdoor sitting area by the entrance to the emergency room. Andrew was standing there waiting for me. Alone, his clothes smeared with blood. He still looked perfectly calm, completely stoic. Then, the moment he looked up and saw me, The light changed. I couldn't even see the road, but I drove through the tears, thinking, just get there. Just get there. Just get there. We pulled up to the hospital and I jumped out of the car. There was an outdoor sitting area by the entrance to the emergency room. Andrew was standing there waiting for me. Alone, his clothes smeared with blood. He still looked perfectly calm, completely stoic. Then, the moment he looked up and saw me,. 1 train male False None
493
  1448 I turned and ran into the emergency room. My mom was there in triage on a gurney. The doctors were stabilizing her. Her whole body was soaked in blood. There was a hole in her face, a gaping wound above her lip, part of her nose, gone. She was as calm and serene as I'd ever seen her. She could still open one eye, and she turned and looked up at me and saw the look of horror on my face. I turned and ran into the emergency room. My mom was there in triage on a gurney. The doctors were stabilizing her. Her whole body was soaked in blood. There was a hole in her face, a gaping wound above her lip, part of her nose, gone. She was as calm and serene as I'd ever seen her. She could still open one eye, and she turned and looked up at me and saw the look of horror on my face. 1 train male False None
494
  145.01 I want to have a kid, she told him. I want to have a kid, she told him. 1 train male False None
495
+ 145.02 " I don't want kids,"" he said." "I don't want kids,"" he said." 1 train male False None
496
  145.03 I didn't ask you to have a kid. I asked you to help me to have my kid. I didn't ask you to have a kid. I asked you to help me to have my kid. 1 train male False None
497
  145.04 I just want the sperm from you. I just want the sperm from you. 1 train male False None
498
  145.06 We don't do such things. We don't do such things. 1 train male False None
 
511
  1455.006 Abel kept shooting and everyone ran. They scattered. My mom was struggling to get back to her feet when Abel walked up and stood over her. Abel kept shooting and everyone ran. They scattered. My mom was struggling to get back to her feet when Abel walked up and stood over her. 1 train male False None
512
  1455.007 He pointed the gun at her head, point blank, execution style. He pointed the gun at her head, point blank, execution style. 1 train male False None
513
  1455.008 Then he pulled the trigger. Then he pulled the trigger. 1 train male False None
514
+ 1455.01 Abel stopped to see what was wrong with the gun. My mother jumped up in a panic. She shoved him aside, ran for the car, jumped into the driver's seat. Abel stopped to see what was wrong with the gun. My mother jumped up in a panic. She shoved him aside, ran for the car, jumped into the driver's seat. 1 train male False None
515
  1455.011 Andrew ran behind and jumped into the passenger seat next to her. Just as she turned the ignition, Andrew heard one last gunshot and the windshield went red. Andrew ran behind and jumped into the passenger seat next to her. Just as she turned the ignition, Andrew heard one last gunshot and the windshield went red. 1 train male False None
516
  1455.012 Abel had fired from behind the car. Abel had fired from behind the car. 1 train male False None
517
  1455.013 The bullets went into the back of her head and exited through the front of her face, and blood sprayed everywhere. The bullets went into the back of her head and exited through the front of her face, and blood sprayed everywhere. 1 train male False None
 
532
  1465.06 Take this, I'll pay, I'll pay for everything. Take this, I'll pay, I'll pay for everything. 1 train male False None
533
  1465.07 Sir, hospital can be very expensive. Sir, hospital can be very expensive. 1 train male False None
534
  1465.09 Sir, I don't think you understand. Sir, I don't think you understand. 1 train male False None
535
+ 1465.1 Hospital can be really expensive. Hospital can be really expensive. 1 train male False None
536
  1465.11 Lady, I have money. I'll pay anything. Just help us. Lady, I have money. I'll pay anything. Just help us. 1 train male False None
537
  1465.12 Sir, you don't understand. Sir, you don't understand. 1 train male False None
538
  1465.14 Three thousand... What? Lady, this is my mother's life we're talking about. I'll pay! Three thousand... What? Lady, this is my mother's life we're talking about. I'll pay!. 1 train male False None
 
558
  1484 But what happened to your mother today was a miracle. I never say that because I hate it when people say it, but I don't have any other way to explain this. But what happened to your mother today was a miracle. I never say that because I hate it when people say it, but I don't have any other way to explain this. 1 train male False None
559
  1485 The bullet that hit my mother in the butt, he said, was a through and through. It went in, came out, and didn't do any real damage. The other bullet went through the back of her head, entering below the skull at the top of her neck. It missed the spinal cord by her hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. With the trajectory the bullet was on, it was headed straight for her left The bullet that hit my mother in the butt, he said, was a through and through. It went in, came out, and didn't do any real damage. The other bullet went through the back of her head, entering below the skull at the top of her neck. It missed the spinal cord by her hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. With the trajectory the bullet was on, it was headed straight for her left. 1 train male False None
560
  1486 On the gurney in the emergency room, the blood had made the wound look much worse than it was. The bullets took off only a tiny flap of skin on the side of her nostril and it came out clean with no bullet fragments left inside. She didn't even need surgery. They stopped the bleeding, stitched her up in back, stitched her up in front and let her heal. On the gurney in the emergency room, the blood had made the wound look much worse than it was. The bullets took off only a tiny flap of skin on the side of her nostril and it came out clean with no bullet fragments left inside. She didn't even need surgery. They stopped the bleeding, stitched her up in back, stitched her up in front and let her heal. 1 train male False None
561
+ 1487 " There was nothing we can do because there's nothing we need to do,"" the doctor said." "There was nothing we can do because there's nothing we need to do,"" the doctor said." 1 train male False None
562
  1489 She was back at work in Seven. She was back at work in Seven. 1 train male False None
563
  149 When the doctors pulled me out, there was an awkward moment where they said, huh, that's a very light-skinned baby. When the doctors pulled me out, there was an awkward moment where they said, huh, that's a very light skinned baby. 1 train male False None
564
  1490 The doctors kept her sedated the rest of that day and night to rest. They told all of us to go home. She's stable, they said. There's nothing you can do here. Go home and sleep. The doctors kept her sedated the rest of that day and night to rest. They told all of us to go home. She's stable, they said. There's nothing you can do here. Go home and sleep. 1 train male False None
 
584
  151 Who is the father? They asked. His father is from Swaziland, my mother said, referring to the tiny landlocked kingdom in the west of South Africa. Who is the father? They asked. His father is from Swaziland, my mother said, referring to the tiny landlocked kingdom in the west of South Africa. 1 train male False None
585
  1510 We sat there and she squeezed my hand, and we cracked each other up the way we always did. Mother and son, laughing together through the pain in an intensive care recovery room on a bright and sunny and beautiful day. We sat there and she squeezed my hand, and we cracked each other up the way we always did. Mother and son, laughing together through the pain in an intensive care recovery room on a bright and sunny and beautiful day. 1 train male False None
586
  1512 When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four-year-old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. As they drove, Isaac turned to his dad. Dad, why did you kill mom? he asked, at that point assuming, as we all did, that my mom was dead. When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four year old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. As they drove, Isaac turned to his dad. Dad, why did you kill mom? he asked, at that point assuming, as we all did, that my mom was dead. 1 train male False None
587
+ 1513 " because I'm very unhappy,"" Abel replied, because I'm very sad. Yeah, but you shouldn't kill mom. Where are we going now?" "because I'm very unhappy,"" Abel replied, because I'm very sad. Yeah, but you shouldn't kill mom. Where are we going now?." 1 train male False None
588
  1514 I'm going to drop you off at your uncle's house. And where are you going? I'm going to kill myself. But don't kill yourself, Dad. I'm going to drop you off at your uncle's house. And where are you going? I'm going to kill myself. But don't kill yourself, Dad. 1 train male False None
589
  1515 No, I'm going to kill myself. No, I'm going to kill myself. 1 train male False None
590
  1517 He spent that day and went to everyone, relatives and friends, and said his goodbyes. He even told people what he had done. This is what I've done. I've killed her. He spent that day and went to everyone, relatives and friends, and said his goodbyes. He even told people what he had done. This is what I've done. I've killed her. 1 train male False None
 
692
  237.06 Then years later, a third wall and eventually a fourth. Then years later, a third wall and eventually a fourth. 1 train male False None
693
  237.07 Now you had a room. Now you had a room. 1 train male False None
694
  237.09 then you'd save up for a roof. then you'd save up for a roof. 1 train male False None
695
+ 237.1 than Windows. than Windows. 1 train male False None
696
  237.11 then you'd plaster the thing. then you'd plaster the thing. 1 train male False None
697
  237.12 then your daughter would start a family. then your daughter would start a family. 1 train male False None
698
  237.14 You'd add another corrugated iron structure onto your brick room and slowly over yours turn that into a proper room for them as well. You'd add another corrugated iron structure onto your brick room and slowly over yours turn that into a proper room for them as well. 1 train male False None
 
744
  273.06 Then, my mom and my gran stood around the burning shit, praying and singing songs of praise. Then, my mom and my gran stood around the burning shit, praying and singing songs of praise. 1 train male False None
745
  273.07 The commotion didn't stop there, because when there's a demon around, the whole community has to join together to drive it out. If you're not part of the prayer, the demon might leave our house and go to your house and curse you. So we needed everyone. The commotion didn't stop there, because when there's a demon around, the whole community has to join together to drive it out. If you're not part of the prayer, the demon might leave our house and go to your house and curse you. So we needed everyone. 1 train male False None
746
  273.09 The call went out. The call went out. 1 train male False None
747
+ 273.1 My tiny old gran was out the gate going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Come, we've been bewitched! My tiny old gran was out the gate going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Come, we've been bewitched!. 1 train male False None
748
  273.11 I stood there, my shit burning in the driveway, my poor aged grandmother tottering up and down the streets in a panic and I didn't know what to do. I knew there was no demon, but there was nowhere I could come clean. The hiding I would have to endure. Good lord. Honesty was never the best policy when it came to a hiding. I kept quiet. I stood there, my shit burning in the driveway, my poor aged grandmother tottering up and down the streets in a panic and I didn't know what to do. I knew there was no demon, but there was nowhere I could come clean. The hiding I would have to endure. Good lord. Honesty was never the best policy when it came to a hiding. I kept quiet. 1 train male False None
749
  273 Once my mom found the turd, all hell broke loose. This was serious. They had evidence. She came into the bedroom. Trevor, Trevor, wake up. What? I said, playing dumb. What's going on? Come, come, come. There's a demon in the house. She took my hand and dragged me out of bed. It was all hands on deck. Time for action. The first thing we had to do was go outside and burn the shit. That's what you do with witchcraft. The only way to destroy it is to burn the physical. Once my mom found the turd, all hell broke loose. This was serious. They had evidence. She came into the bedroom. Trevor, Trevor, wake up. What? I said, playing dumb. What's going on? Come, come, come. There's a demon in the house. She took my hand and dragged me out of bed. It was all hands on deck. Time for action. The first thing we had to do was go outside and burn the shit. That's what you do with witchcraft. The only way to destroy it is to burn the physical. 1 train male False None
750
  275 I was terrified. I believed in the power of prayer. I knew that my prayers worked. So if I prayed to God to kill the thing that left the shit, and the thing that left the shit was me, then God was going to kill me. I was terrified. I believed in the power of prayer. I knew that my prayers worked. So if I prayed to God to kill the thing that left the shit, and the thing that left the shit was me, then God was going to kill me. 1 train male False None
 
1051
  596 Then we came home one evening and found the cats strung up by their tails from our front gate, gutted and skinned and bleeding out. Their heads chopped off. On our front wall, someone had written in Afrikaans, Hex, Witch. Then we came home one evening and found the cats strung up by their tails from our front gate, gutted and skinned and bleeding out. Their heads chopped off. On our front wall, someone had written in Afrikaans, Hex, Witch. 1 train male False None
1052
  597 Colored people apparently were no more progressive than black people on the issue of cats. Colored people apparently were no more progressive than black people on the issue of cats. 1 train male False None
1053
  598 I wasn't exactly devastated about the cats. I don't think we'd had them long enough for me to get attached. I don't even remember their names. And cats are dicks for the most part. As much as I tried, they never felt like real pets. They never showed me affection, nor did they accept any of mine. Had the cats made more of an effort, I might have felt like I had lost something. But even as a kid, looking at these dead mutilated animals, I was like, well, there you have it. Maybe if they'd been nicer, they could have avoided this. I wasn't exactly devastated about the cats. I don't think we'd had them long enough for me to get attached. I don't even remember their names. And cats are dicks for the most part. As much as I tried, they never felt like real pets. They never showed me affection, nor did they accept any of mine. Had the cats made more of an effort, I might have felt like I had lost something. But even as a kid, looking at these dead mutilated animals, I was like, well, there you have it. Maybe if they'd been nicer, they could have avoided this. 1 train male False None
1054
+ 6 " Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.""" "Any native female who permits any European male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, and any European female who permits any native male to have illicit carnal intercourse with her, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years.""." 1 train male False None
1055
  60 The political dynamic between these two groups was very complicated, but the simplest way to understand it is as a proxy war between Zulu and Khosa. The Inkata was predominantly Zulu, very militant and very nationalistic. The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Khosa. Instead of uniting for peace, they turned on one another, committing acts of unbelievable savagery. The political dynamic between these two groups was very complicated, but the simplest way to understand it is as a proxy war between Zulu and Khosa. The Inkata was predominantly Zulu, very militant and very nationalistic. The ANC was a broad coalition encompassing many different tribes, but its leaders at the time were primarily Khosa. Instead of uniting for peace, they turned on one another, committing acts of unbelievable savagery. 1 train male False None
1056
  600 Then we got dogs. Dogs are cool. Almost every black family I knew had a dog. No matter how poor you were, you had a dog. Then we got dogs. Dogs are cool. Almost every black family I knew had a dog. No matter how poor you were, you had a dog. 1 train male False None
1057
  601 White people treat dogs like children or members of the family. Black people's dogs are more for protection, a poor man's alarm system. You buy a dog and you keep it out in the yard. Black people name dogs by their traits. If it has stripes, you call it tiger. If it's vicious, you call it danger. If it has spots, you call it spotty. White people treat dogs like children or members of the family. Black people's dogs are more for protection, a poor man's alarm system. You buy a dog and you keep it out in the yard. Black people name dogs by their traits. If it has stripes, you call it tiger. If it's vicious, you call it danger. If it has spots, you call it spotty. 1 train male False None
 
1207
  767.06 She knew what would happen. She knew what would happen. 1 train male False None
1208
  767.07 She knew better than me. She knew better than me. 1 train male False None
1209
  767.08 Don't tell me what Abel said. Don't tell me what Abel said. 1 train male False None
1210
+ 767.1 It's not nothing, I said. It's not nothing, I said. 1 train male False None
1211
  767.11 She glared at me. Don't tell him. She glared at me. Don't tell him. 1 train male False None
1212
  767.12 Abel was getting frustrated. What? Don't tell me what. Abel was getting frustrated. What? Don't tell me what. 1 train male False None
1213
  767.13 He'd been drinking. He'd been drinking. 1 train male False None
 
1286
  839.007 I'd make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids' money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. I'd make so much that I could buy my lunch using other kids' money and keep the lunch money my mom gave me for pocket cash. 1 train male False None
1287
  839.008 Then I could afford to catch a bus home instead of walking or save up to buy whatever. Then I could afford to catch a bus home instead of walking or save up to buy whatever. 1 train male False None
1288
  839.009 Every day I'll take orders. Assembly would end, and I'd make my mad dash and buy everybody's hot dogs and cokes and muffins. Every day I'll take orders. Assembly would end, and I'd make my mad dash and buy everybody's hot dogs and cokes and muffins. 1 train male False None
1289
+ 839.01 If you paid me extra, you could even tell me where you'd be and I'll deliver it to you. If you paid me extra, you could even tell me where you'd be and I'll deliver it to you. 1 train male False None
1290
  839.012 Since I belong to no group, I learn to move seamlessly between groups. Since I belong to no group, I learn to move seamlessly between groups. 1 train male False None
1291
  839.013 I floated. I was a chameleon. Still a cultural chameleon. I floated. I was a chameleon. Still a cultural chameleon. 1 train male False None
1292
  839.014 I learned how to blend. I learned how to blend. 1 train male False None
 
1294
  839.017 I was like a weed dealer, but of food. I was like a weed dealer, but of food. 1 train male False None
1295
  839.018 The weed guy is always welcome at the party. He's not a part of the circle, but he's invited into the circle temporarily because of what he can offer. The weed guy is always welcome at the party. He's not a part of the circle, but he's invited into the circle temporarily because of what he can offer. 1 train male False None
1296
  839.019 That's who I was. Always an outsider. That's who I was. Always an outsider. 1 train male False None
1297
+ 839.02 As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or you can go the other way. You protect yourself by opening up. You don't ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you're willing to share. As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or you can go the other way. You protect yourself by opening up. You don't ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you're willing to share. 1 train male False None
1298
  84 A Zulu driver got out with an Iwiisa. A large traditional Zulu weapon. A war club, basically. They're used to smash people's skulls in. Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side. They walked up to the driver's side of the car we were in, grabbed the man who'd offered us a ride, pulled him out, and started shoving their clubs in his face. Why are you stealing our customers? Why are you picking people up? It looked like they were gonna kill this guy. I knew that happened sometimes. A Zulu driver got out with an Iwiisa. A large traditional Zulu weapon. A war club, basically. They're used to smash people's skulls in. Another guy, his crony, got out of the passenger side. They walked up to the driver's side of the car we were in, grabbed the man who'd offered us a ride, pulled him out, and started shoving their clubs in his face. Why are you stealing our customers? Why are you picking people up? It looked like they were gonna kill this guy. I knew that happened sometimes. 1 train male False None
1299
  840 I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be a part of any group that was laughing. I'd drop in, pass out the snacks, tell a few jokes. I'd perform for them. I'd catch a bit of their conversation, learn more about their group, and then leave. I never overstayed my welcome. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time, I was all by myself. I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be a part of any group that was laughing. I'd drop in, pass out the snacks, tell a few jokes. I'd perform for them. I'd catch a bit of their conversation, learn more about their group, and then leave. I never overstayed my welcome. I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time, I was all by myself. 1 train male False None
1300
  841 I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. What if? I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. What if?. 1 train male False None
 
1336
  878.006 A dozen of them, at least. A dozen of them, at least. 1 train male False None
1337
  878.007 I was running with my head down. I was running with my head down. 1 train male False None
1338
  878.009 I was in that more all the time. I was in that more all the time. 1 train male False None
1339
+ 878.01 The gods knew my mom too. The gods knew my mom too. 1 train male False None
1340
  878.011 She did her banking at that time. She did her banking at that time. 1 train male False None
1341
  878.012 if they even caught a glimpse of who I was. if they even caught a glimpse of who I was. 1 train male False None
1342
  878.014 We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars. 1 train male False None
 
1344
  878.016 They chased and chased and we ran and ran and it was awesome. They chased and chased and we ran and ran and it was awesome. 1 train male False None
1345
  878.017 The risk of getting caught was half the fun of being naughty. The risk of getting caught was half the fun of being naughty. 1 train male False None
1346
  878.019 This was my turf. This was my neighborhood. This was my turf. This was my neighborhood. 1 train male False None
1347
+ 878.02 You couldn't catch me in my neighborhood? You couldn't catch me in my neighborhood?. 1 train male False None
1348
  878.021 I knew every alley and every street, every back wall to climb over, every fence with a gap big enough to slip through. I knew every alley and every street, every back wall to climb over, every fence with a gap big enough to slip through. 1 train male False None
1349
  878.022 I knew every shortcut you could possibly imagine. I knew every shortcut you could possibly imagine. 1 train male False None
1350
  878.024 You know, in case shit went down. You know, in case shit went down. 1 train male False None
 
1352
  878.026 who needed to know where every camera was and where all the exit points were. who needed to know where every camera was and where all the exit points were. 1 train male False None
1353
  878.027 I knew we couldn't run forever. We needed a plan. I knew we couldn't run forever. We needed a plan. 1 train male False None
1354
  878.029 I knew that there was a hole in the fence to squeeze through, and on the far side was an empty field behind the mall that took you back to the main road and back to my house. I knew that there was a hole in the fence to squeeze through, and on the far side was an empty field behind the mall that took you back to the main road and back to my house. 1 train male False None
1355
+ 878.03 A grown-up couldn't fit through the hole, but a kid could. A grown up couldn't fit through the hole, but a kid could. 1 train male False None
1356
  878.031 All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off. All my years of imagining the life of a secret agent for myself finally paid off. 1 train male False None
1357
  878.032 Now that I needed an escape, I had one. Now that I needed an escape, I had one. 1 train male False None
1358
  878.034 No, it's a dead end! No, it's a dead end!. 1 train male False None
 
1360
  878.036 He didn't. He didn't. 1 train male False None
1361
  878.037 I turned and ran into the dead end. Teddy broke the other way. I turned and ran into the dead end. Teddy broke the other way. 1 train male False None
1362
  878.039 Hoff followed me. Hoff followed me. 1 train male False None
1363
+ 878.04 I got to the fence and knew exactly how to squirm through. I got to the fence and knew exactly how to squirm through. 1 train male False None
1364
  878.041 Head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg, done. I was through. The guards hit the fence behind me and couldn't follow. I ran across the field to a fence on the far side, popped through there, and then I was right on the road, three blocks from my house. Head, then shoulder, one leg, then twist, then the other leg, done. I was through. The guards hit the fence behind me and couldn't follow. I ran across the field to a fence on the far side, popped through there, and then I was right on the road, three blocks from my house. 1 train male False None
1365
  878.042 I slipped my hands into my pockets and casually walked home. I slipped my hands into my pockets and casually walked home. 1 train male False None
1366
  879 Once I got back to my house, I waited for Teddy. He didn't show up. Once I got back to my house, I waited for Teddy. He didn't show up. 1 train male False None