The Reaper Smiles
This is the personal page of Charles Grimmett
A.K.A.
"The Smiling Reaper"
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I am a Black Man who never wanted to escape from the ghetto! I just can't understand why would anyone want to "escape" from their home. Leave home, go out into the world and learn. Gain knowledge, fame, power, money; it makes no difference. For the one thing you can never escape are those things that shaped you in your formative years. I am the ghetto! The ghetto is what I carry with me. It is what is reflected in everything I say and do because it is my source, it is where I began and I am not ashamed of it. For it is the love that was given to me by my family, my school, my church, my peers, and the village that was the ghetto that made me what I am today... |
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“There is something about the feel of freedom that is both intoxicating and scary. To be sure,freedom is a bitter-sweet experience that carries heavy responsibilities: If you don’t take care of business, you are back in slavery.” |
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