DICHOTOMY

The boy in this story acted out his disconnections. He is going to jail unable to trace the lines between his projections of love, and his disdain for the women who love him. It is the first thing that surfaces in every group of boys and men I've facilitated in the Black and Hispanic community. The inability of young boys, and men to see their mother's pain over their choices, and reform their ways has become a mark of manhood in neighborhoods across the country. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories