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Stealing
The conflict that affects teens in many ways in the urban youth culture is stealing. I don’t have personal examples on stealing but I know friends that use to do it, and once they got caught they changed fast. The second problem in Blood Is Thicker by Paul Langan and D.M. Blackwell is stealing. The main character Hakeem that works with his uncle to help out, is dealing with someone breaking into the store next door.
Hakeem was the same character dealing with moving from California (where people are nice and friends with everyone) to Detroit (where everyone hates him but his family and that doesn’t include his cousin, Savon and his neighbor who has a crush on him). In California he wasn’t used to people stealing but in Detroit there are a least two break-ins a week.
Once Savon found a way to sneak out the window, he put on black clothing and a do-rag to cover his face. Hakeem blames Savon for robbing the place because, Hakeem was looking around their room and saw a stack of money in the closet.
My opinion on this is that Savon did it because he was a nice person to his family and friends until he started hanging out with the wrong group of people. The people you hang out with can change a lot of this in your life. So if you don’t want to be like Savon than look for a group of people that fit you. Also, ask yourself: does this person encourage me to do the right thing? Do I trust this person? Does this person give me good advice with a hard decision?
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