5/13/2023 0 Comments Cuz by Danielle S. Allen![]() ![]() So it's turned me into a person who thinks that the war on drugs is really at the deep-root heart of our problems. The thing that surprised me the most was that digging into this really led me to change my position on thinking about drug policy. And I think then needing community in Los Angeles, the gang community, became what pulled him into the danger. And he was sort of a lost kid at a certain point. ![]() Their lives are shot through with violence. So what could possibly have gone wrong?Īnd it really is, I think, this moment, between 10 and 14, when his mother married. I really wanted to give his voice to the country.Īnd so you want to look back and figure out, how could this bright, talented person who had a big family who loved him - and his immediate family was struggling, yes, but he had these aunts and uncles and cousins who all cared and were trying to help. Well, when you look back, you can make sense of it, right? That's why the book is called "Cuz." It's for my baby cousin, whom I love, I still love deeply.Īnd the word also means "because," you know, because of this. ![]()
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