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the weed (opens the original)
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this is part of an ongoing series. read the first essay here.growing up, i thought i craved acceptance. this craving sat in the driver’s seat of my soul with a heavy foot and lustful desire, recklessly — dangerously —swerving through friend and foe alike, barreling towards an end i couldn’t imagine, but one i knew i needed to reach because, for reasons i could not articulate, my very life depended on it.as I unders
get your hands off me (opens the original)
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last night, wednesday, september 9th, i attended a city council meeting where the indianapolis metropolitan police department (impd) was asking for their $400 million dollar budget to be approved. this meeting took place a month after the police-involved shooting of Dalys Jett, a 19-year old college athlete. according to impd, he “allegedly” shot at impd officers first, hitting one of them. while the impd has yet to release the officer-worn body cam footage
the unpacking (opens the original)
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when i was three months old, i was adopted.according to my parents and the paperwork i arrived with, i was born in seoul, korea, to a mother who was unable to care for me. because of this, she gave me up for adoption. the paperwork said she suffered from some mental health issues. it also said that the man who was my father had left her early on in her pregnancy to marry another woman; if she were to raise a child, she’d be doing it alone.instead of that, another route was presented. this route,
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