I watched a YouTube Vid about a guy who said if you’re white, you have to join a gang to survive in prison. I ain’t buyin’ it.
I thought about this for a while after hearing it and was very reluctant to comment on it. It was uncomfortable listening to this for many reasons that I won't touch on too much.
Life is worth more than joining a gang out of fear. Creator God is a strong gang if you will, right?
Someone said not to fear what people can do to the body, but rather focus on what's important (what they can do to the soul). Wouldn't it be better to die than join a gang that victimizes people in the most pernicious manner?
My life is far too sacred than to cheapen it by joining the AB or any other gang of predators. In prison, it broke my heart to know young men were repeatedly raped without fighting back out of fear for their life.
Rapists are cowards. Truth is, if they think they'll get their junk cut off (or bite off) or get stabbed in the heart over trying to get some ass, they'll go look for an easier target. People DO have a choice. The choice is tragic, I'll grant you that, but it's still a choice.
Now, if the gang is not sexual perps, are not predatory drug-heads who kill for profit, and are there for survival only, then maybe I could see where people might join any given gang.
My experience: all I can say is, Creator God protected me better than any gang ever could and why that happened, only God knows for sure. I started a gang in prison, but after they became corrupted, I walked away from the outfit.
Life is complicated, and I'm not judging anyone. Sure, DON'T GO TO PRISON is probably great advice, but it's not 'reality' that anyone, white, black, red or yellow, has to join a gang. I'm glad I survived long enough to sober up to love another day, that's all I'm sayin'. I don't miss the Bad Ol' Daze.