He was confronted at an early age with adult-strength realizations about powerlessness, desperation, and distrust, taking his dose right alongside the overwhelmed adults. This steady stream of shocks and realizations leaves so many boys raised in poor, urban areas stumbling toward manhood with a hardened exterior masking deep insecurities.
Ron Suskind, A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
crisis, education, poverty