Loss of young black men from "summary" of Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
The deaths came too quickly, one after the other, like a series of cruel punches to the gut. Each loss brought its own unique pain, its own set of questions that had no answers. How could this be happening? Why were so many young black men in our community dying before their time? These were questions that haunted us, that kept us up at night, that made us question everything we thought we knew about life and death.
As I looked back on the lives of these young men, I saw a common thread running through each of their stories. They were all struggling against forces that seemed beyond their control, forces that were determined to drag them down and keep them there. Poverty, racism, addiction - these were the enemies they faced every day, enemies that were more powerful than any of us could have imagined.
But it wasn't just external forces that were at work here. There were internal demons as well, demons that whispered lies in the ears of these young men, telling them they were worthless, telling them they didn't deserve to live. These demons were relentless, unyielding, and they ultimately proved to be too much for some of these young men to bear.
And so they slipped away...
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