:56:16
I didn't start that. I was minding
my own business, playing her game.
:56:20
She had no call talking
about how dumb we are.
:56:34
Hey, Barbara just got mad
and went for that middle-class sore spot.
:56:39
She's right.
:56:40
There's nothing wrong
with being middle-class.
:56:43
-The point is what you're doing.
-But that's what I do, you know.
:56:48
I do make my living from their misery.
:56:51
You're working for a better life for them,
Barbara included.
:56:54
I give her credit. Barbara's bright.
:56:57
John is sharp, but most of these kids....
:57:02
The tragedy is, the school system
has done a rotten job.
:57:06
It hasn't taught the children,
especially ghetto children...
:57:09
...how to think through a problem,
how to figure out what the problem is...
:57:14
...and how to pick
the right tools to solve it.
:57:16
Because life is a series of problems.
:57:19
But I think the street is
teaching them how to solve problems.
:57:24
I mean, not about a job, maybe,
but about hustling to survive, you know.
:57:29
Well, myself, I know about that.
:57:34
But these kids don't know jobs or hustling.
That's why they're here.
:57:40
Anyway, street hustling is not an action.
It's a reaction.
:57:44
It's accepting second-class status.
:57:48
Still, the whole question
of finding jobs for them gets to me.
:57:52
They should have been gotten to,
given the proper direction...
:57:55
...when they were 3, 4, 5.
:57:58
And here they are at 17, 18...