Two old men with whom Sudhir converses in a park near the University of Chicago campus. Charlie and Old Time give Sudhir valuable information about black urban community organizations of the ‘60s and ‘70s, but encourage Sudhir to talk to younger men to see how people live and work in the 1980s and ‘90s in Chicago.
Charlie and Old Time Quotes in Gang Leader for a Day
The Gang Leader for a Day quotes below are all either spoken by Charlie and Old Time or refer to Charlie and Old Time. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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You got blacks who are beating their heads trying to figure out a way to live where you live! Don’t ask me why. And then you got a whole lot of black folk who realize it ain’t no use. Like us. We just spend our time trying to get by, and we live around here, where it ain’t so pretty, but at least you won’t get your ass beat. At least not by the police.
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Charlie and Old Time Quotes in Gang Leader for a Day
The Gang Leader for a Day quotes below are all either spoken by Charlie and Old Time or refer to Charlie and Old Time. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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You got blacks who are beating their heads trying to figure out a way to live where you live! Don’t ask me why. And then you got a whole lot of black folk who realize it ain’t no use. Like us. We just spend our time trying to get by, and we live around here, where it ain’t so pretty, but at least you won’t get your ass beat. At least not by the police.
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