who is gonna change it?
Chicago Tribune
Bruce McFall descended the stairs of his South Pullman home just before sunrise. He stepped out into a slight drizzle and walked down his quiet block to 123rd Street, then east to Halsted Street to catch the first of two buses that would carry him to school.
The 17-year-old passes drug houses, vacant lots and abandoned homes where rotted plywood covers windows and doors. One street, 123rd, is the dividing line between two gangs. The risks barely register.
“I don’t think too much about it,” said McFall, a Corliss High School junior who stands about 6 feet 2 inches tall. “Because who’s gonna change it?” McFall tries to avoid trouble by following a simple maxim: Keep it moving. That’s what he does when he sees
trouble brewing after school, when a bus stop is too crowded, when teens congregate in front of the McDonald’s where he works.
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