Hoop Dreams
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1:55:03
That's another thing
to be proud about -

1:55:07
that, you know,
it's his 18th birthday, he lived...

1:55:11
and to get to see 18, that's good.
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I wanna tell you that I love you very much.
I'm very proud of you.

1:55:25
It seems like I was 18 just yesterday.
here. happy birthday. I love you.

1:55:30
- Ohh.!
- hey-hey.!

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- happy birthday!
- I love you too.!

1:55:35
- Come over here.
- Where you goin', homes?

1:55:39
Where you goin', homes?
1:55:52
Blow out the candles.!
1:55:56
Two months after his 18th birthday...
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Arthur is cut off public aid.
1:56:04
This is what I brought to their attention.
1:56:06
he's still a full-time student.
he hasn't graduated yet.

1:56:09
So why would you-all cut him off?
1:56:12
- I'll bite you!
- I'll bite you back.

1:56:14
They feel like when they get 18...
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most the black kids
they drop out.

1:56:20
So that means that the child
is just thrown out there.

1:56:26
I was gettin' 368.
Now I get 268.

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And that's it.
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And that's to take care of me
from one month to the next.

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Now, can you imagine
a person living on that?

1:56:46
Do you-all wonder sometime,
how am I livin'?

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Or how do my children survive,
or how they livin'?

1:56:58
It's enough to make people really wanna go
out there and lash out and hurt somebody.


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