Man…..Killing is Some Wack Sh*t: Personal Reflection on Violence & Gang Culture in Chicago

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Ironically, away from Chicago was when I heard the term “Chi-raq” used for the first time. I was on a trip from Chicago back to Virginia for summer school. While waiting for my bus at a Greyhound in Richmond, I saw the term used on a special on violence in Chicago that CNN did. Later on when fall semester started, some of my friends would call Chicago “Chi-raq” around me, kind of as a passing joke.

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