Jill’s Reviews > From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan > Status Update
Jill
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If I had started this book last year, I might not have gotten past a few pages. These pages are not for the faint of eyes. There's a lot of curse words because that's just the natural way this guy talks. Since I started a new job with troubled youth, I hear this kind of talk all day and I've become less sensitive. It's not for nothing though - the language does provide a deeper sense of the world he grew up in.
— Jan 15, 2022 11:13AM
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Jill
is 30% done
I'm intrigued by his take on the Five Percent Nation. It sounds like it really helped him as a young black man. I might've been tempted to judge the FPN "book" by it's cover, but thankfully I was introduced to it through this book and can see that it is helpful to many people. Even though it may not be MY religion, if it helps them become better people, then I'm glad.
— Feb 15, 2022 05:08PM
Jill
is 25% done
Still enjoying this book. Picking up some new perspective. Like, if a kid gets beat for doing "xyz" but they survive the beating a couple times, then going forward they can decide, if they want to do "xyz", the price is a beating and if they are willing to pay that price then they are not deterred from doing "xyz".
— Jan 26, 2022 07:00PM
