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Definition Essay: The Hood In My Childhood

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Although I have one huge family it is split up into two .Its the hood side and then it 's the not so hood side of my mom 's side of the family. When I say hood I mean ready to pop off at any given moment not scared of anyone,and the non hood keeps calming turning the other cheek . On the “hood” side it 's my Auntie her 5 children and their kids ,my granny and her husband ,my uncle .Which really falls on my mother 's side.On the other side,which is the non hood side on my family it 's my mom’s aunt and her children and their kids. I spend most of my time with the “hood” side even though I live in what they call a “white area” .My aunt,cousins and granny live in Greenspoint and I live in spring close to the woodlands. After school most of the time depending who picks me up I will go to my cousin Zha house or my cousin Ursula house.Boogie and Zha are one of my most favorite cousins because they teach me so …show more content…

My family define Ghetto The second part my community is seen as Hood . The word Hood have different meaning to different people ,but to me Hood meaning ready to pop off when necessary. I think the word Hood is looked at as a bad thing to most people . For example “I 'm not from the Hood ,but I can get Hood is need be” meaning a lot of people classified the Hood as being from Homestead. 5th ward.Acres homes (44) Greenspoint and 3rd ,but I think Hood mean pop off. I live in spring (“the white side”),but i can pop off when necessary. The 3rd part of my community is the White side. I never understood why I was always called a “white girl trapped in a black girl’s body.” Just because i live in spring does not mean i 'm trying to be on the “white side” and just because I talk with proper english does not make me from the White side.It 's the the way I was brought up .I really don’t like when someone say “Oh you from the white people side and you go to a prep school ,so you think you are white.”Im just being me .Its community,I don’t have

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