The thing is, I got Title: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison What I was expecting was another book of distorted and dehumanizing criminology, basking in some super-imposed and caustically tainted surreal world. Title: Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison Published: MaAuthor: Shaka Senghor 288 Pages The Review: Writing My Wrongs Shaka Senghor's memoir, Writing My Wrongs, exemplifies an emotional exposé, riddled with confessions that enlighten the audience and gives a human face to the incarcerated. Thank you for choosing to be light for yourself and for us.more I wanna thank you again for your honesty to tell your story, not many people got the courage you have. Yes, there are similarities, but Chile has just 17 million people, so you can control more what's going on in such a small country. CONFLICTS IN DETROIT: I was a total ignorant about how drugs operate within a city in the US, Realities in each country are different and I used to think here it was the same than in Chile (where I'm from), when is not. FORGIVENESS: meeting the author in person and reading his book helped me to open my heart towards forgiveness and more generosity.ĥ. This reminds me and teach me that no matter what, everything is possible if we fight for it.Ĥ. EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: after all what happened to the Author, he managed to survive and work hard so he can now help his community. Your book taught me that no matter what we have done in the past we ALL can change and improve.ģ. F#%K that!!! I stopped doing it the moment I met you and read your book. Before I met you part of me would still judge others if they killed someone. JUDGEMENT: I do have a confession to make. #IDLE BIG DEVIL REDEEM HOW TO#CONTRIBUTION: I thought I was contributing and helping enough till I read your book Shaka, there is so much more I can do and this pushed me to find non profit that helps women to teach them what I teach (I am a coach for women, I teach women how to boost self-esteem and be happy).Ģ. This is what Writing My Wrongs made me feel:ġ. Before I met you part of me would still judge othe This is an incredible book that every one should read once in their lives. CONTRIBUTION: I thought I was contributing and helping enough till I read your book Shaka, there is so much more I can do and this pushed me to find non profit that helps women to teach them what I teach (I am a coach for women, I teach women how to boost self-esteem and be happy). This is what Writing My Wrongs made me feel: 1. This is an incredible book that every one should read once in their lives. Through the power of journaling, he accepted responsibility for his violent behavior and now uses his experience to help others avoid the same path.more It wasn't until Shaka started writing about the pain from his childhood and his life on the streets that he was able to get at the root of the anger that led him to prison. For years, as he served out his sentence for second degree murder, he blamed everybody else but himself for the decision he made to shoot on that fateful night. He was a young drug dealer with a quick temper who had been hardened by what he experienced selling drugs on the unforgiving streets of Detroit. In 1991, at the age of nineteen, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man.
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