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The Feeling Is Mutual

From: City High Radio
Length: 03:33

Joe is a skater--as in skateboarder. He hates bike cops, and he's sure they hate him, too. In this short personal essay, Joe explains where his prejudice comes from. He resists his teacher's and friends' insistance that he might be wrong. Read the full description.

Nocomply_small Joe is a skater--as in skateboarder. He hates bike cops, and he's sure they hate him, too. In this short personal essay, Joe explains where his prejudice comes from. He resists his teacher's and friends' insistance that he might be wrong.

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Joe is a skater--as in skateboarder. He hates bike cops, and he's sure they hate him, too. In this short personal essay, Joe explains where his prejudice comes from. He resists his teacher's and friends' insistance that he might be wrong.

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Lol

I was bored dont judge me

and also im 5 starring this again sup

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LIFE CHANGING!!!

If you raised the price to 9001 dollars, this would be worth every penny! Your brilliance in bringing such a big issue that has flown under the radar for so long is BREATHTAKING! It's unbelievable to see such a electrifying piece like this one on PRX for such a low price. PRX should feel blessed that such an utterly incredible and deep piece is being hosted and sold exclusively on their site. Really excellent work, and props to the whole crew who built this from scratch. As a skater myself, I find this a riveting story that any skater can relate to, without it only being exclusive for skaters. I feel this issue can be linked to many other ones and people may find deep, meaningful connections with it. Not only is this an obviously heartfelt piece that you didn't just BS your way through, it's perfectly portrayed through the eyes of a victim and an offender. This could seriously be made a top grossing box office movie without much effort. If you put half as much work into making the movie as you put into writing your thoughts and recording them to perfection on this project, the movie would come out extraordinary. Touching on the first point in the last sentence, this piece seems really well thought out and its easy to tell that you really took this project seriously, raising one of the biggest problems youth (not only skaters) face daily. I feel that if I was a youth who, say, graffiti'd on a habitual basis and was starting to get in trouble with the law, or hadn't even progressed to that and was just paranoid about the law, this story could seriously change my life. When I say "my", I don't mean "mine" though. I mean every single youth who has ever even thought about being caught doing anything that could be punishable by law. When you think about it though, who hasn't? This story could very well be used by police in the academy in a few years because of how moving it is. Since the police are also just as involved as you in this, this could lead to an easing of punishments in skating on public property. This story has shaken my to my core and gives me shivers every time I listen to it. It makes me wonder if others will have the same experience I have been blessed with having; and I know the answer to that question is definitely yes. I have had the divine experience of listening to this story before it gets mainstream media attention and I truly feel this has been a glorious experience for me. I am changing my ways and I have no one else to thank for that but you. I know this story has probably taken you many many years with a crew of hundreds working on the story boarding, planning, etc. but if you could put out just another piece about anything even half as inspiring as this one, my life will be complete. God bless,
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Additional Credits

Teacher/Editor: Sarah Bromer