This takes a while to read, but if you are mystified by how this segment of America thinks and behaves, if you have any interest in how to reach in and effect any change, in what can and can't work to bring light into this dark place, then this is a most useful article from someone who came out of that environment. Nothing can be mended or changed if the basic truths of it are not understood, not appreciated for what they are.... Sign in to see full entry.