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Postcard from the End of America: Champ Ali in Camden

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"That doesn't sound good. I'm talking about basic stuff like family and discipline. The new stuff is not doing anyone any good!"

"The new stuff ain't been around that long. You never know how it's going to turn out."

"When did you get married, by the way?"

"1985, when I was 32."

"And you've only had one wife?"

"Yeah."

"That's rare these days. That's what I mean by old school. You don't believe in, like, dumping your wife if you see somebody better."

"But that concept is gone, bro. It's not coming back. That's not how they do it now. It's done."

"Would you like it to come back?"

"Yeah, but there are too many reasons why it ain't gonna happen."

"What are the reasons?"

"People don't have no respect."

"But that better come back too. Self respect. Respect for each other."

"Listen, none of this is important. It's just a test. The important thing is you pass this test. God gave us a blueprint to live our lives by, and you have to follow it to the best of pour abilities, but if you don't do that, if you don't attempt to that, then old school ain't coming back, bro."

"So you think God is important as a foundation?"

"Yeah. If you pray five times a day, you don't have time to think about bad stuff, do you?"

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Linh Dinh's Postcards from the End of America has just been published by Seven Stories Press. Tracking our deteriorating socialscape, he maintains a photo blog.


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