Violence
Handling anger

What have you accomplished through violence?
Wilson, Oronde, and Ernesto chose to give it up to stay alive.

WILSON: I used to go around beating up any kid. Maybe I heard a rumor that he insulted my friends or family. I would really hurt someone. That's how I got my anger out.

ORONDÉ: I've caused a lot of pain. I've seen people suffer. It's not a sight you easily get used to.

WILSON: If I didn't figure everything out about using words instead of my fists, I'd probably still be fighting. Any tough guy that dared to challenge me, I'd hurt.

ORONDÉ: If I stayed on that road, I'd likely be dead. I almost got set up once. Somebody set me up. It's horrible to think what would have happened if things went down differently.

ERNESTO: I realized fights didn't solve anything. I put myself into a deeper hole. I realized fights didn't change anything. Nothing got better.

ORONDÉ: I try not to be violent anymore. I don't want to see anybody hurting. That's my main point: to get past the violence to a state of healing.

WILSON: My experience was to survive, to be mean, not to negotiate. "Talk is cheap. Go fight." It was the wrong crowd that made me go down the wrong path. Now I stay away from them.

ERNESTO: Don't go with your gut feeling. Don't punch someone in the face, even if they deserve it. Think of another way. Kill them with kindness. If someone is mean and you are nice, it will annoy them, after a while, and they will stop.

WILSON: No more fighting for me. It's not right. It's going to create more conflict.