Before we begin this episode I want to let you know it includes a conversation about a sexual assault.

My lawyer introduced me to a word very early on he said, you need to remember this.

This is an aberration. This is not who you are.

And one of the things that I think some of the popular culture was attempting to do is create this idea that aberrations don't exist when you talk about young black males.

Like what we do, even if it's a one-time thing, that is what our identity is. This is death, sex, and money.

Sweet heart, it doesn't sound like you're in love to me.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

You made a lot of money.

A lot.

And need to talk about more.

You can do anything you're lucky best,

if you're alive.

I'm Anna Sale.

There's a new podcast from my colleagues at WNYC called Cott. It's a deep dive into the juvenile justice system here in the U.S.

Who gets tangled up in it and who doesn't?

Here's the host, Kywright.

America incarcerates more people than any country in the world.

Well that starts young.

On any given night, roughly 53,000 young people are in some form of lockup.

Like, that's more than a sold-out crowd at a major league baseball game.

And nearly 60% of those kids are black or Latino.

The series explores why that is, how a kid's race, economic status, neighborhood, can all make a huge difference in whether a juvenile crime is taken lightly by the justice system or heavily punished. The fact that I was a child I should have been treated differently and

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