Hello kids, this is Risk.

The show where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share.

I'm Kevin Allyson and every Thursday we release these special episodes that we're calling

classic Risk Singles.

Each of these episodes features just one story from our earlier years.

If you're new to Risk you should know that the podcast can be very uncensored.

This week a story by Elon James White who's written for the root, salon, and the daily

news.

This story first appeared on the podcast in April of 2010 and it's called An Eye for an

Eye.

It was my freshman year of high school.

I actually was, it was the first day and I had, I was actually in school.

It was a thing because I was at Art and Design High School and that was a big thing in

my house because I had gotten accepted to, two different schools.

I had gotten accepted to Art and Design and I had gotten accepted to Brooklyn Tech and

I decided I wanted to be an artist and my grandfather told me to go fuck myself.

He didn't think that was a great idea.

Nor did anyone in my family in all honesty.

They have one decided this was a terrible idea.

This is like they want to go to Brooklyn Tech.

If you want to, want to dittle or draw whatever you call it, you can go like be an architect.

Do something like that or whatever.

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