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Cabrini-Green happened. I mean, that place turnedinto a war zone, and......the ChicagoHousing Authority, they-they shut it down and... told everybody to leave, put us in temporary housing, promised to replacethe projects with brand-new condoswhere we could all come back and livehappily ever after. Well, years went by, and... the condos were never built. So my pops, he went to work,and he complained. He complained to the mayor? Yeah. And he fired him. He couldn't find workfor months. And after a while, he just... he just started to losethat light in his eyes. And one day, he left and justnever came back
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Cabrini Green happened
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I mean that place turned into a war zone and
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the Chicago Housing Authority
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they they shut it down and
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told everybody to leave
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put us in temporary housing
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promised to replace the projects
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with brand new condos where we could all
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come back and live happily ever after
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Well years went by and
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the condos were never built
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So my pops he went to work and he complained
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He complained to the mayor
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Yeah
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And he fired him
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He couldn't find work for months
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And after a while he just
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he just started to lose that light in his eyes
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And one day
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he left and just never came back
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Movie Summary
From Emmy® winner Lena Waithe, The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.