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Minding the Gap - Masculinity, Clip 1
-What happened? -You know what? Hey! -Yeah. Yeah. -Keire, he held in a lot. And his dad, you know, he was really kind of strict on him. You know, his father was... He was a carpenter, and he wanted Keire to do that because he couldn't get the other boys to, you know, follow in his footsteps. But Keire didn't like it. -Hurry! -Really hard, really hard. -Yeah! -Do it! Do it! -I don't know. Sometimes I know that I have to work with him, so I will sneak out my window, like -- I throw my board out first and just climb out. -When I got home, I got disciplined, and I wasn't able to skate for a while. -How did you get disciplined? -Uh, I mean, well, they call it child abuse now, but it's -- I mean --
Chuckles
Bitch! Ugh! That...makes you angry. Like -- oh, God. It, like, boils my blood, dude. Like, ugh.
Screams
-How bad did it get? Like, did you ever cry? -Oh, of course. Of course. Like, I mean...
Chuckles
Wouldn't you? -I did cry. -I feel like everybody cries.
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