For the dirt-based hierarchy begins with white people at the top, in Detroit, with legal jobs and safe communities, with their practices to reduce risk and danger to their people . So in the sense that those who are not them, Caucasians, are dangerous. By reinforcing systems of class inequality that are manufactured by understanding how we see people, using the word “dirt” can give a child less meaning to their life. He doesn't know anything better than he knows, because his family and society have taught him these values, money matters. He doesn't expect the drug trafficking culture to be a forever situation, but sees it as a temporary circumstance to be in. It's not "forever" because adults are not the ones selling the drugs. They are the ones in his society who are killed or locked away until middle age. The lack of older role models around them causes them to act older than their age. This then leads to taking on responsibilities in family matters that others, for one reason or another, are no longer capable of. This moral of the family shows that he would rather think about their survival before thinking about himself and the repercussions that may occur. His family is the meaning of his life. Even when he is in pain, he thinks about what he will do in the future to help his sick mother, and if he can