Soc 105
M.Ross
5/6/10
Random Family It tells the story of three young people in the Bronx, starting with the mid-80s drug explosion to welfare reform in the late 90s. Jessica was the girlfriend of a notorious, 20 year old drug kingpin prior to his life sentence and her 10 year sentence for conspiracy. Jessica’s brother, Cesar, tightly-wound and loyal, was imprisoned as a teenager. Coco, generous and bubbly, started dating Cesar when she was 14. By the time she was 20, she had 4 children with 3 fathers. Coco and her lifestyle is what I found most interesting. This is normal amongst young teenage girls growing up in an low income area, she was pretty much born into poverty and didn’t think that this was immoral to have