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Can anyone be successful if she or he tries hard enough? Can a person push through the personal or social barriers that stand in the way in order to find what they are searching for? What is it this person is trying to succeed at?
That's a question usually asked when someone decides to embark on a set path. In the black culture, this question is usually answered with selling drugs, engaging in hip-hop, or in this case, playing basketball in order to make money to make a better life for them. This is the case of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two kids documented for five years about their dream of making it to the professional basketball level. They have this dream for they are living in a society where they can't do much. The environment they live in is all they know—the south side of Chicago—they are confined in a culture where a low paying job or selling drugs is the only way to get by. With all this, can someone be successful if they try hard enough?
Arthur Agee's story......

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