Down These Mean Streets
Who is Gerald Andrew West from Down These Mean Streets and what is their importance?
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Gerald Andrew West is a student and aspiring author from Pennsylvania. He meets Piri and Brew while they are waiting to ship out and tells them he is researching a book on race relations. Gerald is one-eighth black but identifies as white.
Down These Mean Streets