The Miami Experience

A work of fiction based on actual events that occurred, which the author experienced, in 1980, that are relevant in society today. Some of the experienced issues encountered were racism, immigration, drugs, and homelessness, as well as spending time with professional athletes, going to concerts and of course young love. Riots were triggered by the acquittal of five police officers for the murder of a black man. All this happening and being witnessed by four teenagers, from a small town in Pennsylvania, in a short time in the young city, in great turmoil, of Miami. The narrator was led to understand these social issues by what he perceived to be a beautiful older girl. Many, if not all of these social issues remain forty years later. Why?