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If blacks get into it, i got to be there. really especially -- im always out there on the front lines. im always going to be that way. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i cant change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i dont try to be black, im me, im dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his prison gang didnt allow dunn much optimism for the future. >> hope is the biggest -- to me, hope is like thou ki...

>> we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valleys kitchen. >> how unusual are you here? >> in this prison im the only one. >> the only what? >> the only white krip. >> i think the whole crew was surprised to find out he was a crip. a white guy as a crip. >> i run with the blacks. theres not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a little fun, but we found out he was the...

>> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect. if i didnt, i -- like, they could stab me or whatever, i wouldnt be here, id be dead, you know. so evidently i get my respect. i mean, it wasnt easy, you know, its still not easy, some places i go, im a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, who my gang is. like i said, real racers. if blacks get into it, i got to be there. really especially -- im always out there on the front lines. im always going to be that way. >> why? >> because i p...

Theres a certain group of inmates that initiate it. and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about respect. >> we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valleys kitchen. >> how unusual are you here? >> in this prison im the only one. >> the only what? >> the only white krip. >> i think the whole crew was surprised to find out he was a crip. a white guy as a crip. >> i run wit...

So i cant change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i dont try to be black, im me, im dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his president ing gang didnt allow dunn much optimism for the future. >> hope is the biggest -- to me, hope is like thou kill me before one of them kills me. >> what? >> hope. as far as getting out. if i hope too much for it, ill go bald, probably shrivel up, its a disease to me. coming up on "lockup raw" -- >> for a gang member, its probably ...

Respect. >> we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valleys kitchen. >> how unusual are you here? >> in this prison im the only one. >> the only what? >> the only white krip. >> when we met dillon, i think the whole crew was very surprised to find out he was a crip. a white guy as a crip. >> i run with the blacks. theres not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a littl...

Im always going to be that way. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i cant change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i dont try to be black, im me, im dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his president ing gang didnt allow dunn much optimism for the future. >> hope is the biggest -- to me, hope is like thou kill me before one of them kills me. >> what? >> hope. as far as getting out. if i hope too much f...

>> im not irish. >> dylan dunn? >> my father. im puerto rican and italian. >> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect. if i didnt, i -- like, they could stab me or whatever, i wouldnt be here, id be dead, you know. so evidently i get my respect. i mean, it wasnt easy, you know, its still not easy, some places i go, im a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, who my gang is. like i said, real racers. if blacks get into it, i got to be there. really especially -- im always out there...

Places i go, im a target. >> why? >> because of who i run with, my gang affiliates. like i said, its real racial. if blacks get into it, i got to be there. im always out there on the front line. im always going to be there. >> why? >> because i pretty much always have to prove myself, you know? always, no matter what. so i cant change my life now, i chose that road, so i have to be a part of that. i dont try to be black, im me, im dylan. >> but even the brotherhood of his prison gang didnt allow...

>> i run with the blacks. theres not too many people like me. >> at first we thought he was messing with us, or just trying to have a little fun, but we found out he was the real deal. >> so talk to me about how an irish boy ends up as a crip? >> im not irish. >> dylan dunn? somebody named you irish. >> its my step dads last name. >> are you white? >> im puerto rican and italian. a little bit. >> he is serving 25 years to life for armed robbery. >> how are you perceived here? >> i get my respect...