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Fight to get just where he's at, i figured it was a bold statement. >> while siverly might respect obama's battles, he is firm and he won't help black inmates in wabash with theirs. >> i'm not racist, but then again, i know where the lines are in here. so i know that if something goes down, just because i'm not racist doesn't mean if there's a race riot that they're not going to stab me too. i'm not going to arm a black so that a race riot can pop off at any time and all the blacks in the dorms got a knife and, you know, one or two white people's got a knife, so i'm on the losing end. eventual...

But at the same time, i'm definitely not ducking them either. you feel me? you know, this is the penitentiary. you've got to stand tall, ten toes down? you know what i mean? you can't take no losses? you know what i mean? it's the wrong place to be a bitch? you feeling me? it's the pressure? you feeling me? you get killed for stealing on the streets, so why not in prison? >> as wright continued his tirade, staff became concerned it would lead to a fight and sanctioned wright for taking matters into his own hands. he was transferred to administrative segregation in the custody control unit or c...

Peers, so they probably couldn't understand this type of crime or understand what happened. they just associate black people with violence. he did it. convict him. >> wright believes his race is also a detriment at wabash. >> i'm on the wrong side of the color margin. that's just honesty. this prison is predominantly white people, you know what i mean? you know, i'm not saying they're racist. you've got people walking around with swastikas and hitler tattoos and it throws me off, like, damn, man, this is their prison. you know what i mean? they're comfortable with doing it because it's their p...

Some may not make it home, some may stay for life. some [ bleep ] live for peace, and others live for wreck. look here, blood, you can stay humble or you can have a fight to the death. that's just a couple bars, man, throwaway bars, man. you know, donations, man, you know. that's a d-boy's life. >> carlton wright says he takes the rage he learned on the streets in plainfield, new jersey, and pours it into rap. now he's one of more than 2,000 inmates at the wabash valley correctional facility in southwestern indiana. >> yeah, i had a great home, a great mother. you know what i mean? but by the ...

Background. we took this one inside of rec. so i got my fro out in that one, it's looking a little bit rough. so i didn't send these out too much. i passed these ones out to the guys that i hang around with here, so they had a picture of me to put in their photo album. >> the sun is bright. >> makes a good picture. >> i can't really see too much. the sun is too bright. it's kind of reflecting off the screen. i couldn't see it too good. i guess when it prints out, we'll see how good it is. >> feet can't be on the wall. >> can't be on the wall? man, you're so strict! >> privileges like this are ...