Born Loser's Thanksgiving

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Part of a long term project documenting the Born Losers.

The Born Losers MC is a predomintaly African American motorcylce club on the West Side of Chicago. Their club house rests in one of the city's worst neighborhoods, West Garfield Park, a neighborhood inflicted with drugs, violence, and gangs.

The Born Losers are not your usual biker club. They are an integral part of their neighborhood. Stereotypes of crazy blood thirsty vikings in search of trouble...
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Part of a long term project documenting the Born Losers.

The Born Losers MC is a predomintaly African American motorcylce club on the West Side of Chicago. Their club house rests in one of the city's worst neighborhoods, West Garfield Park, a neighborhood inflicted with drugs, violence, and gangs.

The Born Losers are not your usual biker club. They are an integral part of their neighborhood. Stereotypes of crazy blood thirsty vikings in search of trouble couldn't be any farther from the truth, as their anual Thanksgiving diner for the local homeless shows.

Every year they prepare a free Thanksgiving meal and open house for these residents, who would otherwise go without the feast so many American's take for granted. These residents would very likely go without any sort of help as they are not in shelters or visible on the streets of downtown, but secluded in this specific neighborhood, far from your average Chicagoan's sight.

Fortunately they are not out of the Born Losers sight. Members of the Born Losers walk the neighborhood, visiting lots, abandoned homes, and other known homeless hang outs to get the word out about the free Thanksgiving diner in the days before the feast.
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