Benjamin Wilson aka Benji grew up in the tough and mean streets of Chicago. He grew up in the 80's when Chicago was taken over by gang violence and drugs, and it was very easy for a young man as himself to follow along with the negativity that was going on in his neighborhood. Benji was able to overcome adversity by playing the game of basketball, a sport that was well known in Chicago because of NBA superstar Michael Jordan. Benji attended Simeon high school where he won two state championships and was the number one player in the country going into his senior year of high school. Before the start of his senior season Benji was killed, NBA players and coaches both say if not for this tragedy Benji Wilson would have been one of the greatest players in the NBA to ever play the game of basketball.
The only Bias thing that I could think of was, after Benji Wilson was killed some very ignorant people believed that it wasnt the killers fault that he killed Benji. Benji Wilson was 6'7 and the person that killed him was 5'8. And the killer made a statement that Benji was very tall and that intimidated him and essentually that is why he did what he did because he was not big enough to fight Benji.
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