SF’s Chess Cinderella
KALW’s Crosscurrents aired this striking story of Dyhemia Young, a chess phenom who is also caught in the foster system. We hope you can take a moment and listen to Dyhemia’s hidden world. Produced by Jen Chien.
YOUNG: I more identify with the “diamond in the rough” more than the Cinderella story. I mean, some people may look at my story and think, “Well, she is kind of a Cinderella.” No people, that’s just my name, that is not what I am, that is not who I am. I am a diamond in the rough.
CHIEN: Why is that more accurate?
YOUNG: Because a diamond has to be pressure put on, and you have to mold it and shape it and shine it to get it to be a diamond. And I’m still going through my pressure and molding and you know, all the shining and stuff. Probably my shining will be more in my college years… But no, I’m going through all of that to become that diamond and when I become that diamond y’all, I will be one of the top lawyers, one of the best judges, or even on the Supreme Court. Y’all going see me again, don’t worry.
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