Both Uses of
persecution
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- Persecuted.†
Chpt 1 *persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- Ghetto skins along by pawning and whining to the grocer to keep the kids alive, buying groceries on credit—no serious business anywhere in sight except for the houses of ill repute and the junky line—can't even slip over to the posh sections for the stealing business, no cars to get there—and the place getting thicker and thicker with people, all boiling like white-hot lead, half of them ready to kill you on sight from pure jealousy and imaginary or real persecution—and now the insurance people pull out, pawnshops and grocers and taverns shut down, no more hope for them, nothing in sight but violence.†
Chpt 19persecution = very bad and unfair treatment
Definition:
very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs