To cut Dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish.
Their voice and physical selves are not acknowledged, leaving them ripe for ho.
They are mute and invisible to society but also in their inward being.
At the same time, they are often resistant to help from social institutions including the church.
They are stigmatized with limited opportunity for education and disproportionate incarceration.
Gregory Ellison says that this is the plight of African American Young men.
To cut Dead means to refuse to acknowledge another with the intent to punish