Greasers vs Gangs of the 21st Century, Comparing and Contrasting
The world of gangs has changed a lot since the 1950s and mostly it has changed for the worst. Gangs no longer sport the classic "greaser" look. Nor do they simply get into a few rumbles over turf. No, Street gangs today have developed much farther past a group of twenty people hanging out on the corner. There is much more to being a gangbanger in the 21st century than that. Most modern day gangs are situated in some of the larger cities such as L.A., New York, and Even in Vancouver.
Gangs Nowadays don’t separate themselves by the Things they wear but more by the colors they wear. For example Greasers dress in leather and jean and appear slightly less wealthy. Whereas socs dress in all brand new clothing and drive fancy cars. Much is similar today. An African-American street gang known as the Bloods dress in mostly red. But they too have nice cars and nice clothing. The Bloods rival gang is known as the Crips. They dress in all blue. Crips have been around much longer than the bloods and their hangout is located in a poor part of L.A. So they are represent the modern day greaser.
These two gangs do not only fight over turf but they fight over drug empires being shipped in from other shores. A good example for this is the city of Long Beach. During the 1950’s Long Beach was a dumping ground for wealthy families. But then small gang related crimes started popping up all over long beach. Fast forward 30 years and now the streets of long beach are infested with drugs, dope peddlers and addicts. Gangs have taken over 75% of the city. And the youth behavior has increased over 50% with crime. The law enforcement trys to stop the drugs from being shipped into America but they cant. There is a lot of money at stake in the drug business. And so gangs feel the need to protect their profits. They do so with automatic weapons. Not just your average handgun. Some gangs have military issued fully automatic weapons. Contrasting this to the greasers and socs you see a huge
Gangs Nowadays don’t separate themselves by the Things they wear but more by the colors they wear. For example Greasers dress in leather and jean and appear slightly less wealthy. Whereas socs dress in all brand new clothing and drive fancy cars. Much is similar today. An African-American street gang known as the Bloods dress in mostly red. But they too have nice cars and nice clothing. The Bloods rival gang is known as the Crips. They dress in all blue. Crips have been around much longer than the bloods and their hangout is located in a poor part of L.A. So they are represent the modern day greaser.
These two gangs do not only fight over turf but they fight over drug empires being shipped in from other shores. A good example for this is the city of Long Beach. During the 1950’s Long Beach was a dumping ground for wealthy families. But then small gang related crimes started popping up all over long beach. Fast forward 30 years and now the streets of long beach are infested with drugs, dope peddlers and addicts. Gangs have taken over 75% of the city. And the youth behavior has increased over 50% with crime. The law enforcement trys to stop the drugs from being shipped into America but they cant. There is a lot of money at stake in the drug business. And so gangs feel the need to protect their profits. They do so with automatic weapons. Not just your average handgun. Some gangs have military issued fully automatic weapons. Contrasting this to the greasers and socs you see a huge