The Book "8 Ball Chicks"
Eight Ball Chicks concise
By Laura Anderson
The book "8 Ball Chicks," written by Gini Sikes. It is a thrilling yet shocking book about girls in gangs. The book explains in horrific detail the roles and existences of the girls in these gangs. Sikes traveled to several different cities to experience the life of girl gangsters. She traveled to Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. Through these travels, she became immersed in the lifestyles of each gang and had first hand accounts on what it was like to be in a gang. Sikes met many girls whom she could not believe what had persuaded them to live like they did. Most of the girls wanted to just fit in with something, to have power or be safe. Sikes recognized that all these girls were victims of their environment, so she sought out to see what she could present to show other people that children of poverty need a good education to be able to succeed and have a successful life. How ever they didn't know how to go about it. Gang life was all they knew because they grew up in it, and they were taught it. They would talk about their dreams outside of the gangs. Some of these girls were unable to achieve these dreams due to their lack of education (mainly because of their environment). Most all of the girls she meet grew up in poverty. Also because of poverty, a lot of their parents where just as bad as their kids. Some were raised by single mothers who slept around or were even prostitutes. Other girls were molested by their mother's boyfriends or their stepfathers. These girls had had a bleak out look for their future. Really all they knew how to do was survive . So all of them turned to gangs. When a girl was initiated into gangs they had a couple of choices, get “jumped in” ( beat up by x amount of girls for x amount of time) or in an example for Part II the girl would roll dice and whatever number the dice amounted to was the amount of guys the girl would have to sleep with at once. They would call it a
By Laura Anderson
The book "8 Ball Chicks," written by Gini Sikes. It is a thrilling yet shocking book about girls in gangs. The book explains in horrific detail the roles and existences of the girls in these gangs. Sikes traveled to several different cities to experience the life of girl gangsters. She traveled to Los Angeles, San Antonio, and Milwaukee. Through these travels, she became immersed in the lifestyles of each gang and had first hand accounts on what it was like to be in a gang. Sikes met many girls whom she could not believe what had persuaded them to live like they did. Most of the girls wanted to just fit in with something, to have power or be safe. Sikes recognized that all these girls were victims of their environment, so she sought out to see what she could present to show other people that children of poverty need a good education to be able to succeed and have a successful life. How ever they didn't know how to go about it. Gang life was all they knew because they grew up in it, and they were taught it. They would talk about their dreams outside of the gangs. Some of these girls were unable to achieve these dreams due to their lack of education (mainly because of their environment). Most all of the girls she meet grew up in poverty. Also because of poverty, a lot of their parents where just as bad as their kids. Some were raised by single mothers who slept around or were even prostitutes. Other girls were molested by their mother's boyfriends or their stepfathers. These girls had had a bleak out look for their future. Really all they knew how to do was survive . So all of them turned to gangs. When a girl was initiated into gangs they had a couple of choices, get “jumped in” ( beat up by x amount of girls for x amount of time) or in an example for Part II the girl would roll dice and whatever number the dice amounted to was the amount of guys the girl would have to sleep with at once. They would call it a