The Folks Nation is an alliance of street gangs‚ based in the Chicago area‚ which has since spread throughout the United States‚ specifically in the Midwest[1] and the South.[citation needed] They are rivals to the People Nation. Within the Folk Nation alliance there are many gangs which all have their own unique colors‚ hand signs and organization. Many of these gangs have signed a charter to join the Folks alliance. It was formed on November 11 1978 in the Illinois Department of Corrections
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Paper Question #1: Using Hagedorn’s analysis of the Hamburgs‚ and the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago‚ and the Crips and Bloods video’s analysis of gangs in LA‚ discuss how Hagedorn’s concept of demoralization‚ and Cornell West’s concept of nihilism‚ have an objective basis in the historical structure of Chicago’s and LA’s racism. In John M. Hagedorn’s book A World of Gangs he states‚ “An increasingly frustrated and demoralized population will reluctantly turn to armed non-state actors who
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The book that I chose to do my report on is called Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Tookie Williams was the infamous founder of the notorious Crip gang. The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the street myths surrounding prison life and to steer people away from crime. Tookie first learned about prison from his friend older brother named Rock. Rock spent most of his time in and out prisons. Rock described prison as a gladiator school where men go to prove their toughness
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Despite the incoherent special effects and relying on clichés about young black men‚ Boyz N The Hood is an inspiring and thought-provoking film‚ which features riveting performance by Cuba Gooding Jr. Synopsis Boyz n the Hood: The story opens on a normal South Central‚ Los Angeles day. Tre styles is a smart kid whose pride and slick mouth in school causes his teacher to take disciplinary actions and calls his mother. As a result Tre’s mother Reva‚ decides the best thing for both of them would be
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Usually they have so much hate for each other that they end up killing each other most of the time but when the riots start the violence between the two gangs start to slow down. The decided to put their differences aside because they see a bigger problem going on that affects and harms everyone including them. So‚ the Crips and bloods calla truce between them while these riots were going and that not the only thing. Also‚ this was a big moment in time where police brutality was talked
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I can’t recall the day I first met my husband. I had seen him at work for a few weeks‚ and I was beyond intimidated. He strutted around the production floor of the food manufacturing plant where we both worked. He was a supervisor with a reputation for being hard and demanding‚ but his crew was loyal. He had a long goatee and even longer curly dark hair‚ which when not in a bun‚ fell past his waist. His hair had orange stripes from a hair bleaching gone wrong. When combined with his massive
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hearted gangster from Watts‚ California. He used to be in a gang called the Grape Street Crips. He was always included in whatever drama that happened to be going on. For example shootings fights and murder scenes. Tyquan sticked to a street code no mercy wrong colors wrong signs you die and wrong family. Tyquan was finally achieving his goal he was undefeated in fights he was respected and he had money but he always wanted to continue his gang life. One day in the hood Tyquan was cruisin down the
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to the U.S. is its widespread network with criminal organizations throughout the world and international smuggling and distribution networks. The Sinaloa Cartel has been known to work with some of the largest gangs in the U.S. such as the Gangster Disciples‚ Latin Kings‚ the Bloods‚ the Crips‚ MS-13‚ and the Sureños. The Sinaloa Cartels
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Homelessness is a very huge problem that America has come to face. Millions of people‚ including children‚ families‚ babies‚ veterans‚ and the elderly live day after day without food‚ water or a roof over their heads. People that are mentally ill also have it tough on the streets‚ which can be extremely confusing to them‚ and dangerous to the rest of society. This problem must be solved soon‚ and therefore should be addressed as a major crisis that is affecting our society. There is no way we will
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Cited: Barco‚ Mandalit Del. "Crips Founder Seeks ’Redemption ’ on Death Row." NPR. NPR‚ 21 Apr. 2005. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. "A Brief Background on Capital Punishment." Death Penalty Information. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. Eric. "8 People Who Were Executed and Later Found Innocent - NakedLaw
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