Chris “Gang Leader for a Day” This book is about a Sociologist named Sudhir Venkatesh who is a graduate student at the University of Chicago and was interested in the poor black neighborhoods that surrounded the university and he wanted to study them. He wanted to explore how the black folks lived in the projects‚ he wanted to know how life was like the challenges it took for those folks to live in there. The sacrifices it takes to move forward and how poverty affects the way of living
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‘Crips’ are an L.A. based street gang that surfaced in 1969‚ this gang is said to be started by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington‚ they chose the collective name of “Crip” because it appealed to the younger age of the members they were recruiting. This gang has been labeled as one of America’s most violent street gangs. Violence within this gang is used indiscriminately between rival gang members‚ to maintain order within the hierarchy of the gang‚ to initiate new members‚ and to
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New World monkeys also known as Platyrrhini (because of their flat nose) are classified into 4 families. They are all in the superfamily Ceboidea. The Cebidae include the capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. Members of this group are small monkeys that feed on fruit and insects. The Pitheciidae include titis‚ saki monkeys and uakaris. Most of them are in the Amazon River basin in Brazil‚ although a few species are found in Columbia and Bolivia. Members of this group are small to medium sized monkeys
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In the book‚ Gang Leader for a Day‚ a rogue sociologist passionately dives into the lives of one of Chicago’s toughest housing projects in an attempt to develop an insight as to how the urban impoverished lived. Throughout the text it becomes clear that a conflict paradigm is being reflected. A conflict society is based on social inequality‚ in which some individuals benefit and thrive more than others‚ which tends to lead to conflict and thus change. This is evident both in the housing projects
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Monkeys are accepting of differences. Monkeys don’t exclude other monkeys. Monkeys don’t have bad intentions. Humans‚ on the other hand‚ aren’t as accepting or inclusive. At times‚ we also may not have the best intentions. Take a step into a high school full of teenagers from the age of thirteen to the age of eighteen and you’ll see exactly what I mean. High school for me was a place where people who were just a tad bit different‚ ate alone at the lunch table or never got asked to their school’s
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With over 15 different classified species‚ howler monkeys that are native to Central and South American rainforests are well known for their low pitched but high volume distinctive howls. Big in size yet only weighing 10kg‚ their distinctive howls can be heard over 3 miles away from their location even in the dense rainforest. Their ability to emit howls is the result of their large hyoid bones and their throat structure that works together to project the loud howls. Various studies have been done
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more so than going there in the first place. I was surprised when I learned that the gang is a benefit to the community. Even though the gang is also a harm to the community by conducting a drug business there‚ the gang members also are in charge of protecting the residents and keeping the place in order since the police doesn’t do anything. It seems to me that the projects would be in a worse situation if the gang wasn’t there helping out. I feel like this is a community among themselves. They seem
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Gang activity has transcended the borders of Central America‚ Mexico and North America. Especially in Central America and Mexico‚ gang activity poses a threat to national security. A multi-national plan to attack the growing gang network is needed. In this research project I plan to: (1) Analyze roots causes‚ (2) Examine the transnational and regional nature of gangs in Central America and Mexico and (3) Evaluate policies and programs aimed to decrease gang activity in Central America‚ Mexico and
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brought up in abusive homes this is one of the reasons why they turn to drugs‚ alcohol and also turn to gangs. There are also parents who are unable to provide their children with the necessary tools and give them the education they need due to poverty. Several of these youths are not strong enough to deal with peer pressures or turn to the right persons for help who will guide them in the right direction instead they turn to gun violence which is destroying their lives and our
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Sustainability: Eco-Philosophy Abstract Sustainability is a concept to maintain or sustain something of good qualities or something from deteriorating. It is like creating a balance between human’s activity and nature. This concept is emerged to rectify the developing scientific agreement that there are major environmental problems occurring globally in big scale gradually along the years[1]. I agree on this strongly as I have read through a lot on the news article on the BBC website
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