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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CLUBS vs. GANGS The importance and almost need as a teenager to fit in is a constant struggle that causes emotional scarring‚ and tears but eventually the joy that true friends have to offer. People who share your same interests‚ enjoy your company as you enjoy their’s and the bond that grows to a point where they become almost closer then family. Whether it be found through involvement in school‚ city or church sponsored clubs or sports. These clubs not only lead to the developments of
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criminal damage‚ defacement‚ graffiti and crass erection of an eyesore. I feel so angry and anxious‚why they do something like that.They feel that destruction of public or private property is the usual things..like they didn’t feel guilty about this.They just want to have fun with others...but they didn’t think what might others feel about them.Can’t they think on their own..uhhh such a horrible think..Example of vandalisme:This toilet has been sprayed over with graffiti. Though the toilets haven’t
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GANG LEADER FOR A DAY The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world’s attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang‚ what he learned‚ and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects‚ he was looking
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creative blockage and decided to go look at the graffiti in the abandoned trailer factory. At that exact moment‚ I remembered I forgot my flashlight at home. I didn’t
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The poem‚ street gangs‚ emphasises to us that unpredictable nature of street gang members. The members of the gang lash out at anyone‚ even the innocent‚ if given the chance‚ evident through this poem. They use others as mere ’scape goats’ to their dysfunctional mentality and overgrown egos. The belief that they are “superior” in comparison to other individuals‚ which is their justification to their actions and why they believe they have the right to exploit others for their own gains. The moral
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Stereotype Two writer’s that are attempting to change this racial perspective of the world is the essayist of "Veild Threat the Guerrilla Graffiti" by Arwa Aburawa and the author of "Ghetto Bitches‚ China Dolls‚ and Cha-Cha Divas by Jennifer Pozner. Everybody ponders and is continually going to ask‚ the world rarely get to a point where it is post racial. The appropriate response will dependably be no‚ this is a direct result of news‚ populace‚ and motion pictures and network shows. As much as the
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2011there we around 29‚900 known gangs and roughly 782‚500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others‚ according to NGIC analysis” (FBI‚ 2011‚ p.9). Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty‚ Horowitz‚ and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also bringing extremely violent gang members inside their neighborhood
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Have you ever wanted to live in a free from religion‚no war or limted money problems society? If you even lived or experience the lifestyle of an average american ‚you would know you can established any dream that you have diffuculty facing. The American Dream is about overcoming any type of goal without any restrictions. Unlike many other countries American’s don’t live in a communist society. America will provide you with good education‚ a home for you or your family and alot of job oppertunities
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There are many reasons that gangs form themselves from the readings and the research that I have done I have drawn my own conclusion as to why the individuals involved decide to form an alliance together. Most of these kids come from broken homes‚ and sometimes they do not even have a home; due to dysfunctional contact that are prevalent in most of today’s children and teenage relationships. When a disruption transpires or comes about in these kids lives they are completely perplexed as to how to
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