a price. Having left home without his wallet‚ Robles works for Jimmy as doorman at a strip club‚ earning extra money selling oranges and teaching two Central Americans and three others would be undocumented immigrants to walk and talk like East Los Angeles natives. They become called the "Waas Sappening Boys" or "What’s Happening Boys". Robles falls in love with Dolores and finally raises the money needed to be smuggled across the border. He goes on a date with Dolores and the next day‚ Robles bids
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2 This booklet was inspired by and written for participants in the Festival Encouragement Project (FEP)‚ a program co-created in 2003 by the Center for Cultural Innovation and supported by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (LADCA). The goal of the FEP is to build the strength and capacity of selected outdoor cultural celebrations produced in L.A. that serve residents and tourists. Book Photography: Aaron Paley Book Design: Peter Walberg Published by the Center for
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revealed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that Wells Fargo created more than 2 million fake bank accounts or credit cards by inputting real customer information without their consent. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along with the Los Angeles City Attorney and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency‚ have fined Wells Fargo $185 million dollars. Federal banking regulators state that Wells Fargo has been committing this fraudulent activity since 2011. Since the scandal made headlines
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School’s theory‚ specifically the Concentric Zone Model and analysis of the City‚ to the subcultural group of gangs. Their ideas will be explored and contrasted with those in Brown‚ Vigil and Taylors 2012 article: “The Ghettoization of Blacks in Los Angeles: the Emergence of Street Gangs”. Further to this I will analyse the limitations of the Chicago Schools theory and contrast this with insight offered form the Birmingham School of thought. The notion of culture can be conceptualised in a variety
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Made in America The Movie‚ Crips and Bloods: Made in America‚ is a documentary that informs people outside of the projects of LA‚ just what life looks like from an insider’s perspective. Many people don’t understand gangs and what it is that started the huge uprising of them. Growing up in the projects and being turned away from many youth groups took a large psychological toll on many of the kids growing up in LA in the 60’s. Instead of Boy Scouts‚ and other youth groups‚ the youth turned to making
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Ramon Quezada Professor Romo Chicano Studies 8 December 9‚ 2012 Take Home Final Exam 1. Two historical events that I observed in the museum were the California Gold Rush and The Signing of the California Land Claims Act. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought large numbers of new immigrants from Mexico‚ Central American and South America to California. The presence of gold made California tremendously valuable to the United States. The Gold Rush funded money for the union to buy supplies
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bottles and rocks. Riot was one way that change the city and made the people temerity. The theme of my essay is how riot brought courage to the black people and vicissitude the society . Firstly‚ a police traffic stop in the watts area of Los Angeles‚ a largely black populated area‚ provided the spark that ignited rioting which lasted for six days‚ leaving thirty four dead‚ more than one thousand injured‚ almost four thousand arrested‚ and hundreds of buildings were destroyed. The riots was
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Cited: • Lepore‚ Mike. Rodney King police brutality case and the 1991 Los Angeles riots. 2000. 22 Sept. 2004 . • BBC – History – The Troubles. 2001. 22 Sept. 2004
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The Asian American communities dealt with many race relation issues during the contemporary period. The Los Angeles Riots was caused by a combination of events that built up to the tension in the black community. The beating of African American motorcyclist‚ Rodney King‚ was not the only event that ensued the L.A. Riots. A few weeks after the Rodney King beating‚ the murder of fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins‚ a Black teenage girl‚ was heavily broadcasted in the media because King’s beatings were
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growing‚ dangerous gang in America. To understand MS 13’s power in this country‚ one has to consider its development as a major crime organization‚ its control over its members‚ and the power it holds. Mara Salvatrucha was organized in Los Angeles in the late 1980’s. In the 1980’s‚ El Salvador was engaged in a civil war. Men attacked as guerilla fighters‚ training and learning how to kill anyone for anything. To escape the civil war‚ these men migrated to the United States. At first
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