fantasy seen’’. ALAN SEGER The chapter looks at the roles different groups of intellectuals played in constructing or deconstructing L.A mythography starting with the booster era. It also looks at attempts to establish authentic epistemologies about Los Angeles with Louis Adamic’s initial efforts in the Debunkers period. The Boosters Over a 35 year period from 1880 - 1915 L.A. emerged as the largest city in the west with a population of close to a million. The growth‚ production‚ population and income
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Apart from a single reference to the gang’s presence in Los Angeles‚ there is no mention of the MS-13’s origins in southern California‚ and the U.S. government’s role in facilitating its emergence and spread. Salvadoran migrants‚ whose very residence there was owed to U.S. support for El Salvador’s brutal military-oligarchy alliance‚ created the gang in the 1980s as a form of self-protection. U.S. deportations of members helped to internationalize the gang‚ which now has a strong presence in many
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Los Angeles Police Department EVENT Escorting the client‚ David Foreman‚ from his home to the Metropolitan Courthouse and provide security to Mr. Foreman’s estate. LOCATION Laguna Beach‚ CA Metropolitan Courthouse‚ Los Angeles‚ CA DATE Monday‚ November 3rd‚ 2014 TIME 0900am-1200pm BACKGROUND CLIENT: David Foreman 40 years old High profile Outspoken Attention-seeker‚ i.e. loves to talk to the media/press Controversial white supremacist Wheelchair-bound
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For Sport Film Analysis assignment I decided to analyze a movie named Goal! The Dream Begins‚ which Is a film about a young Mexican that goes by the name of Santiago Muñez‚ who lives in the not so good part of los Angeles‚ is given a chance to achieve his dream of playing professional soccer by trying out for an English club team named Newcastle United when he is spotted by a talent scout with contacts with Newcastle united. In the Film Santiago Muñez is portrayed as a an overachiever who even though
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Behind Physical Voilence Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs gave us an opportunity to explore what the Cholos‚ “low life” in East L.A.‚ is really like from the insider’s perspective. Why the life is so different within the four- block neighborhood‚ called “inner city”‚ comparing to the rest of the American cities. In the inner city‚ the majority resident is Mexican-American kids‚ aged from ten to twenty-one. The drop out rates from schools and the unemployment rate are extremely high. Also the
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Explain the birth of gangs and how they impact society. Discuss the economic value and the detrimental side of gangs and their related business practices. Wednesday December 4th 2013 In the United States today there are over 1.4 million gang members‚ these gang members come from poverty and join these gangs for protection from other gang members or to survive on the streets. A street gang is a group of members with identifiable leadership and internal organization‚ identifying with or claiming
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Fremont to deliver the news of their victory (“Kit Carson”). Carson also led the forces of U.S. General Stephen Kearney from Socorro‚ New Mexico into California‚ when a Californio band led by Andres Pico mounted a challenge to American occupation of Los Angeles later that year (Weiser). Weiser also wrong that on December 6‚ 1846‚ Mexicans at San Pasqual attacked those forces‚ about 30 miles north of San Diego. On the third night of this battle‚ Carson and two others snuck through enemy lines and ran the
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About Long Beach California This amazing city located in Southern California is the seventh largest city in California and covers 52 square miles of southwest Los Angeles County the Port of Long Beach is where the Nation’s second largest business container port is located‚ also home to the World’s most environmentally safe off –shore oil operations. This community is one of the most ideal strategic spots in the world for international trade‚ new and innovative technology‚ regional commerce‚ and
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In the United States there are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They are as follows from largest to smallest in member size. There is the Neta‚ Aryan Brotherhood‚ Black Guerilla Family‚ Mexican Mafia‚ La Nuestra Familia‚ and the Texas Syndicate. By definition a gang is a group of people working together or a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; especially: a band of antisocial adolescents. The
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that represents american ideologies. Hollywood and its well-known sign actively represent dreams‚ evolution‚ and a place where hard work can get you in life‚ entertainment‚ and a consumer/capitalist attitude. Just a few minutes drive from downtown Los Angeles‚ Hollywood is home to what is also known as the film capital of
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