The film‚ Freedom Writers‚ directed by Richard LaGravenese captured the lives of underrepresented and at risk students whom lived in Long Beach‚ California‚ that were born into gang life and didn’t see their lives past than age eighteen. Erin Gruwell was a passionate young teacher keen on social change. Wanting to make a difference‚ she decided to teach at the newly voluntarily integrated Woodrow Wilson High School. The movie’s portrayal of stereotypes was emphasized through its technical aspects
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Informative Essay Gangs “Crip Nation” “Crippin’ is a choice‚ but it’s forever. You may slow down‚ but you will always be down forever.” (Washington 1969). Founded in Los Angeles‚ California in 1969 by Raymond Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams III; the Crips are now a loosely connected network of individual sets. Through the years the gang has grown to be one of the largest and most powerful gangs in the United States‚ currently with over 30‚000 gang members. Members of the are known
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established by LAPD Chief Daryl Gates to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles‚ California. Each of the LAPD’s 18 divisions had a CRASH unit assigned to it‚ whose primary goal was to suppress the influx of gang related crimes in Los Angeles‚ which came about primarily from the increase in the drug trade. Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was an elite but controversial special operations unit of the Los Angeles Police Department tasked with combating gang related crime. CRASH
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Freedom Writers Gang violence in Los Angeles was at its prime in 1992 right after the infamous Rodney King incident and Los Angeles riots that locked down the city for three days. (Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots‚ http://www.citivu.com/ktla/sc-ch1.html) Teenagers in the rough neighborhoods of California thought that they were destined to become gang members with their respective races‚ to fight a battle that their ancestors started. During this time period‚ teenage gang members felt that
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The movement to “Take back the schools” was a movement initiated by a group of Chicano students demanding for a change in their schools system in East Los Angeles California. The 1960’s was a time when Mexican American students were suffering from neglect and discrimination in their schools. It was obvious there was a problem with the school system of education only one out of four chicanos was completing high school. Students were separated into different classes by their IQ scores. Students with
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been a heated debate over the moral and economic benefits of outsourcing American Jobs. One side may contend that the lowered wages in China would aid in revamping the economy while the other would claim that jobs should be brought back to America. Los Angeles Times journalist Tony Barboza’s assertion that outsourcing of United States labor to China is equally as detrimental to the country as it is beneficial is effective in that the level of pollution carried across the Pacific Ocean from China ultimately
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born December 31‚ 1930 in La Paz‚ Bolivia. He came to the United States in the 1960s to seek a better life. He began teaching math to troubled students in a violent Los Angeles school and became famous for leading many of them to pass the advanced placement calculus test. In 1974‚ Escalante took a job at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles‚ California. He found himself in a challenging situation: teaching math to troubled students in a rundown school known for violence and drugs. While some
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Natalie Goldman Community Health Nursing C228 Task 1 A. Identification of Community The city of West Hollywood is nestled between Los Angeles City limits and Beverly Hills in Los Angeles County‚ CA. For County of Los Angeles Public Health Department‚ it is a part of Service Planning Area 4. The population is 34‚781‚ with 19‚476 (56%) males and 15‚305 (44%) females. Median resident age is 40 years old. 77% of residents are Caucasian. Air Quality Index (AQI) is 47.1‚ significantly worse
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Since the late 1960’s‚ the “Crips” have been synonymous with gang violence and crime. Despite being started as an organization utilized to defend itself and its’ neighborhood from other violent gangs‚ the “Crips” have evolved into a fierce organization that draws its’ standing from murder‚ drugs and a bountiful number of active members. It is a prime example of how an organization could allegedly start as something positive for a community and eventually devolve into one of the most feared criminal
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Gangs were first fabricated so that poor majorities in the ghetto neighborhoods could defend themselves against police brutality and outsiders. Gangs also known as sets would gain their name from the area that the gang reside in‚ which could be the street number or street name. Gangs are a class of adolescents and young adults whom possess a common identity and are involved in wrongful and criminal behavior. Majority of gang members tend to be young adults‚ however‚ According to recent trends children
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