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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modern America face challenges daily that help them grow into a productive member of society. In the book‚ Edgewater Angels by Sandro Meallet‚ the story is set in the projects of San Pedro‚ California‚ a heavily gang influenced town that is a part of Los Angeles. The book exposes the youthfulness of Sunny Toomer‚ a mischievous teen always faced with the decision between right and wrong in a neighborhood where you can get jumped for walking on the wrong side of the street. Sunny is just trying to
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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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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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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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Influences Imprisoning the Streets Prison. Gangs. These two words are separate entities‚ though they are often associated together. This is because of the social view and perception that our society has on both gangs and on prison. Now it is not that this association is wrong or a bad thing. The fact is that in America‚ there are gangs‚ street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ and prison street gangs‚ all influencing each other and being influenced by on another. This paper aims to decipher exactly how
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killings spreading over the city have reached extreme lengths‚ as Josh Saul expresses in his article by saying‚ “by the end of November‚ the city had more than 700 murders for the first time since 1998; that’s more murders than in New York City and Los Angeles combined‚” (Saul‚ 2016‚ para. 4). Chicago is commonly called “Chi-raq”‚ and was also mentioned in a song by Kanye West because the murders
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Six California’s Six California’s‚ proposed by a man named Tim Draper‚ is an idea in which California is to be split into six‚ individual states. This idea is said to be an opportunity for California to start fresh and to create a better future for the citizens. As of right‚ California is facing numerous problems that are impossible for just one governor to attempt to solve‚ but creating six California’s allows us to fix those problems. The current proposition to split California into six individual
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