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    mainly white middle class people and its headquarters are in Manchester. This text portrays the picture about the media perception of gangs in our society. According to the author the term gang is usually associated with crime and violence by the media which has made not only youth male‚ but also working class individuals victims of media stereotyping. He is trying to point out the fact that the media is actually painting a bad picture and only covers the bad side of the gangs. He is also trying to

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    Gangs About seventy five percent of the United States of America’s crime rate comes from gang activity. In this project i have researched gangs and how they affect schools‚ communities and kids. I also have researched who started gangs ;why they started them and when .To find out more about gangs and the effect of them keep reading. Gangs started in the early nineteen sixties‚ at first they were not gangs though they were clubs like black panther and etc. The first real street gangs started

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    Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? People come up with crazy ideas all the time‚ many of which are torn apart by scientific evidence. However‚ some ideas are crafted so precisely and detailed that they are accepted as fact by millions of people. These alternatives to accepted history are known as conspiracy theories‚ and the people who create them are of a special breed. It is difficult to imagine having the time and passion to craft an alternative reason behind many of the world’s events

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    All through history‚ gangs have been in existence. These gangs or youth groups have had many negative effects on society for many years. These youth groups or gangs‚ as they are commonly called‚ have participated in many criminal and illegal acts that have plagued society. They have been stereotyped with such negative names as bad kids‚ trouble makers‚ rowdies and many other mischievous names. Some of the earliest records of gangs date back to the fourteenth and fifteenth century in Europe. Some

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    opinion on youth gangs is the same as I view planting a seed. If you plant a seed in bad soil most likely you’ll grow a defected or bad plant. I say that to say this “if a child is raised in an unstructured household most of the time that child will take his home training outside the home. Then we also have our young kids joining gangs that come from good homes‚ but can’t escape their negative environments once they walk outside their front door. Also some of the youths get involved in gangs looking for

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    Why do people behave the way that they do? I believe that a great deal of behavior is learned. When growing up we pay close attention to the things we are taught by our parents which helps to shape the way that we behave. There is also the environment to consider‚ which may encourage people to behave a certain way. If you grew up in a neighborhood that is dangerous you would be more careful of your surroundings. We also learn from our peers‚ if there a need for acceptance then we would behave the

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    LC 2.08 Final Draft "I believe" Trevor Cruse 1/22/2015 Why do people do what they love doing for their profession‚ rather than working at a job that will get them more money? Or why did people who get a lot of money from their job not follow their dream careers? Everyday men and women of all ages and aspirations start their paths on their future goals‚ life careers‚ and who they plan to be. But at what cost? Every day I see men and women choosing their careers. Careers that pay well. And careers

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    The Rise of Hitler 1. Why did so many German people join the Nazi Party? In the early 1920s‚ Germany was especially hard-hit during the Great Depression after the first World War‚ mainly because of the Treaty of Versailles‚ which made Germany go into an extreme hyperinflation. People could not buy anything with a reasonable price. In 1922‚ a loaf of bread costed 163 marks. In September 1923‚ it would have costed 1‚500‚000 marks and in November of that same year which was the peak of the hyperinflation

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    Why do people behave the way they do? No one can really tell you why they can only make strong guesses. These guesses are the definition of the person whom you are speaking or making a guess about. Thinking deeply into the one of the most dangerous minds we find Charles Manson. Charles Manson was a little boy who lived in a world of torture. For a little boy torture doesn’t only mean being hit or beaten‚ torture means not having his mother. This made Manson begin to think about pain. To him being

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    Steven Cao Charlene Green English 1302 Do the Homeless Really Deserve it? Everyone in this country has at least seen someone on the street corner begging for money due to the fact that they are homeless‚ but have you ever really thought about why they are put into the position that they are in? It is a stereotype that all homeless people only collect money to spend it on drugs or alcohol and that is not always the case. They actually could be doing the complete opposite and try to stable

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