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    Mafia/Italian Stereotypes

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    anybody except them selves. They can do anything they want to and not get punished or caught. Another stereotype is all Italians are part of a mob or gang. A perfect example is the show "Sopranos". In this essay ill show you how shows and movies stereotype the mafia and the Italian race. A very common Mafia Stereotype is that all Italians are part of a gang. The Sopranos shows this because the soprano family is all Italian and all the people who the family deals with are Italians. Another stereotype

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    Communication is important for the existence and preservation of a community. It allows members to know what is going on around them on a daily basis while also bringing them together in the event of a tragedy. Without the presence of the press through newspapers‚ television stations‚ or radio shows‚ the people of a community would be forced to rely on hearing from others about the current events that impact them. While Manenberg does not have any press outlet created solely for their community‚

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    Nineteenth century England brought in its wake not only industrialization but also social degradation. Dickens attacked the social evils of his times such as poor houses‚ unjust courts‚ greedy management and the underworld. The Themes in "Oliver Twist" reflect these evils. With the rise in the level of poverty‚ poor houses run by parishes sprung up all over England to give relief to the poor. However‚ the conditions prevailing in the work houses were dismal and the management were insensitive to

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    Always Running Analysis

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    In “Always Running”‚ a former gang member named Luis J. Rodriguez writes about his rough past. He joined his first gang when he was eleven years old‚ and saw many of his friends die one-by-one as a result of the dangers of being in a gang in east L.A. This broke him down and made him weak‚ but he had no one to share his emotions with which resulted in his joining of a gang. He killed an innocent man for the sake of being in a gang‚ spent several months in prison‚ and participated in numerous shootings

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    help and gunshots. Now gang members roam the streets and control most of the cities of El Salvador. Children are prevented from going to school if their school site is on a rival gang’s territory. Along with territory problems‚ many children are afraid of leaving their homes in fear of being abducted by gang members and forced to join. Salvadoran women are dyeing their hair black and dark brown in attempt to stay alive from gang violence. There have been rumors that only gang members’ girlfriends

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    certain‚ many scholars believe that youth gangs originated from either Europe or Mexico and appeared in the United States shortly after the American Revolutionary war. Some believe they were formed from simple cultural similarities or religious beliefs amongst certain groups who shared those same connections. Others believe gangs came from the Mexican Migration to the southwest United States after the Mexican Revolution in 1813. Whenever gangs were first introduced to America is irrelevant

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    of two different high school gangs‚ finds variations in social responses to deviance that attest to the power and consequences of social reputation. Reputation is made up of one’s past of alleged performance‚ social responses‚ and expectations for future performance. Although both of the gangs studied engaged in the same frequency of deviance‚ one gang received considerable official social control attention while the other one did not. In time‚ members of the two gangs lived up to the community’s

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    years old and as being a member of a gang "THE ROYALS" "The Royals had chosen him" this quotation shows how Andy had made the decision joining a gang. The consequence to this decision is when Andy is stabbed by a rival gang member from the "Guardians" as Andy is stabbed the rival gang member shouts " that’s for you Royal" this shows how Andy as an individual is not targeted but his gang "THE ROYALS" is stereotypically targeted. Andy’s decision to join the gang has caused Andy to be attacked and the

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    The Outsiders

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    |Related Text Overview: Novel | |Title of novel |The Outsiders | |Author |S.E. Hinton | |Date published

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    Moreover‚ according to the article‚ “ The Projects” Diego Vigil explains his study on East Los Angeles gangs and insinuates that “social disorganization theory rests on the fact that cities function in a way that are similar to their environments found in nature”(2).In addition‚ during his study he explains the assumptions made by both McKay and Shaw‚ and suggests that the demographics of the communities like the projects‚ in particular‚ have lack of resources like: high unemployment‚ lack of financial

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