In discussions of controversies‚ one issue that has been on the mouths of plenty for many years has been the death of the hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur. On the night of September‚ 7th‚ 1996‚ Tupac Shakur was claimed to be shot. On the morning of September 13th‚ 1996‚ Tupac Shakur was pronounced dead. The headlines of every newspaper and TV news station were about it. However‚ his death has been an issue of controversy for about two decades simply because people did not believe that he died. No matter
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Ch 5 dba Us our text‚ as needed! 1) In the opening vignette to Chapter 5‚ the Crips provided Monster Cody a sense of brotherhood‚ belonging‚ and superiority while the Bloods were described as being the enemies of the Crips and unworthy of their respect. In this scenario‚ what sociological concepts apply to each group for Cody? For instance‚ what is/are Cody’s ingroups‚ outgroups‚ reference groups‚ primary groups‚ secondary groups? 2. What essentials elements are missing from aggregates
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every blow a fist in my jaw‚ my shoulder‚ a steel-toed boot in my shin. I felt their spit on my face. I felt a wad of gum pressed onto my hair. What the Fuck are they doing to me?”(140). In this quote‚ Julia is getting beat up by Maria and her Crip girls. A person who’s been jumped before could relate how Julia was feeling when she got jumped by the Blood gang. With good descriptive details‚ it gives the reader an idea or visualization in their mind. Another quote that shows good dialogue is
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two gangs‚ but I created my own rules. For a long time‚ I thought bloods were never suppose to wear the color blue‚ or associate with anyone from the crip gang. A friend of mine told me I was ridiculous because my favorite color was blue. I thought she was right. So silently I stopped representing the blood gang‚ and started representing the crip gang. As the years go by I started listening to the genre‚ trap music. Trap music is described as two
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cultural meaning people from the same culture like the “The Latin Kings” consisting of Hispanic members to the “ Zoe pound” which include only Haitians or the well know the “mafia” which consist of the Italians. Other gangs are just diverse like the Crips and the Bloods‚ these gangs are like the country we live in the melting pot. Most of these gangs are well organized and can be identified by the color that they were‚ the way they are dressed or the tattoos on their body. The most
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coast and the west coast. Also‚ the night of his death‚ Tupac and Suge Knight (Death Row CEO) attended Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match. After the bout‚ it was then Suge Knight spotted Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson‚ a southside crip. (Anderson and a group of crips had robbed a Death Row member in a Foot Locker store a few weeks earlier.) Knowing this‚ Shakur then attacked Anderson‚ with Suge Knight and associates assisting them. (Michael Ray‚ Brittanicaonline.org‚ Page 1) Tupac Amaru Shakur
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The color red is affiliated with Bloods and the color blue is affiliated with the Crips. Blood and Crips usually did not get along which form conflict between one another. The lady that is similar to the Statue of Liberty symbolize the freedom that the young African American man was fighting for‚ however‚ gangbanging and dice games could caused
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Cited: Barco‚ Mandalit Del. "Crips Founder Seeks ’Redemption ’ on Death Row." NPR. NPR‚ 21 Apr. 2005. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. "A Brief Background on Capital Punishment." Death Penalty Information. Web. 12 Nov. 2012. Eric. "8 People Who Were Executed and Later Found Innocent - NakedLaw
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African-Americans have by far the lowest rate of two-parent families in Southern California “Gangs are never goin’ to die out. You all goin’ to get us jobs?” 16-year-old Grape Street Crip -quoted in Mike Davis (historian) book City of Quartz Bloods and Crips are the two main gangs in LA at the time Black gangs Bloods (Red) Crips (Blue) very territorial‚ street violence‚ drive by shootings‚ violent nature‚ influenced youth local youth were bored with nothing to do drugs‚ guns‚ cars etc the
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The book that I chose to do my report on is called Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Tookie Williams was the infamous founder of the notorious Crip gang. The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the street myths surrounding prison life and to steer people away from crime. Tookie first learned about prison from his friend older brother named Rock. Rock spent most of his time in and out prisons. Rock described prison as a gladiator school where men go to prove their toughness
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