The gang’s genesis dates to 1960‚ with a South Side gang called the Devil’s Disciples had become sufficiently large to warrant being given an outreach worker by the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago Youth Services (source: Chicago Historical Society). The Devil’s Disciples were mostly male African-Americans‚ 15-18 years of age‚ frequenting the intersection of 53rd St. and Kimbark Ave.‚ and operated from 53rd and Woodlawn to 49th St. and Dorchester Ave. In the early 1960s this gang known as
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African Literature May 18‚ 2009 I decided to do my final paper on Violence and I am using the book Allah is not obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma. Allah is not obliged‚ which is about a 10 year old child soldier named Birahima‚ is the perfect story of a boy who seeks the wrong guidance. Birahima has recently just lost his mother and his father has been long dead and it now causes him to be an orphan. On his way to his aunts’ house‚ being led by Yocuba who is a thief and a con man‚ Birahima is forced
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Gang Violence Gangs are becoming a growing problem in American society. More young people are turning to gangs to solve problems in there lives. When youths join gangs they drop social activities with family‚ friends and school. Members fall behind their classmates in school and do not try. A study shows that less than 1% of gang bangers is literate1. Gangs destroy teenager lives and destroy their chances for a good education and happy life. Gangs are now a haven for rats. Teenagers
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the pans‚ rap music‚ guns and knives‚ drugs (especially marijuana) and having the attitude of a hoodlum gangster. There are many of these gangs around the United States‚ there are a few that are actually nationwide though for example the Bloods‚ the crips‚ the saints‚ black disciples‚ the latin kings and many more. The street gang’s effect on society has brought our culture to a whole new page of style of clothing‚ music‚ attitude‚ and way of life for many Americans. Besides the influence of violence
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Our community is not the only community currently having gang problems. Many small towns and rural areas are experiencing gang problems for the first time. In small communities‚ citizens jump to the mistaken conclusion that gangs are present. This occurs because small groups of delinquents are common‚ even in the smallest rural communities. Juveniles enjoy hanging out together‚ and the reality is that juvenile delinquency is often committed in groups. The visibility of these groups‚ hanging out in
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Revolution ended “ . But over the past years gangs have changed their reputation and what they’re really are. Back then 20 years ago gangs were actually a form of civil disobedience and political resistance. Gangs such as the Businessmen‚ Avenues and Crips formed to fight the perceived oppression by society. Gangs now days are more about drugs‚ turf and getting the girls (Gangs Research). Either way gangs are no good they just bad things waiting to happen every day. The government is trying to stop the
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fellowship and brotherhood that they many not receive at home‚ intimidation and the feeling of being better and bigger than another person‚ and for the criminal activity or drug use but in the 60s that wasn’t the case for the Bloods and the Crips. Bloods and Crips were originally started to protect their neighborhoods
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Best Rapper The words of another person can be very influential and persuasive and by me saying that I am going to enlighten you on why I think the best rapper of this time is Kendrick Lamar. With me being born in 1994 while there was the notorious Tupac‚ who died in the year of 1994 also‚ and were famous for his raps and statements he put in his lyrics. So therefor I never go to listen to the so called heir of rap with my own expectations. In result of that I have a keen sense to balance Kendrick
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The ‘Crips’ are an L.A. based street gang that surfaced in 1969‚ this gang is said to be started by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington‚ they chose the collective name of “Crip” because it appealed to the younger age of the members they were recruiting. This gang has been labeled as one of America’s most violent street gangs. Violence within this gang is used indiscriminately between rival gang members‚ to maintain order within the hierarchy of the gang‚ to initiate new members‚ and
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Gregory Boyle begins chapter eight: “Success with a few questions that seem so simplistic at first glance. What is success and what is failure? What is good and what is bad? Setback or progress?” (Boyle 167). Taking a few moments to process these questions‚ one realizes that the question is quite complex and difficult. Success has such a subjective definition that it can only be defined by the one who answers the question of “what is success to you?” and has no universal definition. Specifically
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