1. A gang is a group of people who claim a territory and use it to make money through illegal activities (i.e. drug trafficking) 2. Gangs can be organized based upon race‚ ethnicity‚ territory‚ or money-making activities‚ and are generally made up of members ages 8 to 22. 3. Members of gangs wear specific articles of clothing to be recognized as part of the group such as bandanas‚ hats‚ scarves of certain colors‚ or gang-related tattoos or symbols. 4. Gangs are one of the leading factors
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There are so many ways a person can encounter discrimination. It could be because of race‚ religion‚ or gender‚ among others. Racial discrimination‚ with regards to gangs‚ can be seen in a few different ways. Discrimination can be the reason a kid joins a gang. It can be one of the reasons for the violence towards rival gangs. Discrimination can also sometimes be seen in how someone in the public or law enforcement deals with putting a stop to illegal activities and violence of gangs. Accordingly
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think for a second he was going to get caught. He hid himself in crates of tomatoes and waited. All during the movie‚ whatever he puts his mind to‚ he does. The most obvious goal Carlos accomplished was finding his mother. He walked the streets of Los Angeles looking for the special corner‚ with the pizzeria‚ Laundromat‚ party store‚ and murals on sides of buildings. That is true determination. But this shows true courage
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conflicts minorities of different races face when being a member of a gang. Death‚ prison‚ money‚ sex and even bonding are but a few of the things a gang life can bring. A rookie cop Danny MaGavin and Hodges partner up to fight the evil the gangs of Los Angeles bring to the streets. The Crypts and the Bloods are two of the biggest gangs in the city. Drug dealing‚ drug use and drive by shootings are typical events for gang members. Colors represent a gang with the color blue indicating a Crypt and red being
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homemaker. She loved dancing and her love for dancing helped mold Shirley’s career. Her parents were engaged in 1914 and had three children-Jack‚ George Jr.‚ and Shirley Jane. Shirley began dancing in September 1931‚ at Meglin’s Dance Studio in Los Angeles at the age 3. There she was seen by two producers‚ Jack Hays and Charles Lamont. In 1931‚ they were making a series of one-reel short films called Baby Burlesks. Shirley was chosen as the star of the film and was paid $10 a day. She acted
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Not only in the past but in today society the term "gang" is a hard word to define‚ because "No two gangs are alike" (Mays & Winfree‚ 2006‚ 313) The National Institute of Justice report adopted the the definition of street gangs as "groups of youths and young adults who have engaged in a sufficient amount of antisocial activity to warrant attention by the criminal justice system." however to add on to that definition‚ the law enforcement uses the definition " an ongoing‚ organized association of
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questions which answers I can only guess. The majority of people on Earth is living in cities and towns nowadays so it’s not wrong to think about future development of cities. In future the population will grow and big cities like New York City‚ Los Angeles or Miami will have one thing in common - their increasing number of inhabitants and tourists. So all they could do to stop overcrowding and to give people more space (which they need) is a completly new way of thinking about architecture‚technology
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conflicts that they must learn to deal with together. These enemies may be rival gangs‚ police officers‚ or even gang members that have turned away from the group. The stereotypical example of rival gang conflict is the Bloods and Crips dynamic in Los Angeles‚ California. These gangs are bitter rivals that have led to a multitude of gang related crimes just because they defend their own gang pride and despise the other gang. However‚ during their downtime the majority of gang members spend their time
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reputed gang leader Stan “Tookie” Williams who while incarcerated experience an epiphany and dedicates his life to making up for mistakesof his youth and redeems himself. Recognized as the founder of the notorious street gang the Crips in South Central Los Angles at the age of 17. Williams hadn’t intended on the Crips to become a gang of crime and violence: he wanted them to do something positive to protect his neighborhood from the street gangs. In a few years the Crips had branches in nearly every state
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1963‚ California‚ United States‚ has been in operation has become one enjoys a good reputation and image of the well-known chain catering enterprises. In Hollywood‚ it is by the favor of the top stars‚ constantly appeared in ELLE‚ Vanity Fair‚ Los Angeles Magazine‚ Entertainment Weekly‚ fashion magazines and other mainstream media‚ and it is the arrangement of the great American specialties famous. Coffee Bean has more than 200 outlets around the world‚ including the Phoenix‚ Arizona‚ San Francisco
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