Los Angeles Gangs and the American Dream The inner city neighborhoods of Los Angeles are mostly lived in by African-Americans and Hispanics. Since 1970‚ street gangs have controlled these urban areas of Los Angeles‚ moving quickly to create illicit economies based on drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Sociologists like William Julius have labeled the denizens of the American ghetto as “the truly disadvantaged” due to the extremely limited opportunities available to them in neighborhoods
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Gangs in South Central Los Angeles Gangs run the streets in South Central Los Angeles. They are respected‚ dangerous‚ and feared by all who are not involved in gang activity. Two major Los Angeles gangs are the “Bloodz” and the “Crips”. These two gangs are professionals at what they do such as murder‚ drug trafficking‚ and avoiding law enforcement. Protecting their territory and fellow gang members resulted in one hundred twenty eight homicides in South Central Los Angeles (Tamara). Gangs run all
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Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles Yvonne Perry Everest Online Urban Planning: Gangs in Los Angeles For this assignment I spoke with my daughter’s friend who is a gang member in LA to get a little insight into how one becomes drawn to life in a gang. I felt that I could not plan anything for urban Los Angeles without knowing how a young man or women gets involved in gangs. The following is the interview that was conducted on 5/16/2013 between Juan Martinez known on the streets as Lil Hatchet
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Invasion of Los Angeles Los Angeles‚California‚City of Angels‚Entertainment Capital of the World. This is where I was born and raised. All I can say is that I am proud of being an Angeleno. Good weather‚second largest market in the US‚uniqueness‚and most of all good sports teams. Now if some madmen were to come over and take over LA. Then‚obviously it would seem as the worst thing imaginable. The question is would I pretty much let these madmen come over and ruin the way we live or take some action
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Los Angeles in the 1900s was changing at a very rapid pace. African Americans from the South were migrating to the major cities of the North in search of opportunity. In the 1920s‚ the first wave of migration largely bypassed the city of Los Angeles. But starting in the 1940s‚ the second wave of migration caused Los Angeles’s population to skyrocket from 63‚700 to 350‚000 by the year 1960. This mass-migration caused many demographic problems in the new racially diverse city. The first sign of lingering
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Los Angeles Flower District Deep within the slums of Downtown Los Angeles rests a complex series of flower markets that make up the Flower District of Los Angeles. Specifically‚ at the intersection of Wall St. and Eighth St.‚ lie the two largest flower markets in Los Angeles. The Original Los Angeles Flower Market and the Southern California flower market are situated directly across the street from one another. Within these two mega-markets‚ tons of venders try their hand at selling flowers and
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Quality of Light in Los Angeles Southern California is a region known for its desert like climate and contrasting lighting. This aspect has been the object of fascination for many of its residents following this unique quality. It has been discussed to be a beauty in its own right and spectacular in other ways because of the way it shines and illuminates night and day. This phenomenon is as a result of various factors coming together to bring out an atomic quality of light‚ viewed across the region
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there has been a steady comparison between New York City‚ New York and Los Angeles‚ California‚ although‚ these two cities have many likenesses and differences. Both cities are heavy populated and surrounded by water. Los Angeles and New York are on the opposite side of the coast and have very different climates. And finally the cost of living in both Cities is higher than the national average cost of living. Both Los Angeles‚ CA and New York‚ NY are surrounded by water. New York City is located
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Michael Ybarra MGMT 365 5/10/12 Rise of the Los Angeles Lakers For over fifty years now the City of Angels‚ Los Angeles‚ has been home to one of the most historical and successful franchises in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With so many accomplishments encompassed in its sixty-plus year journey‚ the story of the Los Angeles Lakers is indeed a colorful one. Sporting the infamous purple and gold‚ the Los Angeles Lakers have become the second most decorated team in the NBA with a total
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Sonia Bola Professor Gutierrez CRJ 112 17 October 2016 Gang Video Assignment 1 From the film Street Gangs in Los Angeles‚ it portrays the 1990’s as a time when gang activity had expanded into the communities as a widespread issue for both law enforcement agencies and the citizens living within society. The documentary illustrates the daily lives of gang members‚ including what type of people join these crowds‚ their reasons for affiliation‚ different activities the organizations participate in‚
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