Before Kahlil passed away, he tells Starr about the true meaning of Tupac’s tattoo, and what the real meaning of the term “THUG LIFE”. It was assumed that during the last few months he had begun to deal drugs, and could’ve possible joined a gang. With that not being a positive thing in his life, Starr was concerned that he was living on a dangerous path. He insisted to Start that not all gangs were bad, but rather shows the hostility and inequality that his people might face. There were many different gangs in Garden Heights including Kings, which were the highest of them all. They dominated the neighborhood and forced peopel to only be on their good side. When showing up at Kahlil’s memorial, many were aggrivataed at the idea of the kings
The theme of lines 1-5 in, ¨Untitled 1¨ by Tupac Shakur is that African Americans have been oppressed, over many generations. He describes the world, ¨as a ghetto, that they cannot leave,¨ referring to ghettos such as
1-The story tells, Real facts occurred in the 1940s, where it was a racist society. Gangs were scattered throughout the cities, and regions, and the streets. To live, you have full get away, or belonging to one of them. You should help the gang members that they were right or on falsehood. Also, it is a kind of bigotry, not much different from intolerance, national, ethnic, and sectarian That were prevalent in American society. in fact, it is the inevitable result of this society. When the corruption becomes prevails, injustice and lawless prevails too, and justice will disappear.
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rouge Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh is the ideologies rooted in the African American community. The ideal facts cannot be denied here. The idea of being black and poor is not a simple answer of, very bad, somewhat bad, neither, somewhat good or very good. Being black and poor is a lifestyle. Being black and poor is a community. This book will give you understanding how structural racism among blacks is installed throughout history. The system is created to make sure the subject matter, blacks, in this case are subjected to fail. The crack epidemic in a Chicago neighborhood was only the beginning.
The book emphasizes the idea of how difficult it is to leave the gang lifestyle. There are frequent cases of relapse by individuals in the book, who were once out to again return to gangs. This case is brought by what gangs represent to this in the book and what leaving entails them to give up. The definition of gangs presented to the class was, three or more members, share name, color, or affiliation, or must exist in a geopolitical context. To members associated with gangs, this definition can include your family members, neighborhood, everyone that they associate with. Take for example Ronnie from Jumped in by Jorja Leap it states,” Ronny’s role models are gangbangers. His family is a hood. His mentors are older homies in county jail.”(102). Ronnie and other gang members like him do not
In the beginning, it seems unlikely that Gangs of New York will be an example of naturalism. Unlike To Build a Fire or Open Boat, the whole story of Gangs of New York happens in a civilized area, and nobody is in a case of danger because of the nature. Naturalism is implicit in this article. But being implicit does not mean it is ineffective. Instead, the idea of naturalism within this article is more confound than other two stories we studied before.
The gang and the community are intertwined as the gang encompasses many of those that live in the area, as presented in the ending of the film. The ending is important because it sets up the permanency of label theory, and when the role of delinquent becomes evident. Throughout the movie the main character Montoya Santana speaks of respect and his gang, until the end where it states how he regretted his role, as a kid turning to gang culture for respect. In the movie it states,” You know, a long time ago, two best homeboys, two kids, were thrown into juvie. They were scared, and they thought they had to do something to prove themselves. And they did what they had to do. They thought they were doing it to gain respect for their people, to show the world that no one could take their class from them. No one had to take it from us, ese. Whatever we had... we gave it away” ( ) This quote connects of labelling theory because it relates the role of gang members they had to play at juvenile detention and extended to that identity being the basis of them growing up. Proving themselves became the bases of their identity being labelled as criminals at such a young age created a need for a role to protect themselves the only way they knew how. They come from a place where gang was the only prominent role in their
Drugs, violence, and crime, the life of the stereotypical criminal black man. People’s perspectives on stereotypes like these can be influenced and changed. Bob Ewell, from To Kill A Mockingbird, greatly affects his community. Lyrics in mainstream hip-hop often seem to promote violence and crime, but often it is the artists’ mouthpiece to reveal how these stereotypes are still in place and have impact on the black community. In both hip-hop and To Kill A Mockingbird, we see how these characters with access to money and power have the ability to influence others’ views based on stereotypes. Those with access to traditional sources power can affect change in society.
He is from a place where if you are a black teenanger, you either play basketball in hopes of going professional or hustle and sell drugs. It was also due to the fact that he couldn’t stand seeing his family live in poverty and having to help both Kim and Grace. For Grace, her circumstances were similar to Champ’s. She had to provide for her little boys by committing crime. Both of their lives were filled with drugs. One being an addict and one being the supplier. In an interview with Mitchell S Jackson, he states that “If they did that to my mom, why should I care about others?” reflects the attitude that Champ had when selling drugs. In this story, their goal of reaching a past of having a happy family and rebuying their house just seems to be pushed back farther and farther away from becoming a
Violence being extremely prevalent is not only a way of life but also the key to success in the hood. In an interview Tupac Shakur looked back on his life growing up in which,
In the portion "Gangsta Culture" from Bell Hooks' We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
There is a deep seated hatred between rival gangs, which makes it difficult for the gang’s members to let go. Gangs became a source of income for some people, which made it difficult for many young African Americans to escape the gangs. Significance: This film shows how the police saw activist groups such as the Black Panthers and the U.S. Organization as a threat, which led to repression despite the Civil Rights Movement. This repression leads to anger and hatred and the need for a sense of belonging amongst the African American community.
Gang Leader for a Day written by Sudhir Venkatesh consisted of Sudhir himself studying, observing and partaking in a study for his dissertation on the South Side of Chicago with underprivileged African Americans who are gang affiliated. The methodological and ethical issues that were found in his book reflect potential strengths and weaknesses of his qualitative research. Venkatesh brought to light the dangers and awareness of being associated with the Black Kings gang, there were situations that were new to him that he had to adjust himself to and be cautious of for the future. Although there were a few ethical issues presented in his book, there was a greater lesson at large taken from his results.
From his words, I can interpret that he was loved by everyone in his gang and people relied on him a lot.
The story, Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh, is a ethnographic study of a Black King Gang in the Robert Taylor community. Venkatesh accidentally stumbles upon the gang lead by J.T. and decided to study them. Throughout his journey he learns from the violence and illegal activity he witnesses that “in the projects it’s more important that you take care of the problem first. Then you worry about how you took care of it”’ (Venkatesh. 2008:164). He witnesses beatings, selling of illegal drugs, and exploitation of residents; but he also gained a lot of knowledge about the community. He works with J.T. and Ms. Bailey, the community leader, closely through his study. J.T. has taken a sociology class and he allows Venkatesh to shadow the gang
I turned my gaze to the company I had failed to notice forming around me. I held in my sigh, it was getting darker out now. After the sky would lose its shine is when the few brave C-Sec that still patrolled, would pack up in their cars and head off. That was the time when the whores and drug deals made their faces known again. Looking around before this the few people on the sidewalks, were the homeless they never left, pimps who never left either, a few C-Sec hiding around, and the few in-between normal people living in Stilwater. If you looked around now, the sidewalks had a clear divide. The hoes spent the nights walking around the same corners, up and down, but not walking too far out of sight of their corner pimp. The little tags that still lived on the walls told you who's part of town it was:Los Carnales, Westside Rollerz, or Vice Kings. I already knew this part of town belonged to the Vice Kings, but if the tags didn't tell you then the gang members with the yellow bandanas and gear would. If you were to walk closer am sure you would be able to make out their tattoos, I know at least one of them would have Kings on it, or maybe just a crown. I had starting to see those on a few of their