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Beats Up Rufus's Little Sister
727 wordsDurango Street Durango Street is a novel by Frank Bonham. He writes about a young boy who lives in an extremely bad neighborhood. His name is Rufus Henry. Rufus was in a correctional camp for stealing a car. In the camp he met a friend named Baby. Baby lived where Rufus's mother had moved. Baby got released a little bit before Rufus and then went on to his home 'the flats. ' Rufus was left out from camp with a parol officer. His parole officer tells him not to get involved with gangs but Rufus k...
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Gangs Cults And Racism
565 wordsCan Hatred be Stopped There was a time when his light blue eyes were clear; like, a bright blue sky on a warm summer day. Not any more though, gray clouds seem to have set in his eyes. Everyone could see the hatred in them. It was so strong that anyone near him could feel it. Before he joined the cult he was my best friend; yet, it now seems as if we are worlds apart. Someone once said |Money is the root of all evil. X Today it seems more appropriate to say that hatred is the root of all evil. T...
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Attraction Of Belonging To A Gang
648 wordsThe Attraction of Gangs All throughout the cities of America the urban population is plagued with gang activity and gang violence. This is nothing new. The existence of street gangs in this country has existed for many generations. In some neighborhoods you can find three generations of gang members on any given block. During recent years the membership in such organizations has risen and their population has increased. This is exceptionally true in densely populated areas with low-income housin...
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Goes Against The Female Gender Role
1,756 wordsMi Vida Loca Mi Vida Loca means "my crazy life (as a girl)". The movie documents the phenomenon of female gangs in the early nineties in Los Angeles. It is written and directed by Allison Anders, who grew up in Los Angeles and went to UCLA. She uses personal experiences to help influence her story writing. In Echo Park, a group of young Mexican-Americans show what it means to live in the inner city. The film looks at gang lifestyle from a woman's point of view to uncover relationships, conflicts...
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Bootlegger's Paradise The Detroit River
1,055 wordsBootlegger's Paradise The Detroit River, representing the border between Ontario, Canada and the United States, is one of the busiest waterways in the world, with freighters bringing iron ore from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the bustling automobile factories of the Motor City. Timber barges from northern Michigan and Wisconsin pass through the narrow waterway which separates Windsor, Canada and Detroit, Michigan en route to Lake Erie and the East Coast and hordes of recreational boaters and we...
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Murder Of Jose Diaz
284 wordsPaige Ortiz Per. 2 Riots in L.A. The Zoot suit riots took place in Los Angeles, California during the 1940's. in was hard for the Mexican Americans to be themselves because of the oddness and suspicion revolved around them. People would accuse them for being criminals because of their race and because they dressed a certain way. They were know as the "Zoos Suits". they wore a suit that had long broad shouldered coats with extra baggy pants that ft tight at the ankles. They wore a long chain pock...
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Black Panthers
877 wordsThe Black Panthers aren't talked about much. The Panthers had made a huge difference in the civil rights movement. They were not just a Black. They helped revolutionize the thought of African Americans in the U.S. The Black Panther had a huge background of history, goals, and beliefs. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca 1966, founded the Panthers. They were originally as an African American self defense force and were highly influenced by Malcolm X's ideas. They were named after Lownde...
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Owney Killer Madden
966 wordsfor so many years. It was wasting away, but the Don Corleone from the UK would do everything he could to establish a name for himself, through a life filled with luck and crime. Liverpool, England, the birth to British and American Rock sensation, The beatles, was also the birthplace of one of the world's most notorious killer. It was in Liverpool, England, 1892, that Owney Madden was born. However, only in 1903, did he and his family emigrate to New York and settle in the slums of Manhattan's H...
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Nardo's Brother Manual
638 wordsCan you imagine living in such poverty that you have to steal money just to feed your family. This sort of thing happens everyday to people that just want to support their family because they don't have a job to get money. In some ways it shows love for their children but in other ways it shows irresponsibility. In the novel Parrot in the Oven is about a Chicano family that does not have a lot of money because the father had gotten drunk on the job. The oldest brother Nardo is so into himself th...
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Hazing Rituals And Fraternities
1,377 wordsHazing: Is it really necessary Having never been or wanting to be in a fraternity. I havent figured out why they choose such ridiculous hazing rituals who would want to be ridiculed, humiliated, and / or physically abused by someone who will later be your brother. Lives have been taken many times by these hazing rituals and fraternities still continue to hurt people. If these people are supposed to be your friends, who needs enemies Hazing has been around for many years and without knowing it, a...
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Belle Reed
1,036 wordsBelle Starr, also known as the "Bandit Queen" and the center of much speculation in infinite myths and legends, was born Myra Maybelle (Belle) Shirley on February 5, 1848, near Carthage, Missouri, one of six children of John and Elizabeth Shirley. Within a few years, the Shirleys moved into Carthage, where they were living when the Civil War started. The Shirleys were sympathizers with the southern cause and supporters of Confederate irregulars such as the raider William Clarke Quantrill. They w...
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Piri And His Crew
1,188 wordsIn the autobiography Down These Mean Streets written by Piri Thomas, has three hundred and thirty five pages. Piri was born on September 30, 1928, in New York City. He grew up during the depression of the 1930's in Spanish Harlem. Experiencing discrimination as a dark skinned Puerto Rican. As a child, he face poverty in the ghetto which led him into drugs, youth gangs, and a series of criminal activities. Living in Harlem was no easy task to do. Harlem were spit into different territories; Itali...
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Gang
379 wordsDream Chaser Dreams Journal #V Creative Writing Dr. Decker Fall Semester 2003 Cheryl Goodall Dream Chaser Dreams Journal # V "Faster Lightening, faster! We almost have it made!" Horse and rider were going at breakneck speed through the night. Yet the gang was inching up on him. Around the curve in the woods and down the long dirt lane to the ranch house he flew. Once at the house, he grabbed an overhang and swung himself up on the roof. There he would make his stand. He had been on the roof many...
