Always Running La Vida Loca Essay

The gang violence is mostly related to the lack of opportunities , discrimination and exclusion from the society of certain individuals . Many people argued that one factor why people are most likely to join gangs than others is their economic status which it is influence by their race and ethnicity . In the book Always running : La vida loca : Gangs in LA we can go through the emotions , reason and the consequences of a guy named Luis that was once part of a gang in Los Angeles . Just like many immigrants that lived in the United States during the 90s , Luis faced exclusion and discrimination at his school since he did not understand English and he couldn't speak his native language (Spanish) without being treated differently and been …show more content…
All of these factors including , the breakdown of the relationship with his father , there lack of money because of his family situation , his low self esteem and lack of ambitions to do more in life were the reason why Luis join a gang when he was a teenager . Although his family couldn't have done anything economically to keep him out of the gangs and the violence of the streets , they couldn't have done anything else because Luis became part of a world that he felt like it was his new family and his new identity and in order to change once person mind when they feel that type of way there is have to be a lot of desire for that person to look for help , a lot of interventions and help of different organizations. Luis became part of a world were people (the gang members) mostly fight over drugs and the ownership of certain territory . Drugs and alcohol play a role in gang violence because in order to survive in that type of world they need something that would be their sustain and their reason on why they look forward in committing crimes such as robbery , assault and homicides