In this article, the author gathers information on gang members from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, digging deeper into the lives of gangs. The author also gives us a new perspective by adding in many unexpected and surprising statements, including: “The pain,” he said, “seems a small price for a new life. I dream of being clean, even if it means being scarred.” (Quoted by gang member Christian Antunez during a tattoo removal process). By giving us a clear dominant and counter culture, we can piece together information to form a hypothesis, draw a conclusion, and think like a sociologist would.
• What is the dominant culture? Counter Culture?
I came to the conclusion that the dominant culture is the government, police force, …show more content…
For one, throwing everyone in jail that has a gang tattoo, talks to gang members, and are suspicious of gang activity is something they try to do, although it is highly ineffective. The zero-tolerance laws known as Mano Dura (or roughly ‘firm hand’) allows the presidents of both Honduras and El Salvador to send men to jail for simply having a gang tattoo. For two, they have deported many gang members who are illegal immigrants, sending them back to the country where this behavior is rooted. “An increasing number of gang members are seeking asylum in the United States. Still, the federal government continues the deportations that started the cycle of violence 10 years ago.” The U.S. deported more than 78,000criminal illegal immigrants. 7,000+ to Honduras, and 2,000 to El Salvador from 200 to …show more content…
“Sixty-eight people, most of them members of Mara 18, died in a fire at a prison called El Porvenir. The authorities at the prison said the gang members shot other prisoners and then barricaded themselves in their cellblock and set a suicidal fire. An investigation by a presidential commission, however, found that 59 of the victims were stabbed, shot, and burned to death by guards and soldiers. Some, the authorities say, were gunned down as they ran out of the fire with their hands in the air.” The government wants peace for their citizens and society so they would rather murder these gang members and attempt to cover up their tracks to do so, instead of working with the counter culture to fix behavior and
• What is the dominant culture? Counter Culture?
I came to the conclusion that the dominant culture is the government, police force, …show more content…
For one, throwing everyone in jail that has a gang tattoo, talks to gang members, and are suspicious of gang activity is something they try to do, although it is highly ineffective. The zero-tolerance laws known as Mano Dura (or roughly ‘firm hand’) allows the presidents of both Honduras and El Salvador to send men to jail for simply having a gang tattoo. For two, they have deported many gang members who are illegal immigrants, sending them back to the country where this behavior is rooted. “An increasing number of gang members are seeking asylum in the United States. Still, the federal government continues the deportations that started the cycle of violence 10 years ago.” The U.S. deported more than 78,000criminal illegal immigrants. 7,000+ to Honduras, and 2,000 to El Salvador from 200 to …show more content…
“Sixty-eight people, most of them members of Mara 18, died in a fire at a prison called El Porvenir. The authorities at the prison said the gang members shot other prisoners and then barricaded themselves in their cellblock and set a suicidal fire. An investigation by a presidential commission, however, found that 59 of the victims were stabbed, shot, and burned to death by guards and soldiers. Some, the authorities say, were gunned down as they ran out of the fire with their hands in the air.” The government wants peace for their citizens and society so they would rather murder these gang members and attempt to cover up their tracks to do so, instead of working with the counter culture to fix behavior and