I also noticed a difference in gangs. The sharks, which included the Latin’s, had Bernardo as the leader. The jets, which included the American’s, had Riff as their leader. There was a difference in behavior. In the jets group, all of the boys would be talking like they were a leader too. In the sharks group, the boys were quiet and let Bernardo do all the talking. In the movie we rarely heard any of the shark member talk. When Maria, Bernardo’s sister, wanted to dance with Tony, a white American, he put an end to it and told Maria to go home. Maria listened to her brother and went home. An American girl would have not listened to her older brother because he does not have the authority too. In the Latin culture, a little sister has to listen to her older brother no matter what.
Discrimination was shown between the groups. Before the rumble started,