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the ABS’s as a shared behavior. We sang the ABC’s multiple times too, so it was repeated for us to remember. I missed this one mainly since I failed to remember the multiple times we sang the ABC’s in class. 22. In the documentary Made in America: Crips and Bloods, which historical trend left Black men with few opportunities to escape gang activity? This forced disenfranchised men to engage in the illegal drug trade as income-generating…

Lesane Parish Crooks was born June 16 1971 then later renamed to Tupac Shakur. This rapper, actor, poet was also known as 2Pac and Makaveli. Growing up he attended the Baltimore School for the Arts, while there he took acting classes and dancing classes. He grew up the son of Black panther activists and was raised by his mother Afeni Shakur. As she was pregnant with Tupac, she was in jail for multiple charges including bombing charges. He started his career as a backup dancer for the hip hop…

There is almost nothing in our education system about disability and resources for people with disabilities are poorly publicized. The most prevalent depictions of disability in our media, with which we constantly see, include the super crip, pity / charity, and the villain. Many media stories about people with disabilities focus on either a person with a disability "overcoming" their disability and accomplishing incredible achievements, such as the blind man who climbed Mt. Everest. (Jonathan…

in their footsteps. Gang life can guide an individual to commit crimes and even kill another person. According to Why American Boys Join Street Gangs, “a total of 1,017 gang homicides were reported” (Taylor, 2013). Gangs such as MS-13, Bloods, and Crips are known for major crimes and murders throughout the United States. Children can be caught up in these groups because they are easily controlling towards kids and do not care what situation they are in at that time. These gangs will do anything…

Rap is used as a method of communication, “ Rap is used to communicate a crisis beyond the public spaces occupied only by black rappers and black audiences.” (Bohlman) The rap genre used to only be for black audiences and the people who were experiencing the things that the rappers were rapping about. After the Rodney King Trial and all the songs that followed, rap became a method of communication for people to know what was happening in the inner city through an African American’s point of view…

Today I will be comparing and contrasting the different between living in The Hood VS living in The Suburbs. This essay will be about my personal experience but put in a third person point of view. There are many differences when it comes to living in the hood vs. living in the suburbs. First, in the hood they're the gang members, gun shots, failing school systems, and high crime rates Vs the suburbs where you most likely have friendly neighbors, quiet neighborhoods, high-quality education, and…

some history. Rhetorical examples can be used to bring up past memories of the audience. A good example from the song is “overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism, but we still got terrorists her livin’ in the USA, the big CIA, the bloods and the crips and the KKK”. I believe that the relation people can make to this line is because of the issues our nation has with terrorism. Many Americans have experienced the hate and pain from terrorism, so much, that they would prefer not to experience…

Mardy Bryant once stated that, “Your identity should be so secure, that when someone walks away from you, they don’t take you with them.” The author is stating that when someone is being their true self, they will still be the same person if someone leaves them. Identities are created by individuals but influenced by their need to fit in or the environment around them. In the short story “The Follower,” the narrator changes in order to fit in and be accepted by his neighbors. As his mom…

Cyber Youth is Digital Clubhouse. This has participants involved by sharing their personal experiences through life in an art form. For example, in the article stated that gangs have participated in this multimedia portfolio of their cause. It allowed Crips and Bloods to share their storyline of their causes and show a different perspective on the typical stereotype gangs. Advancing on, one of the most inspirations for women was the “Young Women’s Tech.” This was a eye opener to me because of…

Living in the world today is a fast paced, exciting experience that is led through technology seemingly. We live in a constantly advancing technological world. These advancements do not remove the risk of the criminal element operating within our fascinating high tech societies. We are seemingly adding fuel to the fire of white collar crime by embracing the consistently evolving wired in world that we are all beginning reliant on. This begs the question, are we causing the increase in white…