Gangs in the United States

The vast wage gap that exists between most middle and low class Black Americans and the top earning Americans, coupled with the disproportionate arrest rates in the black community have created a chasm of inequality that may never be closed. The United States government (allegedly) used drugs to create a crack epidemic that resulted in the death, poverty, or arrest of millions of Americans. As Kanye West put it “we’ve been hanging from the same tree ever since.” He is alluding to the lynching…

‘We have so much fear’” (253). Enrique came to the United States to find his mother Lourdes and have a “Perfect family” how Enrique “face rejection and constant fights” other children like Enrique “Act out, doing everything possible to push their mothers away. It is their way of testing whether their mothers…

america and mexico trying to illegally enter the United states. Due to their social location or, the group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society, they are subjected to condition here in America we would never experience. Ana’s father could no longer afford to pay to tuition for her schooling so she had to be pulled from the 7th grade. In the US school up through high school is free because with federal and state taxes we can afford to pay for free and…

was burned down to destroy all existence of ‘communist’ and 20,000 homes were raided as well. Once rounded up whomever was ‘suspected’ of being a leftist by the soldiers were either brutally tortured or killed. The soldiers were strong rightist, gangs that supported the movement, or American soldiers whom all practiced extreme brutality. ‘Suspected’ civilians were shot with their hands tied in the back than shot one by one, heads would be cut off and stuck to a bamboo stick for display, or…

Ever since the United States was founded. immigrants have been coming and some of them stayed illegally. Illegal immigration did not exist until 1875, which is when the first restriction on immigration was created. The law was not very restrictive; it only banned convicts and prostitutes from immigrating. By the 1920's illegal immigration was a big topic in Congress and up to now it’s still an ongoing topic. In the wake of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the twin…

1. Why does America have so much “nonsense” and “irrationality” in our criminal justice programs and policies? What is the role of public opinion, the media, social movements, political initiative, and science in America’s criminal justice policy-making process? Most crime control policies/programs within today’s criminal justice system are irrational; not all, but most crime control ideas are based on belief(s) rather than facts and data. It’s interesting to note that both liberals and…

violence based Zoot Suit. The first Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stated that the riots were a cause of “race problems,” she was definitely concerned with the treatment of Mexican Americans in the states on the border with Mexico. After she made the statement, Preston Hotchkis, who was the president of the California State Chamber of Commerce, insisted that the issue had nothing to do with racism. A lot of people were appalled that the first lady could suggest something like Mexican ethnicity being the…

To absorb such a large and abnormally diverse country like the United States would be extremely difficult. It would require the acceptance of many contradicting beliefs and opinions on a wide variety of topics. It would require a willingness to challenge everything you thought you knew about life. It would require a man…

and basically going through slavery was a bad unforgettable memory. I have heard many stories from Khmer immigrants that have came here to the United States. I have also had family that has experience…

Somalia. Shabbab has also carried out car bombing attacks at the African Union base in Mogadishu. In addition to other failed state factors, the threat of violent acts of power, either by direct application, virtual, indirect or hidden use of power by insurgents, has left Somali in a constant state of…