Graffiti

(ASA) Latina/o Sociology Section's 2014 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award. The epicenter of America’s gang problem is Los Angeles. The common rituals and customs of gangs, including Los Angeles’ eastside gangs, are hand signals, graffiti, and clothing styles. These have spread to small towns and big cities alike across America. Many people believe that urban marginality is related to the gang problems. A lot see the Latino immigrant population struggling with poverty and social…

Do you think that a monuments size and location are relevant to a monuments currency of people visiting it or it’s worth? There are more than thousands of monuments and memorializing events out there in the United States and they’re some individuals out there that think it’s a waste of space but then there are people who think monuments are art.Some people may think the monuments are a waste of space because the size of the monument is so dramatically big;For example the “monument of lincoln” in…

Symbol of Justice In Mamoulian’s The Mark of Zorro, Don Diego Vega, is known for being the best swordsmen in Spain. Don was urgently was called home by his father, Don Alejandro, which was removed from being alcade by the trant, Don Luis Quintero along with his army. Don Diego came home and figured out what happened to his town while he was away. Diego turned into a masked bandit named Zorro to threat the corrupted government to stop their ways with a note marked with a Z. Diego planned to go…

Music is considered an universal language, able to be a double-edged sword when it comes to mental wellness from children to elderly alike. Children are exposed to much music, averaging 21 hours a week. As a result, music has a profound impact on childrens’s mental wellness, yet the worrying trend is that they might not be equipped to deal with its influence, with severe consequences in later life (e.g. suicide). Fig. 1 Primary school students playing musical instrments in a performing arts…

Hip-hop culture developed during the seventies. Throughout its formation, the various elements were at some time or another, deemed unacceptable. Graffiti artists faced jail sentences, break dancing became illegal in some areas, and rap music has been severely criticized for various reasons. These elements were never analyzed in an oppositional manner until recently, however. Hip-hop culture represented the claiming of urban communities by the residents. Writers decorated the empty walls of…

teacher Mr. Escalante to ask for a second chance. Violence and harassment in schools is a major problem and in areas of lower socioeconomic standings it is more prevalent. Property crimes can be specifically noted in Stand and Deliver, from the graffiti on the walls, the feces in the office, and the throwing of school property off balconies gives a stereotype…

have hundreds of specific gadgets.” (Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Revealed in Ruins) Another difference between the two is that in Pompeii, the more wealthy citizens had slaves and servants, but now, that is more uncommon. When Pompeii was uncovered, graffiti was found, which is something that to this day, still…

The current death toll in syria is 470,000 or 250,000 people due to the civil war and those numbers are growing as this war goes on. The war began by the syrian government arresting and torturing teenagers for placing anti government graffiti on walls, and the syrian people were at their last straw and started to confront their government about its corruption. War is a terrible thing, but should the world be getting involved in this conflict. Let us see if this crisis was worth the 13…

Personal Statement. I, Daniel Francisco Venancio Cruz was born in a little town named Ayoquezco de Aldama, Oaxaca, Mexico. My parents and I immigrated illegally to the United States in search for a better life. My parents immigrated here because they wanted a better future for me and my siblings. They did not want me suffering like they did back in Mexico but, to graduate and pursue a career and be successful. I will be graduating next year, I will be the first in my family to finish high…

Pg 202). According to this information that defines a gang, we as individuals know the youths that are part of this group may commit dangerous crimes. “Youth gang activity ranges from property crimes to violent crimes against persons and includes graffiti, painting, vandalism, arson, student extortion, teacher intimidation, drug dealing, rape, stabbings and shooting” (Hess, 2013, Pg…