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Each drawing and painting always has a true and great story behind it. Paintings in Los Angeles are very beautiful and there should not be any problem with having nice paintings or drawing in the walls. I think its okay to have drawings in Los Angeles because a lot of people from all over the world go there and like to look around and explore How Los Angeles really is. Art is a really outstanding when you know that it is something that a artist drew out of there feelings or emotion or simply…

of the projects their set name Rollin 60. He wanted people to feel their impact and presence. There were two victims that had died in the gang shooting that happened. The two victims were from Dominican Republic. One of them was Albert Cintron of twenty four years old. He was raised in a small town of Pennsylvania called Reading. He moved to the Bronx when he was about seven years old with his parents and sisters. He was affiliated with the bloods for three years. The other victim was Allen Diaz…

Introduction The representation of Africa and African people in popular American media has been a major concern in academic disciplines and the subject of numerous books and essays. Many scholars and activists have written about this issue seeking to introduce new knowledges and methodologies into the debate while taking into account the overwhelming evidence of the colonial influence on these representations. The debates and arguments are not restricted to Hollywood films (although Hollywood…

In the book Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown, Scott D. Seligman discusses the lives of Chinese immigrants residing in a suburb of New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. Throughout the book, Seligman delves into the quarrels between rival Chinese gangs. The Hip Sings and On Leongs rise in criminal activities led to violent actions that resulted in the deaths of many individuals. Although these individuals acted maliciously, Seligman…

If we compare the novel of “The Outsiders” that was written by S.E.Hinton and the film that was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, there will be many similarities and differences. One of the major differences is the different treatments to express some major themes. For example, Conflict between different social classes, conflict between siblings, the definition of family and the coming of age and maturation of teenage boy. The conflict between different social classes is based on several…

Teens join gangs for a variety reasons from families, schools, friends, to what city they live in. Gangs are everywhere, even some of the nicest cities. Peer pressure, family, protection, and boredom are the main reasons I noticed that teens join gangs. In reflecting upon my own adolescence and witnessing teens joining gangs, I believe that all these reasons are closely associated. It seems as though gangs have no boundaries it affects the poor and the rich, small towns, suburbia, and some of…

Original Gangstas is a film that shows the formation of gangs in Gary, Indiana through either social disorgianazation theory or underclass theory. The films centers primarily around black subculture and gangs. A key theme of the film is that the community must use the same violence as gangs do, if they want to get of the gangs. Original Gangstas was directed by Larry Cohen (1996) and is a Blaxploitation film, a type of film genre that cast black actors in low budget films that would target a…

The extremes of gang violence and racism in our country were brought to light in the movie “The Freedom writers.” The main characters of this movie were just students, starting high school as freshmen. Ironically, they had already faced challenges in their lives that most people could never even imagine. This resulted in their tough outlook on life, and involvement in gang violence. To add to the mess, the gangs were strongly divided on racial lines. This separated the students, and even brought…

Trying to address the question of why youth join gangs requires the examination of multiple factors, and preferably, multiple theories. Social disorganization theory explains that the place where an individual grows up matters – disordered neighborhoods lead youth to join gangs. Due to its overemphasis on disorganization within neighbourhoods, however, social disorganization theory is not able to assess every factor that causes youth to join gangs. In this paper, I argue that youth join gangs…

organizations such as gangs and the crime rates? We see this occurring all around the world marking gangs as the number one problem to the situation. As a result we see many laws emerging across the country that focus on the gang “social problem”. Los Angeles, California is one of the largest cities known for the implement of gang injunctions and home to the deleterious battle among gangs ( the effects by). Whittier, California can be a prime…