In Search Of Respect Summary

The rest of the chapter talks about the similarity of minstrel images in 1990s hip-hop, as evidenced by the defining characteristics of greed, violence, hyper sexuality and pathos in “gangsta rap” (a sub-genre of hip-hop further defined in chapter two). Ogbar balances this landscape with challenges to what he calls “neo-minstrelsy” from both inside and outside the hip-hop community, including discussions of the Spike Lee movie, Bamboozled, underground conscious hip-hop groups such as The Roots and Little Brother, and the activist “Stop Coonin’ Movement”, to name a few. Throughout the book, Ogbar explains how rappers strive for authenticity by “keepin’ it real”. And that is defined by how they rap, walk, talk, and make their

The book being reviewed in this papers is Code of the Suburb: Inside the World of Young Middle-Class Drug Dealers by Scott Jacques and Richard Wright. This book is written on the context of 30 different individuals from a small location referenced as “Peachville” in Atlanta Georgia (Jacques & Wright 1). Each of these known individuals during their time in high school were selling drugs. Marijuana was the particular substance to be sold, but few dove into other illicit drugs including ecstasy, cocaine etc. (3). Generally speaking, the first questions that appears is what pushed these students to dive into the prospects of peddling and using drugs? Better yet, why continue to use them? The 7 chapters included in this book contain various stories of popularity and financial gains and losses along with the destruction of relationships.

In Randol Contreras’s The Stickup Kids, Contreras explores the South Bronx through the lens of a sociologist. He describes the lives of the stickup kids such as Gus, Pablo, and other teenagers living in the South Bronx. Contreras uses the research method of ethnography to provide a sociological analysis of the drug trade and business in the South Bronx. His research shows how social factors impact the lives of these stickup kids to become active in the drug trade. Through his field notes and interviews with the stickup kids, Contreras examines in depth of how social factors such as, socialization, social class, the thrill of crime, deviance, and culture affect the individual.

Prior to being assigned the reading of the memoir “Always Running”, by Luis Rodriguez, I had never given much thought on juveniles involved in gang life. Rodriguez achieved success as an award-winning poet; sure the streets would no longer haunt him - until his own son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in the vivid memoir, “Always Running.” “Always Running” is the compilation of events Luis experienced during his youth in San Gabriel. The theme of the book is to always strive for the best things in life and to always take a stand for what you believe. Lured by the seemingly invincible gang culture of East L.A., he witnessed countless shootings and beatings, as well as senseless acts of street crime against his friends and family members. As a Latino in a poor neighborhood, Luis struggled through criticism, stereotypes, and mistreatment. With the help of his mentor, Chente, Luis saw a way out through education and the power of word to successfully break free from years of violence and desperation.

Determined to help his audience - people who stereotype against and do not understand gang life - find commonalities with gang members, Fr. Boyle shares his experiences with gangs in Los Angeles. At the beginning of the novel, Fr. Boyle articulates his thesis and expresses his purpose for sharing his experiences when he states, “Though this book does not concern itself with solving the gang problem, it does aspire to broaden the parameters of our kinship. It hopes not only to put a human face on the gang member, but to recognize our own wounds in the broken

Seymour M. Lipset2 contends that negative traits that plague the American landscape, such as “high crime and economic inequality”, are fundamental characteristics of and are inherently linked to a capitalistic and openly admirable democratic society. Not only does American history reside in the nature for “disdain of authority”, but current American norms signal that everyone must elevate their own status and rise above the ranks, both economically and socially. In analyzing the trends of high crime, acts such as theft, narcotics production and distribution, fraud, etc. are a means to

The elite outsiders, also known as the white suburbanites, have fueled a stereotypical background for neighborhoods like Bristol Hill. Waverly suggests that “unlike the stereotypical image of drug infested ghettos, this neighborhood is not plagued by crack houses and roaming addicts. Instead, its drug scene is controlled by a local group of young black males whose occupation is selling powdered cocaine to white suburbanites” (1). The elite in this case have created an onset value that shames the drug trade even if they fuel most of the income. The elitists are pushing the drug trade and producing an endless supply of young black men to fill the prisons.

Many people struggle tremendously with the exposure between violence and gang activities. For instance it can affect you in a negative way which can lose you in the long run but, eventually you’ll find your way back. Within the novel of Always Running, by Luis J. Rodriguez, the reader is exposed to how Luis was living a life full of gang activities, drugs and eventually becoming more influenced on activist movements. Within the essay I will be illustrating the three main reasons Grillo wants to life a better life which are Grillo having thoughts of suicide, Grillo’s mother drifting away from him, and Grillo going to jail. These reasons all have a major role in Grillo’s life, which as a result of him wanting to strive for success.

2. Vidal addresses my concerns because drug dealing and the mafia business will decrease rapidly and there would not be as much crimes in the American society. Yes, Vidal does consider both sides of the issue because he there is a combination of sin and money between the mafia and the American people. Both of the combinations of sin and money are two most valuable things because are irresistible and it has been repeated for many centuries. In addition, Vidal claims that forbidding people to do something they hold in interest of will only cause the person to pursue their interest more.

This era sparked changed that has traveled into our time and shaped how organized crime is today. Now as we begin the journey to discuss this topic, we fall right in the era previously discussed: the nineteen-twenties, and how it’s crime shaped how crime is today, as well as why the bad guy has become a hero to many. With many things starting change in at the end of world war 1, we see many things change during the dawn of the nineteen- twenties. Among these prospects, we witness the rise of organized crime. Of course, organized crime, and crime, in general, are not something new to have occurred, but the difference that occurred within this change was that crime was not as profitable and actually pretty hard to do and not be caught, had morphed into a booming business that causes many to move up in the food chain and gain wealth.

During this period the rise of urban gang rule and mobsters was unprecedented, mainly emerging from minority immigrant groups (Jewish/Italian/Irish). Initially the gangsters of the period were seen as high achievers as they were associated with the proletariat and seemed to be capable of rising above there roots, even during hard times in America, and achieve wealth. When considering the socio-economic factors it is easy to understand why such men were considered as "gangster-heroes"[3] who represented the people, however the only way that gangsters could achieve this wealth, subsequently fulfilling the American Dream, was by stealing it. " Accruing capital meant accruing power over others"[4].

* From the description Danilo Ocampo is a 74 year old individual that has lots of medical problems. The majority of them are heart related diagnosis .It sees like he is not taking very good care himself because every time he ends up in the hospital he checks himself back out, the main reason being the medication not having the expected response and his mistrust in the hospital personnel. Besides his medical problems ,a problem that Danilo is facing is Stress related to his wife Lidia that suffers from Alzheimer’s Disseases.The fact that he is the only one responsible for taking care of his wife increases the chances for

As Confucious once said "Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?" Respect is a powerful word, and a powerful manner of showing how much you care about someone's beliefs, and how much you would care to spectate things in their perspective. Respect can be seen as a dominant theme in the Oddyseyy, not only because it is repeated often, but also because it is repeated effectively. Main focuses of respect are for the gods, but also many god-like mortals with great charisma have the chance of getting such respect. The main compositions of respect we see in the book emerge when the characters show fondness to the gods out of their own love, when they beseech the gods for mercy, and when they show their regards for the mighty and the fit.

Dignity and respect is something everyone has a right to. I have chosen this subject because it is an important part of nursing in that to be able to fulfil the role of a nurse is firstly to respect the person you are caring for. Dignity is a feeling of being valued, respected, having self-worth, supported and being able to show empathy and compassion for the people nurses look after. So for me it’s important to outline the principles in dignity and respect when looking after people who are vulnerable.

In this particular essay I will be conveying my critical evaluation of Bourgois’s ethnographic representation of Ray. This is my examination of Bourgois’s ethnographic study of social marginalisation in one of the most poverty stricken areas in America. In search of respect wrote by the Philippe Bourgois a professor and a chair of the department of Anthropology, History and social medicine at the University of California, San Francisco takes us on his journey and his experiences of East Harlem located in Manhattan. East Harlem is well known for having the highest jobless rate and violent crime rate in the whole of New York City it also has a wide variety