Essay on L.A. Gang Members

The movies Colors are based on gangs that are living in South Central and East Los Angeles and police officers that are trying to stop the violence. The movie is about the Bloods, Crips and Hispanic gangs. The gangs are portrayed as being violent and killing each other rival gangs. The police officers patrol the streets trying to prevent the gang violence. “Colors” In this street gang movie, Sean Penn takes on the role of a rookie cop who is paired with a veteran played by Robert Duvall. Together

During the 1970s and 1980s criminal street gangs were one of the most serious criminal offenses in California. A gang member is defined as “any person who actively participates in any gang with knowledge that its members engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity, and who willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang.” In the novel Monster: the Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur, the author depicts the life

Tupac was his own person despite what happened with the shootings and the fight and the jail time and the court cases tupac's original intention was to lead the minorities aways from the gang life and show them that there is a better world out

STREET GANGS Abstract This paper explores three different types of street gangs. These gangs are the Black Disciples, the Mongols, and the Bloods and the Crips. The paper talks about the activities that these gangs are involved in, and also covers at least three different topics for each gang. This paper also examines the information that people should know about these certain types of gangs. The paper covers background information of each of these gangs, criminal activities they are involved

affected the crime rate, “For the past 11 years, crimes rates in L.A have generally dropped”. The author of the article describes that demographics have changed saying “gang members on a street corner throwing gang signs are now equivalent to members of the Tea Party hanging out in West Hollywood” (Tavana). In other

Disorderly youth are big problems in most communities whether they are associated with gangs or not. Problems consist of loitering, graffiti, property damage, vandalism, noise, cursing, fighting, assaults, panhandling, shoplifting, underage drinking, drug dealing, etc. Some problems are only highly annoying while other misconduct is full of hatred and violence. No matter the significance of the problem is should be handled because if not small problems can turn into much bigger issues in which

minorities for the economic problems this country has gone through. During these times dance halls were extremely popular for interacting, dancing and forgetting about the stress of what was going on around the economic world such as the Great Depression. L.A was full of mexicans. The style of the young people began to evolve and mexicans were influenced through the hip, slang and Chicano ways. These zoot suits outfits were very popular in African American

of extreme racism in barrios of California. At the beginning of the movie we are introduced to these three cousins Paco and Cruz, and their half white and half Mexican cousin Miklo who have grown up like brothers. With all three belonging to the L.A gang

teaching a large group of students who are different in race and ethnicity and are participants and/or indirectly affected by gang violence in L.A. The name Freedom Writers is a name given to her students by which they were inspired by the Freedom Riders activists in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The film is based on the true story of Woodrow Wilson High School in L.A. that has given up on students such as Erin Gruwell’s English students that they are perceived by the school as hopeless students

When one is in the mindset of failure the very idea that we can grow through the experience seems so impossible. After all, who would want to grow at such a cost? The protagonist from Sanyika Shakur’s Monster: The Autobiography of An L.A Gang Member and Dan Millman’s Way Of the Peaceful Warrior both went about making like a playground for their greatness, while all the time missing the moments in life that matter.Although their journeys are definitely unique, both accomplished a sense of Growth