AFAM 111A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Zoot Suit, 38Th Street Gang, Huntsville Unit
23 May 2016
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People want to belong to an organization where they are respected, feared, and there is opportunity for advancement so they join a gang (cid:1) (cid:1) Tattoos made it easy to get in, but hard to get out. Largest gangs (ms13, 18th street, latin kings) all started in cali in. 70"s and 80"s (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Latin kings didn"t start in cali, but ms13 and 18th street did. Gang behaviors can be traced back to colonial america, 1760"s. First modern street gangs were irish immigrants, five points area of. Kids invented things to play with, one of them was a kite with a candle. The string for the kite broke and the kite flew into a barn and caught on fire. The media made it seem like they did it on purpose. Media is one of the most powerful tools in society. In 1820"s, all gangs were adults (didn"t let kids join)
