SOC SCI 164B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stanley Williams, Folk Nation, People Nation
2 May 2017
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Trick question: bloods and crips were the first to wear red and blue. False, the mexican prison gangs were the first. African-american street gang activity decreased during the black awareness movement. As a group/cohort, african americans have the highest poverty rates, highest single family rates, in california 1 of 3 african americans will have an arrest record. Stanley tookie williams who is accredited for starting the crips did not actually start the crips. The avenues/avenue boys one of the larger of the 29 black street gangs at the time. Clothing styles can change in street gangs very quickly. 1969 black students bussed out of la includes gang members the larger the gang is, the more violent it tends to be. Raymond washington, stanley tookie williams and craig munsen were attackers, later credited with co-founding the crips, 1969-1970. The crips in 1969 outnumbered all other gangs 3 to 1. Stanley tookie williams was nominated for a nobel peace prize.
