SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sui Generis, Elijah Anderson, Karl Popper
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The code of the street by elijah anderson. Of all the problems besetting the poor inner-city black community, none is more pressing than that of interpersonal violence and aggression (112). A set of informal rules governing interpersonal public behavior, including violence . Cultural adaptation: the inclination to violence springs from the circumstances of life among the ghetto poor - eg poverty, discrimination, and marginality. At the heart of the code there is the issue of respect - loosely defined as being treated right or being granted the deference one deserves . Respect is achieved through the display of certain disposition to violence . Tue nerve expresses a lack of fear of dying - the street code says it"s better to be feared than loved . Such understandings - might makes right and toughness is a virtue - are internalized through socialization via significant others (eg relatives)
