ANTH 105g Lecture Notes - W. M. Keck Observatory, Reductionism, Cultural Relativism
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Important terms: cultural capital , culture of terror , nuyorican . Ex: reality tv doesn"t provide much context. To his career and his public advocacy: other interpretations, other ways of writing. Roles of running a crack house: ray boss figure; discipline. Manipulate kin networks by making people godfathers, having children with the same people. Actual crack dealers: primo manager. Primo is addicted, so when he"s using ray hires tony. Lawyer fees, but ray treats them better: ceasar- lookout. Know who is using on the streets. Biggest client base who is a question mark prisoners (ex-cons) Kids, they take the packages: decoys, users. Let you know if cops are coming. If you have a bunch of people around, it"s less lonely and less stressful. Crack-dealing is like american attitude toward money: you have to spend money to stimulate economy, cannot just save the 21982
