ANTA02H3 Chapter 3: Ch. 3 Notes
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Crack selling is like other businesses in that it involves risk and management versus employee hierarchies. Primo was once addict, but his first cousin felix, who founded the game room (crackhouse) Felix offered primo a job after felix was injured, allowed him self-worth and confidence to kick crack habit. Ray took over after candy sold the game room to him: felix lost it after he was sent to prison, candy shot felix after she found him sleeping with his sister. Ray kept primo, but gave him shift hours and commission from crack. Ray was very good at labor relations: knew when to be violent and when to show friendship without appearing vulnerable, did this by hiring people that were related to family or made them relate to his family. E. g. by making primo a godfather they established compadre. Compadrazgo sanctifies solidarity and reciprocal obligations with men.
