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Black Youths Cd Rom
858 wordsThe Pool Player, Seven at the Golden Shovel. The lifestyle of many inner city Black youths often leads to death and destruction. This destruction can be an internal personal destruction of the individual or it can be the harsh victimization of innocent people. The death of inner city urban Black youths is a fact of urban gang life, while escape for the lifestyle to most seems impossible. The lifestyle of many urban inner city Black youths often leads to death and destruction. This destruction ca...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,602 wordsby Alejandro A. Alonso, M. S. In Los Angeles and other urban areas in the United States, the formation of street gangs increased at a steady pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are predominately African American[ 1 ] and they have steadily increased in number since their beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over 600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County with a growing Asian gang population numbering approximately 20, 000 members. Sur...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,533 words... egotist strategies to combat white intimidation and violence, the effectiveness of whites to fight against integration and residential segregation began to fail. Eventually 'white flight' occurred, as white residents began to move into the growing suburban areas that flourished in the 1950 s, leaving the city areas of South Los Angeles behind. This left the central city of Los Angeles as a primarily black enclave, with blacks accounting for 71 percent of the inner-city population (Brunn et a...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,616 words... d States (Churchill & Wall 1990: 37). From 1968 - 1971, these tactics were used against the BPP to control and neutralize what was believed to be "a dangerous black political group. " The most vicious and unrestrained application of COINTELPRO techniques during the late 1960 s and early 1970 s was clearly reserved for the BPP (Churchill & Wall 1990: 61; Horne 1995: 13). After several confrontations for over two years, the disputes between the BPP and US continued to the campus of UCL...
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Level Of Violence Los Angeles
2,390 wordsKeeping Our Teenagers off the Streets In Leesville, LA, many parents and governmental agencies are concerned with the question of how to keep teenagers of the streets, just like in many other small communities in LA. The thing is, in LA the presence of youth gangs is one of the most heated social problems. To keep teenagers off the streets actually means to keep teenagers out of the youth gangs. (Harmon 73) Within the scope of this research, we will first provide background information on gangs ...
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Civil Rights Movement O J Simpson
1,587 wordsAnxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans A major cause of mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety in individuals is stress. Defined stress is an internal response caused by the application of a stressor or anything that requires coping behaviour. For example the pressure of a job, supporting a family or getting an education are stressors that can result in depression and anxiety. Individuals and groups that have numerous resources or other coping mechanisms are better suited for c...
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Hoop Dreams Jackie Robinson
1,940 wordsThe poor living conditions of many black people living in the United States have created a desperate situation in which many black youths are pushed and pulled into the world of athletics, most often with disastrous consequences. A survey of black youths found that 66 % believed they could make a living playing pro-sports. 1 The fame of superstars such as Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan, and other successful black athletes has led to an overemphasis on sports in the black community. In reality, ...
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Custom Publishing Beliefs Values
1,397 wordsThe System Today, a serious problem exists all over the world. Racial oppression takes place in the poorest and the richest countries, including America. Racial oppression is characterized by the majority, or the ruling race, imposing its beliefs, values, and laws on the minority, or the ruled race. In most areas, the ruling race is upper class whites that run the system, and have a disproportionate amount of power. In other areas, it may not be the white race, but it is still the race that is c...
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