Gangs arent going away anytime soon

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Gangs arent going away anytime soon
no matter what we do
so what do we do?
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By 2020 half of all the worlds people will live
in poverty
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Mega-Cities
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The Retreat of the State
Lagos today is a city of more than 10 mullion.
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urbanization poverty youth slums
discrimination gangs.
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Most Gangs are Wild Peer Groups
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Maras in San Salvador
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What happens to child soldiers when the civil war
ends?
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Good community research finds many more
adolescent girls in gangs than is admitted by law
enforcemen. There is almost no research on adult
roles for women in gangs.
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Gangs are not only lower class, but most often
have a strong ethnic, racial, or religious
identity
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Ulster Defense Force- Protestant militia or drug
gang?
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US, Iraqi Officials cite gangs not Mahdi Army,
as enemy
the distinction between the Mahdi Army and
special groups isnt always so clear.
James Warden, Stars Stripes, April 14, 2008
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Bakassi Boys from a gang, to vigilantes, to
state militia
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Ethnic Militias and Gangs
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Kano, Nigeria
Ayan daba (are) urban gangs who, through hunting
and warrior traditions, have historical links to
anti-colonial Islamic religious politics. These
youths, highly skilled in the uses of weaponry
and magic, have ambiguous roles in Muslim
communities, where they have been employed by
religious leaders to strong-arm public opinion.
Ayan daba are considered revolutionaries who
have Muslim ideologies and traditions(they
sometimes) dress lavishly in a Muslim-style riga
(dress), smoking a joint reminiscent of Cheech
(n Chong) slap a alamajiri (area youth) to the
ground for forgetting to say his prayers
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Kano, continued
(They also) have adopted a style of dress they
associate with West Side niggers, or Los
Angelesbased rappers. In their sun glasses,
chains, and baggy jeans, ayan daba show a broad
interest in youth cultures around the world
ayan daba serve as the vanguard for local
political and religious leaders, earning the
major part of their income from politically
motivated thuggery.
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Gangs are one expression of Nihilism
Cornell West
nihilism is the lived experience of coping with
a life of horrifying meaninglessness,
hopelessness, and (most important) lovelessness.
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Street Culture Wars
Engaging the Culture of Nihilism
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Say there ain't no hope for the youth and the
truth is it ain't no hope for tha future We
ain't meant to survive, cause it's a setup And
even though you're fed up Huh, ya got to keep
your head up
Tupac Keep ya head up
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Build on History and Cultural Identity
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The Heritage of the 1960s CVL
Video of Ivory Dillard on todays Legacy of the
1960s Vice Lords
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Gangs are met with violence.
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Should DDR apply to gangs?
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Dimensions of My Work
1. Challenge Media Frames. Research not
Stereotypes
2. Support programs that reach youth through
learning their history and culture and opposing
mysogyny and violence, while taking the side of
non-violent rebellion. Emphasize technology.
3. Support the translation of youths resistance
identities into social movements
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Come on come on. I see no changes wake up in the
morning and I ask myself is life worth living
should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor
even worse I'm black. my stomach hurts so I'm
lookin' for a purse to snatch. Cops give a damn
about a negro. pull the trigger kill a nigga
he's a hero. Give the crack to the kids who the
hell cares. one less hungry mouth on the
welfare . That's just the way it is.
Things'll never be the same. That's just the
way it isaww yeah
Tupac changes
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