Gangs

[Tupac Amaru Shakur]

How many of you know gangsters or gangbangers or what a gang is??THis is what the dictionary says,
gang1 Audio pronunciation of "gang" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gng)
n.

1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.

This is true in many ways. A gang is a lot of people that offer a kind of protection for everyone. If you are in my gang i protect you you protect me etc. We (the gang) have our own territory and claim our own color, red blue brown etc. We shoot and hate on and fight other gang members that invade our territory or disgrace our color. Thats just a little background of what a gang and gangsters do.

But the thing is not all gangsters are criminals there are some that i have met that only have the lowrider cars tatoos language loud stereos and cloth of a gangster but dont rob kill and do drive buys or do anything of that sort where someone else gets hurt. But none the less how many of you like dislike gangs or gangsters?

I for one dress like on because i like the style and loose fitting of cloth. High water pants are soooooooooooooo ugly and make for cold legs. I like gangsters the ones that are calm and dont claim a color that have a life style that of a gangster without the negative characteristics and so called gang. A do not like gangs though. It is a false statement of trust honer and protection. If there are 3 members and they go beat someone up they do it all three of them. But not a single member will do it alone. If they are not together they are cowards. They will run.

So with that in mind, what do you like or dislike gangsters or gangs or neither?

[Magikarp]

Gangs are proof that Russians, Italians, and whites in general are superior to blacks. Seriously, gangs are a piss poor attempt at organized crime. They really need to take pointers from groups like, say, The Mafia.

[Tipsy]

From what I have read about teenagers joining gangs is that is has generally has negative consequences on both the person joining and the society around them. The statistics gotten from a study is that out of 1000 students, about one third of them joined gangs, mostly for the short term, but were responsible for two thirds of the crime and an even higher rate in more serious offenses. The study also stated that former gang members are more likely "to be high school dropouts, to impregnate a girl at an early age, to be teen fathers, to cohabit, to have unstable employment patterns, and to have multiple disorderly transitions." It seems to me that the negative consequences of being in a gang completely outweighs any of the positive effects.

That being said, the people who want to be in a gang should have the right to associate with whoever they wish to. Perhaps discouraging people from having membership in gangs to benefit society would be useful, but openly forcing people to stop joining gangs would probably be more damaging then leaving them be.

Though another large reason for gangs after adolescence is due to illegal immigration. Around here, the largest gang is MS13 which is mainly an El Salvadorian gang that some illegal immigrants are forced to join if they want to survive in the United States. International studies have shown that out of most first world countries, poor people in the United States have a higher rate of staying poor (no more American Dream apparently).

All of this being said, the average gang has a negative impact on society and should show the need for the change of government policies to effect social issues. So, my overall opinion is that the average gang is something that is negative and should be something that should be discouraged.

[Tupac Amaru Shakur]

I totally agree there is no future in gangs. All it can be is problems compounding into more problems. Its an unstable form of protection that is driven into teenage minds. That is the main reason they join to be protected. Well yeah you are protected but then all of a sudden your whole crew splits because the cops come and you have no idea what is going until you are in jail, its rather sad actually. Drugs family problems lead to joining gangs as well.

[ShadowSpectrum]

I live where there are quite a few gangs, and it sucks. I can't really do much at night because of where I live.
As a whole, I don't like gangs, it seems alot of the violence and crime is uneeded. Most gangsters I've come in contact with snap over really dumb things. They also are constantly trying to intimidate everyone around them.

They are some kids though that think they have no where else to go, and join a gang. I think most gangsters do what they do because they feel pressured to do it (friends, relatives that are gang members), or because they've had a ****ed up life at home.

[DistortedVisions]

Boy, you sure made yourself look like an ass with this one.

Gangster - Member or affiliate of an organized criminal ring.
Gangsta - Some stupid black guy trying to fit in with his friends by hating people who wear a different 'color' than them.

Honestly, kids have lost touch with reality nowadays. I really must have missed the memo where it said it was 'hip' to do such things...Jimmy Hoffa would be turning in his grave right now.

Angelicpower, how would you feel if your son were to be perversed in such a thing? I would beat the black right out of him. Honestly, I want to hear about this in a parents perspective.

[Cobalt Wolf]

Why do you keep saying black? Blacks aren't the only people to be gangsters.
That's a bit stereotypical. What about white people and Mexicans?

I don't think any of you have really taken the time to think about what goes
through the mind of a gangster. Well let's see... normally it's someone that
has grown up being neglected and abused by their crackhead parents and
seeing as how they spend most of their time trying to survive on the
streets or either in jail, which when they are out of jail, don't know
how to act outside of jail because reality is jail, there's no one to
care for them so they turn to people with a common interest with
the promise that they will be taken care of and protected.
Listen to that song "No Daddy" by Teairra Mari and you
might get a better idea of what I'm saying.

Those people that you all are referring to are bad-ass wanna-bes.
Real gangsters have bigger things to worry about than colours.
The people that you're referring to watch too much TV.
The ones I'm talking about don't even own a TV.

I do not like gangs and I don't like the fact that people are so beaten
down as to believe that they need to be in a gang to survive.

[Lizardbreath]

To me gangs are about the stupidest things you can join. The only thing you get out of them is a negative criminal record and STDs.

[Zmoney]

There just isnt black gangs man.

There is a gang for just about every race, your just single minded and are viewing the term gang with black people.

[LegacySoldier]

In the area I live in there a few or no gangs, but I living near Atlanta you hear alot about them. I have read a few articles and books about gangs: their actions and traditions, and it does not benifit anyone.

Problems with gangs-

(a) Many have violent initiation techniques.
(b) High rate of drug abuse.
(c) Most are very violent in nature (drive bys, beatings)
(d) If you want to leave you are (in most gangs) in danger of being hurt severly or even killed.

Many people get involved in gangs because of social problems or family problems and they think that a gang is a family, but the truth is most gang members would rather let you get busted or killed or anything like that. Very few in gangs have a bond or relationship, most get members to increas their numbers so as to pose a threat to rival gangs.

Their are more problems with gangs but this all I can think of off the top of my head.

[▲Dylan▲]

yeah, lotta cryps down here. They're all white 2....go figure. Stupidest shit i've ever done in my life. THeres no point....and they're all just wanna-be blacks. I agree with cobalt, most of the ones i know have gone through a whole lotta shit. but then again who hasnt? we all have choices, i made a bad one and moved on. They dont have the balls to kill you. or even beat you. when you have a 38 with hollow points anyway.But gangs effect our city.......not much.....but they do. The sad part is that theres only 3 or 4 black gangs....and they're all small and in the same area...and 2 wear the same colors.....-_-. and there are 5 or 6 white/latin gangs. and one asian gang that i know of. there wouldnt be nearly as many gangs if white kids acted their race around here. It makes me sick seing one of my friends with their pants around their ass and hearing them talk like "yo man wussup nigga?". They just need a good ass whooping as far as i can tell. And one thing that greatly pisses me off is Blacks who use Italian names...They disgrace my heritage and culture. just because they wanna be considered a "gangsta"....Gangs are just sad little kids who have no direction in life and pretend to be organized and know what they're doing to seem intimidating and cool.

[Octopor]

In Grade 4 I did a play on gangs.

We basically agreed that they all did drugs and were bad.

[Bret]

Oh yea, there's a lot of white gangsters out there with record labels.
Even 50 Cent says its the black people that are filling up in the jails. Not that blacks are singled out, its the ones that are getting caught. Black or white, these people are going to jail and its not racism that its mainly black people that are in the jails its because black people are the main gangster members.

So to answer your question, no I do not like gangs. They tear down cities and make towns terrible places to live.

[thebastardsword]

would gangs exist if more drugs were legalized?

[Tupac Amaru Shakur]

gangs dont exist out of drugs, its the misconception that you will be "protected" or loved as you are not at home or at school. drugs just allows members to sell them or to use them sometimes

[thebastardsword]

Originally Posted by Tupac Amaru Shakur

gangs dont exist out of drugs, its the misconception that you will be "protected" or loved as you are not at home or at school. drugs just allows members to sell them or to use them sometimes

how else would gangs get money? do members pay dues or something?

[Tupac Amaru Shakur]

lol no they dont, they can get moeny by hustling or steal and sealing what they steal, robbing stores gas stations etc selling drugs is mafia type thing you would find a gangster buying them more often then selling them

[Snagg]

Do you think a person would join a gang if their family situation was fine and their parent(s) weren't alcoholics?

People just want to belong. They want to feel like they're part of a family. Gangs are their families, because their real families are crackheads.

[Zmoney]

People join gangs so If they are on the streets they will not be mugged, robbed and beaten because the muggers think before they attack that if they go after one gang member they have teh whole gang to deal with.


The main logic behind street gangs. People in street gangs are not gangsters. There thugs and gang members.

Gangsters are hardcore mob members and organized criminals

[AZN_FLEA]

gangsters are like a thorn in the society. and whats worse is that some rap artists are promoting gangs and making them look cool. WTF?!?! whats so cool about being a poor bum that goes around beating people, getting bad records and pissing in the alleys. nothing.