- SELF deep seated self hatred because see self as of no value.
- SELF - you can't have a heart
- NETWORKS clubs, not gangs: fighting boys: competing, not destroying
- GENERATIONS of networks: families move down, not up the ladder
- RESPECT is fear
- SOCIAL STRUCTURE social history of 20th centurn: slavery, industry & globalism, legislation (civil rights legislation & welfare), Vietnam war vets, social control patterns, women's lib.
- NETWORKS: family, school, neighborhood
- SELF: resulting sense of self: ? ? ?
- CHANGE: young African American men and children - more fathers, more responsibility
themes to spark your thinking/writing http://writingsoc.blogspot.com/2009/04/crips-and-bloods-themes.html
An interesting movie to rent and view in conjunction is Gran Torino. Interesting movies about kids without parental guidance in other parts of the world are: Turtles Can Fly, Death in Gaza, Paradise Now and City of God. Also watch Amanpour's special on CNN this week on Afghanistan and Gaza.
I have seen the Gran Torino it does show class struggles and family unity with people who ethnically should have nothing in common.
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying the film. It's important to be able to see the their situation from a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteBloods & Crips made me think of gangs differently...it makes you realize how disadvantaged these children and adolescents are in our society...i agree that more support and educational involvement is needed, but i am not sure if it's going to be enough...
ReplyDeleteCity of God was an okay movie..( it bugs me when the lips don't follow whats coming out their mouths...it's a foreign video)
ReplyDeletethis film was awesome in so many ways. it showed the history and it did not portrayed African America in a negative way.
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