Gangs In America

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everything we don’t see. The life of crime, violence, and prison. Nobody really can understand that until they live it, and once they had lived it, it can sometimes be to late.
Now of course there are situations where kids join gangs because there is no other way. Often it happens that a teenager is forced to join a gang because he/she has no family. The gangs show these kids a sense of loyalty and belonging. Sooner or later these gangs become their family and they no nothing or want anything else.
Another reason I feel kids join gangs is the whole respect/fear aspect. Often I find it that people equate fear and respect as the same thing. It definitely is appealing to people to be looked at in high regard. When kids join gangs they figure they will be feared, and therefore respected. For example If I saw a bunch of kids walking down the street with blue bandannas on their heads I would probably walk the other way. That is all because of the fear factor, not respect.
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