May 2, 2009

Crystal Rodriguez

Oral History of Arcangel

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. TODAY I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT RACIAL SEGREGATION IN GANG. BEING PART OF A GANG IS RISK THAT YOU TAKE IN YOU VERY DAY LIFE. IS NOT EASY BU IT MAKES YOU FEEL NOT LEFT OUT IT’S LIKE A SECOND FAMILY.

WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID MY PARENTS USE TO TAKE DRUGS UNTIL ONE DAY THE COPS FOUND THEM AND TOOK ME AWAY AND PUT ME IN A SHELTER. IT WAS A HARD TIME FOR ME. IN SCHOOL THEY USE TO PICK ON ME. MY PARENTS WAS DRUG ADDICTS. BUT THAT SAME NIGHT I COULDN'T SLEEP. I DECIDED TO BE PART OF A GANG. WHEN I TOLD MY FRIENDS THEY WAS SAYING I SHOULDN'T DO IT. IT'S BAD. YOU COULD BE AN ARTIST OR A TEACHER OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT NO, I DECIDED TO BE PART OF IT CAUSE IT WAS LIKE A FAMILY.


IN MY OPINION I DO BELIEVE IN RACIAL SEGREGATION IN GANG BECAUSE SOME RACE DOES NOT GET ALONG WITH EACH OTHER SO THEY NEED TO BE APART. THEY NT B IN THE SAME GANG CAUSE THEY WILL KILL EACH OTHER .I HAVE BEEN JUDGE BEFORE HAVE YOU? ONE DAY I WENT TO THE STORE AND SOME GIRL ASKED ME WHAT RACE WAS I. I SAID THAT I WAS “DOMINICAN AND
PUERTO RICAN” AND SHE SAID LOOKED AT ME LIKE SHE WAS MAD AND SAD AND SAID THAT PUERTO RICAN AS BETTER THAN NASTY ASS DOMINICAN. I GOT REALLY UPSET BUT I IGNORED HER. ALSO THEY SEPARATE GANG THESE DAYS BY RACE BECAUSE THERE ARE SAME RACE THAT CANT BE TOGETHER LIKE THERE SOME BLACK THAT CANT BE AROUND PUERTO RICAN AND DOMINICAN CAUSE THE WAY THEY ACT AND THE SAME THING GOES TO THE MEXICAN. THEY DON'T LIKE HOW BLACK PEOPLE TALK.


I HAVE COUPLE OF OPINIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC LIKE I THINK ITS GOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME BAD BECAUSE WHEN THERE ARE SOME RACES PUT TOGETHER THEY DON’T GET ALONG AND THEY START PROBLEMS AND END UP FIGHTING. BUT THEN AGAIN YOU LEARN HOW OTHERS ACT ONE IF YOU CANT BE TOGETHER LIKE IN GANGS. I HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCES ABOUT GANGS FOR EXAMPLE MY COUSIN, HE WENT TO JAIL N USE TO JUMP OTHER GANGS CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM THEY HAD.


ALL THIS SEGREGATION IN GANG GOT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO LIKE ABOUT 40 YEARS
AGO. BY
THIS GROUP OF BOYS WANTED TO BE UNITED AND BE PART OF A FAMILY AS A THE SAME RACE. THEY WANTED TO MAKE HOME FOR THEMSELVES SO THEY WONT FEEL LEFT OUT OF THE WORLD. BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OTHER GROUPS BUT THE HOME GOT BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL THAT THE SEGREGATION TOOK OVER THEM. ALSO THE SAME RACE HAVE TO GET SEPARATED THEY CANT GET ALONG BECAUSE THEY REP SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ALSO BECAUSE THEY DON’T LIKE THEM FOR EXAMPLE IF THE BLACKS SET PROBLEM WITH OTHER BLACKS THE WOLD PRETEND THEY ARE IN THE HISPANIC GROUP SO THEY WONT GET JUMPED OR SHOT. BUT THAT’S WHY SOME BLACKS STAYS WITH BLACKS AND HISPANIC STAYS WITH HISPANIC.


IN OPINION IT FEELS GOOD BECAUSE WHEN YOU IN GANG THAT IS YOUR FAMILY THEY ALWAYS GOT YOUR BACK NO MATTER WHAT. THAT’S WHAT ARE FAMILY FOR THEY HELP YOU WHEN YOU DOWN.

TO BE HONEST I'M NOT THE PERFECT PERSON BUT I AM THE PERSON TO KNOW ENOUGH LIVING IN THIS WORLD. (PAUSES) I BEEN THROUGH IT!

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