Understanding The Reasons

 

Gangs are not a phenomenom, it has always been evolving and transforming  by no acceptance of scociety, rapid and uncontrolled urban growth, community disorganization, racism,  presence of  drugs and weapons, politics, mental health issues, problematic families and most important lack of a positve role model.There can be so many reasons on why there are never good reasons on joing a gang, in an attempt to address the gang issue and the problems gangs cause within our community and society as a whole, at times we become focused on what gang involved youth are doing rather than what they are missing in their lives which is contributing to their behavior and involvement with gangs. Why are they involved with gangs when there are other youths who live in the same neighborhoods and go to the same schools, play together and even attend the same churches that have not fallen into the gang lifestyle? Adolescent children receive more information with there eyes rather than words. When there is violence around thats what they are raised with. Unless there is a solution of organizing the community, have stronger authority to distribution of guns, and drugs, and have positve role models to the children in the urban communities.  

A young kid representing the notorious 18th st. gang that was started in the Rampart area of Los Angeles which then became so stong with 2nd generation hispanic immigrants that became worldwide is recruiting with no restraints of age and ethnic race.




Jordan Escobar