The ghettoization of blacks led to a cycle of blacks being born, raised, and dying in the hood. During the middle of the twentieth century, the city of New York built many new communities to account for the many new immigrants that the US welcomed from all across the world. Many African Americans and Caribbean Americans flocked to the new community called “the Bronx” due to the cheap price of housing and hope for a new beginning. Little did they know, the Bronx was not a place meant for them to strive. Many blacks raised in these communities faced poor educational systems, and bad policing, therefore restricting their ability to make it out of the hood.
The poor areas where blacks were predominant had little funding to enhance the education …show more content…
New York was home to over 28 different gang factions throughout the Bronx alone in the early 70’s and while race varied within the gangs, the main mission for protection was universal. “Gangs structured the chaos. For immigrant latchkey kids, foster children outside the system, girls running away from abusive environments, and thousands of others, gangs provided shelter, comfort, and protection.” Gangs also policed communities neglected by the law. A Savage Skull leader said “Before [people] would go to the local police, the people would come to [the gangs] to solve their problems”. The people only learned to do this because the police had a tendency to ignore neighborhoods that house poorer residents. Gangs also helped clean the streets of addicts to the newly popular Southeast-Asian heroin. Their motive for getting rid of these addicts were to stop the robbing they do to try and make money to buy drugs, The gang members had to clean up the city which the police were sworn to protect and serve. While a few gangs were trying to create peace, others were primarily looking for violence. Gang wars became a large problem in the fall of ‘71 when both the largest black and hispanic gangs entered into combat. The increased tensions created demand for high-power artillery introduced high caliber weapons to the streets of the Bronx, such as military grade …show more content…
Hip hop was not only a form of income, but a tool that brought communities together by stifling gang activity. Hip hop was an art form that gave blacks the ability to attempt to make money doing an activity that came with no negative repercussions. The school-to-prison pipeline suppressed blacks’ ability to hold and retain a career and better themselves in the future. Without the struggle and persecution of the african american community, America would be without some of its most popular
The poor areas where blacks were predominant had little funding to enhance the education …show more content…
New York was home to over 28 different gang factions throughout the Bronx alone in the early 70’s and while race varied within the gangs, the main mission for protection was universal. “Gangs structured the chaos. For immigrant latchkey kids, foster children outside the system, girls running away from abusive environments, and thousands of others, gangs provided shelter, comfort, and protection.” Gangs also policed communities neglected by the law. A Savage Skull leader said “Before [people] would go to the local police, the people would come to [the gangs] to solve their problems”. The people only learned to do this because the police had a tendency to ignore neighborhoods that house poorer residents. Gangs also helped clean the streets of addicts to the newly popular Southeast-Asian heroin. Their motive for getting rid of these addicts were to stop the robbing they do to try and make money to buy drugs, The gang members had to clean up the city which the police were sworn to protect and serve. While a few gangs were trying to create peace, others were primarily looking for violence. Gang wars became a large problem in the fall of ‘71 when both the largest black and hispanic gangs entered into combat. The increased tensions created demand for high-power artillery introduced high caliber weapons to the streets of the Bronx, such as military grade …show more content…
Hip hop was not only a form of income, but a tool that brought communities together by stifling gang activity. Hip hop was an art form that gave blacks the ability to attempt to make money doing an activity that came with no negative repercussions. The school-to-prison pipeline suppressed blacks’ ability to hold and retain a career and better themselves in the future. Without the struggle and persecution of the african american community, America would be without some of its most popular