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There are a lot of different places and people in the United States that fall victim to gang violence, and perhaps the most influenced by this lifestyle are the poor youth of the country. Neighborhoods that are overtaken by these gangs often recruit their own to continue these groups and they start them out young, so they can be ready whenever they are needed. With young gang member numbers coming up across the nation, there has been a concern of how fast the numbers have grown and the average age of the recruits. While the media has the tendency to either ignore or misinterpret gang life in the United States, there are other parts of media that are truthful and work hard to share the reality of many people like us who are living completely …show more content…
The pachucos were created in the 60s by Mexican-American youth here in the US and their “…culture was embedded within political, economic, and social contexts that influenced the dynamics within the culture, as well as perceptions about it” (Multiple Authors 872). These young men and women got together and were spreading the message that they were part of this country and couldn’t be segregated any longer from the typical American society. The origins of Latino gangs here in the United States that have been present for decades now. The pachucos started in this country with no influence from Mexico, and so have new gangs today that have consumed the Latino youth which contradicts the belief that other countries are the problem and they should be blamed. The difference between the Latino gangs today and the original ones in the 60s is that the message has changed, youth used to fight for their right and visibility in this country's society, but now they are only causing fear and violence at a very young …show more content…
These major films had been getting away with misrepresentation of people of color and often at times getting these cultures wrong as well because of their lack of importance in an inclusive Hollywood. A hostile media effect that is attacking my beliefs and values about “cholo” misconceptions is how they represent them in a Hollywood movie by repeatedly using the same actor in all the films or TV shows. The actor Noel Gugliemi has been in films like The Fast and the Furious and The Dark Knight Rises and also on popular TV shows like The Walking Dead and The X-Files and has played a Latino who was in prison or a gang member. Hollywood has created an image of a “cholo” and a Latino man that is always representing criminal without fully explaining their culture and the darkness that lays behind the customs and tattoos

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