Labeling Theory
Labeling theory proposes deviance that socially constructed through reaction instead of action . the labeling theory builds reaction to the blood and crips: made in America movie. The film highlights many causes that lead to the creation of criminal gang. Crips and Bloods consist of a group of African American in southern Los Angeles. The formation of these groups created on the self-hatred legacy among black African Americans. Powerful individual such as police officer, judge, and other law enforcement are useless the ones to impose these labeling. The dominant group in the society creates and apply deviant groups. Once someone is characterized a curtained way it is hard to remove that label. Like in the documentary " blood and crips", Rodney King was the black man who was beaten by Los Angeles …show more content…
Labeling became one the reasons to critique. The sociological influence in the southern part of Los Angeles leads to the disappearance of black fathers, a rise in prison affiliation and being expose to drugs, violence, police brutality that created a wave of crimes. Becker stated that " social groups generate deviance by making rules breaking constitutes deviance, these rules applying peculiar people and labeling them as an outsider ". The movie discussed how black people around 1960's were questioned and being judged based on the color of their skin. Before the 1960s, the 1950s in Los Angeles was a period that developed black prosperity due to the rise of industry based jobs. By the end of that period, manufacturers began to disappear which caused the result of unemployment. With that happening and the downfall of blacks not having the prosperity of what they once experienced and dealt with racial profiling, prejudice and harsh police enforcement lead into something massive. The younger generation viewing how the generation before them punished for s doing right things to contributed to their community. Many influential activists were