...birth of gangs started with discrimination, young men, mostly men of color started to feel unexpected by society so they created gangs for identity. 34 year old Latino MS13 members express “White people look down on black people, but even black people are, like, looking down on us, calling us names’’ (Killian, Joe). In this quote when the MS13 member states “white people look down on black people...” (Killian, Joe) it refers to discrimination and racism; that being a person of color leads to a consequence to having to fight for their identity and to be able to be accepted. MS13 is a Latino gang that claims to be proud of their culture in a city dominated by whites and blacks their gangs expresses the importance of sticking together in a place of discrimination. Another 24 year old MS13 member states “It’s like this is a new country. Because that’s how they look at you. They look at you like this isn’t your country.” the member continues “So you got your set. You got your signs. You got your colors, you belong. That’s like saying, This is where I belong ” (Killian, Joe).The MS13 members' feelings towards his status in a new country brings him to look for a sense a placement. the 24 year old shares “so you got you set. You got your signs,You got your colors, you belong.” which means that the identity of MS13 and how they carry themselves makes the 24 year old feel identified and accepted in his community , February 15th 2017 Chicago shootings increased to 326 and 72 murders...
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...MARA-SAVATRUCHA (MS13) The Civil War in the early 1980s in El Salvador cost the lives of about 100,000 people. Besides, two million people are reported to have immigrated to the United States, due to the uncertain political and social conditions there. A big chunk of the refugees arrived and settled in the Rampart area of Los Angeles. They needed low cost housing and employment. That area was already afflicted with gangs and crimes. For the local population of Mexican-Americans, this was the most unwelcome development. The combustible youth immigrants from Salvador took the problem of their survival in response to the victimization at the hands of local gangs, as a serious challenge and formed a new gang by name Mara Salvatrucha, popularly known as MS-13. “Las-Mara” is a notorious street gang that engages in violent crimes in El Salvador. Salvatruchas, refers to the members of the political entity, styled Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front. This is a group of Peasants from Salvador, trained in guerilla warfare. The number 13 refers to the California prison gang, the Mexican Mafia. A youth facing the unemployment problem, not getting support from the government and the society, when he is constantly nagged, abused, condemned and ostracized by the society, turns into a viler and bitter individual. With no authority to show heartfelt care and concern, and an understanding approach to the problems of teeming millions of refugees, the frustrated immigrant youth...
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...their lives around, I personally believe less of our youth will be recruited. There was an after school program for troubled youth but it has been shut down due to funding. If there was some type of big organization to stop development of gangs and recruiting this would not be a problem. Gangs are in every city of every state and one of the leading causes of some type of crime. The system fails to realize the true cause of gangs. Without knowing anything about gangs there will not be a solution to the violence or crimes. There are some things that are obvious. For example, there are more minorities in the gangs in the United States. While that statement is accurate today I would not apply to gangs 300 years ago. Keywords: Blood, Crip, MS13 Gangs have been around as early as the 1700’s. The gangs then were similar in that they were a group a rebels finding ways to make money. Knowing information about gangs is very important because the world we live in today isn’t as safe as it was once. Being able to...
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...Unit 2 Assignment 2 Microsoft Environment Analysis 1. What vulnerabilities exist for this workgroup LAN based on the advisories? List five of them. 2755801, 2719662, 2854544, 2846338, 2847140. 2. Do any vulnerabilities involve privilege elevation? Is this considered a high-priority issue? 2846338 involves privilege elevation, Vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution, and is a high priority. 3. Identify and document at least three vulnerabilities and the solutions related to the client configurations. Three vulnerabilities and Solutions related to client configurations. * Vulnerabilities- ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting. Many websites that are on the Internet or on an intranet use ActiveX or Active Scripting to provide additional functionality. Blocking ActiveX Controls or Active Scripting is a global setting that affects all Internet and intranet sites. * Solution- After you set Internet Explorer to block ActiveX controls and Active Scripting in the Internet zone and in the Local intranet zone, you can add sites that you trust to the Internet Explorer Trusted sites zone. This will allow you to continue to use trusted websites exactly as you do today, while helping to protect yourself from this attack on untrusted sites. * Vulnerabilities- Software code execution * Solution- Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) helps mitigate the exploitation of this vulnerability by adding additional...
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...prejudice that are used with many cultures throughout the world today. One of the forms is called discrimination. Discrimination is the action that someone portrays when they are prejudice it is also an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or group of people because one feels superior to the other. An example of prejudice discrimination was during the Holocaust of the Second World War. The holocaust was started when the Nazi group thought their race was a dominant group to all other races and culture. They killed millions of Jews and various others showing their prejudice discrimination towards all other culture. Other examples of prejudice groups that are in America today are the Ku Klux Klan, gangs such as the Hispanic MS13, and the black gang such as the Bloods. All of these prejudice groups believe that they can discriminate to any of the cultures that are set apart from them. These prejudice groups of people believe just like the Nazis believed that race is real and that their color of race is the best and that they have the right to show their hate towards others that are not to their ethnicity. They are numerous forms of being prejudice. There are many prejudice people against others with a handicap or have a disability. That prejudice person may fell...
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...which is “society”. One opposes this view that “Young public leaders are usually less effective because they have so little experience”, due to which public sphere they interact in. The definition of the public sphere is a metaphorical term used to describe the virtual space where people can interact. The World Wide Web, for example, is not actually a web; cyberspace is not a space; and so with the public sphere. It's the virtual space where the citizens of a country exchange ideas and discuss issues, in order to reach agreement about 'matters of general interest' ([Jurgen] Habermas, 1997: 105) Other examples of this ideal is social/work organizations such as the police force and public school systems, gangs such as the BLOODs, CRIPs, MS13, and The Aryan Brotherhood, fraternal societies such as Masons, Elks, and the Shriner, political affiliations such as Republican or Democrat, church affiliations such as Catholic, Christian,...
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...WR122 Dec. 3, 2009 Illegal Immigration An illegal immigrant is an “alien who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa” (Hill). Today America can’t even take care of the citizens that it has. By having illegal immigrants that we do not plan for using public services like welfare, food stamps, state medical, school services, social security, and criminal justice services, will directly affect all Americans in this economic crisis. Illegal immigrants also cause other problems like crime, overcrowding, and language disputes. The United States of America needs to stand by laws that are in place for illegal immigration. The United States of America border is about 7,515 miles. “Each year, more than 500 million people cross the borders into the United States, some 330 million of whom are non-citizens. There are 118,129, 875 vehicles that enter the U.S. annually and 22.5 million cargo containers” (U.S Customs and Border Patrol). With this amount of traffic it is very difficult for the border patrol to monitor every mile of border between Canada and Mexico, allowing illegal immigrants into the United States. The senator of Arizona says there are a few issues with securing the border, “Insufficient resources dedicated to border security, coupled with a lack of will to effectively enforce the law” (Kyl). One issue the government of the United States thinks about every day is safety for citizens. We have a system that...
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...John Smith English Composition Morals According to the English dictionary, the definition of morals is as follows: “of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong”. The way we as human beings interprets this is entirely based on our community, religion, parents, government, and the society we were raised in. But what really defines what a moral is? Who’s to say that this is right and wrong? How do other cultures view our morals compared to theirs? These are but just a few questions I will be addressing in this essay. Let’s start from the beginning and break down some of the key components of this definition. Pertaining to the rules or principles of what’s right and wrong. In the United States what we consider morally right and wrong is determined by our government and the court systems. If we plunge deeper into this topic we can take into account our religious up-bringing, the views of our parents and friends, what we see and hear from the media. What was morally wrong fifty years ago is now on everyday television and exposed to children day after day. Fifty years ago women were shunned from their families and friends if they were to sleep with one person promiscuously. Now men and women are taught to sleep with multiple partners to determine if you are sexually satisfied and can see yourself being with only that person for the rest of your life. If you look at Muslamic culture, women have absolutely...
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