The name of this documentary is “Bastards of the Party.” It is The History of the Crips and Bloods. It is excellent in terms of understanding the history and origins of gangs in this country and speaks to larger questions of Black oppression/Black liberation which we got into in class today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjErL1DhRtU&t=3222s
You can address these questions but you don’t have to address them all. Provide evidence, quotes, facts or anecdotes that prove you watched the documentary.
What are the different events and chapters in African American that begin to explain the emergence of these two gangs?
What would it take to “deghettoize” New York City and the cities of this country for that matter?
What does Cle Sloan say about using the N-word?
What role has the State played in our communities? (Remember the definition of the State: the organized repression of one class by another class, aka the police, the military, the courts, the jails, etc.)
What would it take to create communities where working class people are not killing one another on a daily basis?
Incorporate any personal experiences you or people close to you might have with gangs.
How is internalized oppression part of Black history?
What is the social context (racism, inequality, ect) that gives birth to both gangs?
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