Well without really having to debate much you have already proven my point...I understand and agreed with some of what you were saying up until the name calling part.
You are calling my son blatantly racist names without knowing anything about him except that he wears baggy pants and drunken monkey sweats....you are dead wrong. At 16 he took an interest in Capoeira, Brazilian and Latin culture. He had a strong interest in the Zapatistas and his art reflects this. He is a successful artist living in Central America. He has paintings in NY and several museums in Mexico city. There are a lot of street kids with interests in Capoeira as well so the people he hangs with dress this way. You are pre-judging all kids based on the way they dress and you are dead wrong in doing so.

The clothes don't make the man...the values that have been taught at home do. That is like saying all kids that play violent video games are going to be violent killers...I give kids a little more credit than that.

I think it is rather imature of you to call names.... wigger
it would be much more construtive if you would spend more time learning why this type pf social deterioration is happening in our country. Why do these kids feel the need to join these gangs, What has happened to the social fabric to cause this?
It is obvious that these young people are hurting... many of them have no families so they form their own.
When young people encounter both personal and institutional racism the risks are increased they will become violent. When groups of people are denied access to power, privileges, and resources, they will often form their own anti-establishment group


A sense of hopelessness can result from being unable to provide for your family. Young people living in poverty may find it difficult to meet basic physical and psychological needs which can lead to a lack of self-worth.
They come from homes where they feel alienated or neglected. Risks increase when the community fails to provide sufficient youth programs or alternatives to violence.

It always amazes me how so many people make claims of being Christian then they show such a total lack of understanding and compassion. Just enough religion in you to know how to hate but never enough to really love.



Instead of blaming an entire race of people and making racist comments maybe you should place your anger where it is due. Educational loans have been cut, foodstamp programs have been cut, medicaid cut, after school programs cut, Conflict resolution programs gone, education and training programs gone, headstart cut, these are all directly related to a youth's positive development.



The infrastructure of this country is crumbling.. Corporate salaries 10 or 15 years ago averaged 20 times the blue collar workers.Now they are 400 times it and the blue collar workers pay has gone down or his jobs has disappeared all together. Blue collar workers have less benefits now. Many have lost their retirement benefits....while corporate fat cats pay themselves millions then want tax payer money to bail them out of bankruptcy. We can't take care of our own youth yet we are building nations in the middle east. Well what about our country? One only has to look at the response to Katrina to see how unprepared we are. They are still pulling dead bodies out of New Orleans for God sake. That would not be happening if it were Beverly hills! And Fema is stopping payments yet we can afford to build nations? Our nation should be first.

There have always been gangs that is nothing new...and there will always be gangs as long as there is this huge gap between the rich and the poor and a society that would rather whine and bitch and call names instead of facing the real problem the inept leadership, and corrupt corporations that are running this country.