We may earn a small commission from affiliate links and paid advertisements. Terms
damn, from now on im only wearing white and keeping my hands in my pockets.Quoted post[/post]]
Gangsta 101
There are four main street gangs, Crips, bloods, Folk and People. Each one of these larger organizatioins encompass smaller gangs called "sets". Examples, Grape Street Crips, Rollin 60s Crips, bounty hunter bloods, six-deuce brim bloods, Gangster Disciples (Folk), Latin Kings and Vice Lords (People). They all fall under one of the larger gangs but are still gangs unto themselves. This comes into play with things like drug sales, where it doesn't matter if you're in a friendly gang or not when you start selling on somebody else's turf.
Alright, so we've got all of these different gangs and only so many colors to go around. What's a gangbanger to do? They come up with hand signals, called "signs", to indentify their gang as well as friendly or rival gangs. Common examples, form a C with your thumb and first finger while curling the rest of your fingers back...that's a C Crip. Now, make a circle by touching the tip of your first finger to the tip of your thumb and extend the remaining fingers straight out...that's a B for blood. Those are the signs for the parent gang and each set has their own hand signal to identify within the larger gang. So when you throw up your sign and set, you're making those hand signals to other gang members for indentification purposes. If they end up being rivals, shit goes down. If they end up being friendly, they show family love.
This is why this is just as important to know as not wearing the wrong color in the wrong neighborhood. There have been several cases where deaf people have been mistakenly killed while using sign language. That big W for West Coast/West Side that people love so much, means White Power in a lot of places. Wil's throwing some "horns" up in that picture that Brian posted, no big deal right? It's the sign used by the Hoover Criminals, formerly the Hoover Crips. Extend the thumb and turn the hand sideways and it's Latin Kings...or "I love you" in sign language. You know that "asshole" sign that everyone loves? Yeah, that means "blood killer" and I'm sure you can imagine that bloods aren't over-joyed to see it. The sign that wigger's throwing up, under Wil, can mean East Side, one-deuce, Kitchen Crip (don't laugh, they're crazy-ass killers), or People...could be Folk, we don't have many of either set in Cali. And so on.
Ahhh, the joy of not living in a major city. :coughireallymeancaliforniacough:Quoted post[/post]]
You guys have the Nazi Lowriders and White Wolves on the East Coast, right? Guess what their color is.
Seriously though, just don't act like a gangbanger and you'll be fine. Pay attention to where gang neighborhoods are and do what you can to either stay out of them or not wear rival colors while you're in them. Don't make any signs with your hands, wear any color bandana hanging from either pocket or wrapped around your wrist/ankle, don't tilt your hat to either side, don't wear colored shoe laces or beads, and things like that. Basically, if gangbangers dress that way, you don't want to. Oh yeah, watch out for five and six pointed stars too. Folk sets identify with the six pointed Star of David and People sets identify with the five pointed star. The more you know the safer you'll be. Don't be afraid, be respectful. Yes, even if you think gangs are teh gayness. Disrespect a real G and you'll be the star at your own funeral.
my school is in a pretty poor area. lots of drug activity but no gangs as far as ive seen. ive seen more when im at home.Quoted post[/post]]
It's not like that everywhere, even in big cities. Gang activity is usually confined to the poorest areas. I mean, don't have any reason to go into a gang controlled neighborhood and you'll probably never run into a gangbanger, like TurboMirage...that's amazing by the way. Just don't act like the idiot wigger this topic's about and you won't have anything to worry about.
well at school its glassboro, nj 08028. but like i said, i havent seen anything resembling a gang. i know the drug dealer house and the big crack house. i actually talk to the dealers and their pretty cool. but they have shitty weed (i dont smoke unless its free and their stuff barely got me high) and last time i talked to them all 3 had warrants. drugs, assault, and arms possesion. an element i dont want to hang around.Quoted post[/post]]
You live in Jersey, right? I can probably find out what's in your area.
Oh yeah, don't worry too much. Just be respectful. My area's crawling with nortenos, who claim red, and I wear black or blue pretty much every day...my shoes are always blue, I wear either a blue or black hat, and I wear one of those cholo blue/black flannel coats on a fairly regular basis.
Quoted post[/post]]
You live in Jersey, right? I can probably find out what's in your area.
Oh yeah, don't worry too much. Just be respectful. My area's crawling with nortenos, who claim red, and I wear black or blue pretty much every day...my shoes are always blue, I wear either a blue or black hat, and I wear one of those cholo blue/black flannel coats on a fairly regular basis.
