Victor Rios, author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Youths grew up in Oakland, California. During his childhood there he had an experience that made him return to Oakland to question and study the current issues that the youth’s their face. At the age of 14 he had joined a gang, he did this mostly for protection from other gangs and threats in the area, and during his time in the gang he met another kid named “smiley,” nicknamed because of his knack to smile during every situation, good or bad. Rios would become good friends with him, and even steal a car for him to use as a home at one point when he was kicked out of his own home. Although this would eventually lead to one of his first encounters with bad police officers, as he was severely beaten for what he had done.
Actually, their distrust in mostly everybody around them made them reject Shane
They view the police as rude and agents of punishment thus the distance between police and the public.”
“Not like the Socs, who jump Greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks, and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.” This shows that the public eye are more biased towards the Socs. Even though most of the
When the Socs and Greasers find themselves actually getting along a few times it show that the hope of one day they wouldn’t have to fight anymore. They’d see that they are all pretty alike and there would be no need for everyone to be judged one way. Like when Ponyboy meets Cherry and finds that, as Cherry puts it “Things are rough all over” (S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders.
The socs are a menace because of the money they have. They believe that if they get in trouble they can buy their way out. Because of this money they feel powerful, even at times invencible. They think they can do anything. They also have the money to buy cars, guns, and weapons.
For example in the book when Ponyboy is on his way home from the movies in the day time, he gets jumped by the Socs while walking on a dirt road. This means the Socs don’t care whether its day or night, they just want to be better and have more power over the Greasers.
The differences between the groups cause great conflict during the story. In the Outsiders, it states “ Not like the Socs, who jump greasers and wreck houses and throw beer blasts for kicks” (Hinton 3). The given quote shows how the Socs deal with the differences between them and the the Greasers. The Socs, believing they are better, deal with their differences by attacking the Greasers. Similarly, the Savages deal with their differences by defying the rules of the conch and defying ralph’s rules.
(Schmalleger & Worrall) In other words these are the individuals who instead of doing their job by the rules they are going against them. These individuals who partake in individual's deviance “behave in a manner that is “inconsistent with the officer’s legal authority, organizational authority, and standards of ethical conduct” (Deviance and Corruption) An example of this theory officers who compared to those in their department are receiving the majority of complaints. The officers alway seem to be bringing in individuals on the daily with the claims of these people being in possession of drugs or that they were wanted criminals.
Therefore, they tend to commit crime and endanger the life
Many latinos in the United States live in urban neighbourhoods that are unsafe. In these neighbourhoods, latino youth are surrounded by gang members and poverty. Many of these adolescents or adults have said they fear walking in these streets at night. Yet, Latinos in general are said to be gang affiliated or are seen as the victimizers. 2.
Even thought all this goes on, they still come together as one and stay that loyal group of
They are known to be Greasers, “Greasers are almost like hoods” (page 3). They are lower on the social scale and many times have been compared by their enemies the Socs, “...the West-side rich kids” (page 2). In the song “Firework”, Katy Perry says, “You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine. Just own the night like the 4th of July”. This determines that even though one might be diverse or stand out from a group of people, one never should be ashamed of the differences between them and society’s standards.
The ones who walk away from Omelas, don’t want to deal with the cruel system, and would rather walk away from the whole dystopia in itself. An example that can relate to modern socitey would be people that grow up in low income neighborhoods. A lot of the time low income neighborhoods can have gang violence, and drug problems, so families will do anything to protect themselves and their kids, and try to get away from the crimes. This happens in places like Chicago, Detroit and some parts of California. By the
For instance, they have money, and money can buy whatever they want. Similarly, Pony expressed: “I really couldn’t see what the Socs would have to worry about - good grades, good cars, good girls, madras and Mustangs and Corvairs - Man, I thought, if I had worries like that I’d consider myself lucky.” Assuming that the Socs have no problems, Pony comes to the conclusion that it’s only the Greasers that have all the rough breaks. Next, Pony thinks that the Socs aren’t fair because they jump Greasers for fun and don’t think about the effect that it has on the Greasers. Furthermore, the Socs don’t fight fair, they gang up on the Greasers and they intimidate them.
