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Street Cred And Gang Identity

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Over the years what we have learnt from young people in gangs is that they are very into what they term as street cred and for them this means; 1. The protection of own turf (this used to be post code) 2. Defending of each other 3. Wearing of name brand clothes and their gang colours which will be their gang identity 4. Communicating in their own/street language 5. Friends holding them in high esteem/martyr Consequently, of number five above many young people are prepared to lose their life in the name of street cred (dead with street cred). When a young person is killed, it may be the case (in the eyes of their friends) that they died with street cred they are seen as a hero. Regardless of this myth, what is very true is that with
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