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White gangs, specifically white prison gangs, emerged in the United States around the 1950’s. It wasn’t until the Aryan Brotherhood who originated in California in the 1960’s was the first group who combined gang activities with white supremacy. Since in the 1960’s and 1980’s some prisons were still racially segregated, which helped keep the violence with in the prisons low; once desegregation of the prisons took place the violence in the prisons rose. At the same time in the 1980’s several white prison gangs were created. This includes the Aryan Brotherhood of Texan, the Aryan Circle, the Aryan Warriors, the Ohio Aryan Brotherhood, and many others (Anti-Defamation League 2016:18). It wasn’t until the twenty-first century that white supremacist …show more content…

After reading “White Supremacist Prison Gangs in the United States” by the Anti-Defamation League cleared this up by discussing the differences of the ideology and the subculture. White supremacy gangs generally have a basic ideology that the one used by neo-Natis or other white supremacy groups. White supremacy members are normally shunned from the gangs because they claim that the gang is poisoned for selling drugs. Another difference in ideology is that prison gangs are a form or organized crime and engage in crime and in order for them to stay alive they must convince members to put the group before themselves. This is done through family ties, religion, and other affiliations as long as they can instill loyalty to that group.
Another area that was a little blurry was, if there are any white prison gangs what are not considered to be white supremacy groups. After searching it is evident that most if not all white gangs are considered to be white supremacist prison gangs. Sure there are other white gangs that may not be, but why are they not speaking out and why are they not known? After reading something it is clear that most of the white gangs that are reported do have some racist back ground or a white supremacy ideology to the

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