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The Ghettoization of Blacks in Los Angeles: The Emergence of Street Gangs

Authors: Gregory Christopher Brown, James Diego Vigil, Eric Robert Taylor

Published in: Journal of African American Studies | Issue 2/2012

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Despite previous research, no one has traced the roots and rise of African–American street gangs in Los Angeles as it relates to the development of racially and ethnically segregated areas. This paper examines the experiences of the early African–American community and explains the cultural phenomenon that led to the formation of African–American gangs. The rapid migration of African–Americans to the city caused their population in Los Angeles to increase, and this threatened the White community. As a result of racial discrimination and racial covenants, many African–Americans became trapped in Watts, which was formerly a White middle-class community of government employees and white-collar workers. This transformed South Central (Watts) into a ghetto of predominantly poor urban Black dwellers with low-paying jobs.

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Title: The Ghettoization of Blacks in Los Angeles: The Emergence of Street Gangs
Authors: Gregory Christopher Brown
James Diego Vigil
Eric Robert Taylor
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of African American Studies / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1559-1646
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4741
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-012-9212-7

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