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Hate Groups - College Essay

Hate Groups

According to William Finnegan, author of Cold New World, there are a couple of good reasons that teenagers in the Antelope Valley area become members of white supremacist groups. Many of them are obvious just in reading the book. Peer pressure is the biggest reason given for the youth to join these groups. This means that since their friends are in the group, they should be in it. Another reason is to be protected. Both the Sharps and the NLR’s protect themselves and each other. They ‘watch each other's backs.’ And if you’re not in one of these groups, you’re bound to get hurt, or looked bad
upon. You’re reputation might be at stake, so the natural thing to do would be to become ...

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to let out their emotions.
Sonoma County does not have the extent of gangs that Antelope Valley has, thankfully. But if we did. I’m sure that the same type of social interactions, economic conditions, and family actions would be about the same for both areas. The poverty line plays a major role in the economic situation that an area has, and if the poverty line is high, that is , if we have a large population of homeless or misfortunate people, the more trouble we would have. It has been found that high crime rate is associated with how a person lives. If one is poor, and not able to afford the necessities in life, they are more likely to resort to crime to get what they need. Also, an area of dirt and filth on the lower side of town has always been associated with crime. We hardly ever find problems in a well to do neighborhood, because these people are respectable, can afford what they need, and don’t need to use crime as a scapegoat. Because we live in such a great ...

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Added: 2/7/2005 01:36:32 AM
Category: Political Science
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