Gang

2013-05-09T12:54:52Z

DonnyD:

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A '''gang''', in the popular usage, is a group of people formed around a common identity who usually assume an adversarial stance towards [[society]], or at least some other group. More generally, the term used to refer to any group such as a work gang, now uncommon since the term has assumed negative connotations. The usage today is often in the context of [[moral panic]]s about [[crime]], [[drug]]s, "outlaw" gangs, and kids wearing baggy pants and their hats backwards at the mall.

==Gang culture==
{{hatnote|[[File:Gangcolors.jpg|thumb|right|Two particularly virulent gang members rocking their colors.]]}}
'''Gang culture''' is a term used mostly by the [[media]] when referring to rising levels of violent and urban crime. Although the criminals may not be part of formal gangs, the term is a catch-all one and often cited as a "cause" of increased violent crime, often used synonymously with terms such as "[[gun]] culture" or "knife culture" in reference to the rising incidences of these weapons being used. Blame is often placed on rap music, dance music, [[Heavy metal|heavy metal]] or [[punk|any other form of music]] that middle-aged, [[Right wing bastards|right-wing newspaper columnists]] don't understand. The music is usually imported from [[United States|America]], although the trans-Atlantic crossing has worked the other way at times. Inner-city gangs tend to have ''exceptionally'' macho names like "The Burger Bar Boys" or "The East Side Playpark Massiiiifffff".

Violent crime rates have decreased dramatically since the early '90s, so [[Creationist|presumably rap music and gang culture no longer exist]].

<i>Gang banger</i> is an American term used in connection with gang culture - the use of which causes no end of amusement among the [[British]].<ref>Don't try to look this up at work, unless you work in a brothel or the Netherlands.</ref>

==Purported gangs==
*[[Lesbian Gang Epidemic|Lesbians]]
*Urban gangs: Crips, Bloods, etc.
*Outlaw or "1%er" motorcycle clubs such as the Hells Angels
*Kids wearing baggy pants and their hats backwards at the mall
*[[Westboro Baptist Church]]
*[[Straight edge]], at least according to the Salt Lake City police
*[[Occupy Wall Street|99% of the United States]]

==Actual gangs==
*[[La Familia Michoacana]]
*The [[Charles Manson|Manson]] Family
*The [[Church of Scientology]]
*The [[Freemasons]]

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Media hysteria]]
[[Category:Sociology]]
[[Category:Moral panics]]
[[Category:Crime]]

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