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  1. 1. INTRODUCTION. This brief and straightforward instruction will guide you how to play an Asian-American member of an ethnically Asian street gang. Which all vary based on the Asian gang you're seeking to represent and other factors. 2. EXISTING ASIAN STREET-GANGS. Below is a list of some Asian-American street gangs, along with brief explanations/backgrounds/misc. To this day, all of the gangs listed below flourish and prosper on the west coast. - ASIAN BOYZ (ABZ/1226) Asian Boyz, sometimes known as ABZ, is a mostly Southeast Asian street gang that operates throughout the United States. The majority of sets, however, are located in California, with the most noteworthy being Long Beach, Van Nuys, Orange County, and Stockton. Members of this gang are affiliated with the Crip card and are notorious for a variety of crimes. Famous Asian rappers such as Stupid Young and MBNel have popularized the gang in recent years. Founded in the 1980s by Cambodian refugees as a deterrent to other Long Beach gangs such as Longos 13, Barrio Pobre 13, and others. Who committed attacks, robberies, and harassment against Cambodian refugees. Rivals include groups such as; Tiny Raskal Gang, Longos 13, Barrio Pobre 13, Bloods, Wah Ching (Formerly) Fictional GTA:W Rivals: Tiny Raskal Gang, Vespucci 13 (?) , CCB13 , Longos 13, Skinhead Gangs GTA:W Gang Threads: SEA ALLIANCE , Vespucci ABZ, SEASIDE ABZ, EASTY 1226 - TINY RASKAL GANG (TRG/TR/7126/EBK) TRG a/k/a Tiny Raskal Gang or Tiny Raskals, just like the Asian Boyz are a mostly Southeast Asian street gang that operates throughout the United States and certain cities along the Eastcoast/Midwest. Originated in the 1980s for the same reason and purpose of the Asian Boyz gang. However many members were originally ABZ and split due to internal conflicts in the 80s. There's still a generational beef between TRG and ABZ and shows no signs of stopping whatsoever. Rivals include groups such as; Asian Boyz, Longos 13, Barrio Pobre 13. Crips Fictional GTA:W Rivals: Asian Boyz/SEA, Longos 13, Crips, Bloods, Hoover Criminals, Filipino Santanas (Sureno), TRG (Internal) , Oriental Boyz GTA:W Gang Threads: Tiny Raskal Gang Vespucci , Tiny Raskal Gang , 1600 Tiny Raskals. - WAH CHING (WC/DUB-C/23) Unlike the other two gangs mentioned before. Wah Ching is a gang comprised primarily of Chinese-Americans. Gambling dens in San Francisco were established in the 1960s. Wah Ching Formed to safeguard Chinese-Americans in Chinatown and these Gambling dens, particularly in San Francisco later on in Los Angeles etc. Dub-C is involved in more organized crime, although select sub-sets operate as a unorganized street gang, but relatively few in this day and age owing to recent RICO indictments and overall law enforcement pressure. Wah Ching Had a very long feud with ABZ, although it appears to have died/squashed out owing to Wah Ching being money/business focused. Rival groups are; Asian Boyz (Formerly) Fictional GTA:W Rivals: (?) GTA:W Gang Threads: Decker Side, Hop Sing Tong , Broker Side Wah Ching , Oceanside Wah Ching , Highland Wah Ching , Palomino Wah Ching , - ASIAN BLOODS Asian Blood gangs are uncommon and frequently unheard of, Asian Bloods are occasionally mistaken with Wah Ching owing to both wearing red bandanas and being Asian. However, there are just a handful sets on the West Coast and one in Lowell, Massachusetts. Southeast Asian-Americans make up the majority of the gang population. Gang is popularized by rappers BounceBackMeek and Javn2900 from Stockton, California. Rival groups are; Asian Boyz, Crips. Fictional GTA:W Rivals: SEASIDE, SEA, ABZ. GTA:W Gang Threads: W/S 81 Oriental Boyz , Krazy Miller Boyz, W/S Gangster Bloods , - HMONG GANGS They were quite active in the 1990s and 2000s. However, it appears that the majority of them perished. Most Hmong gang members may be found in the various Asian street gangs mentioned above, such as ABZ and TRG, but the most well-known Hmong gang is 'MOD/Menace Of Destruction' or 'Asian Crips,' both are active in Northern California, Washington, Oregon etc. GTA:W Gang Threads: Menace Of Destruction - KOREAN, JAPANESE. MISC. CHINESE STREET GANGS (?) There isn't much information I can say off the top right now, however there are a few noteworthy gangs such as 'Asian Criminals,' 'Korea Town Gangsters,' 'Korean Pride,' '6th St W/S Asian Criminals Gang,' 'Korean Boyz,' and 'Tokyo Boyz.' Most Korean and Japanese gangs in general do not engage in unorganized street crime and instead, just like Wah Ching, they deal with large/high-scale crimes or organized crimes in general. Rivals groups are: Other Korean/Japanese/Chinese Gangs. GTA:W Gang Threads: Seoul Park Boyz , Seoul Tigers, Seoul Family Gang 3. ROLEPLAYING AN ASIAN-AMERICAN STREET GANG MEMBER. To begin, there are several aspects that will influence how you roleplay an Asian-American street gang member. It primarily relies on the environment, just as Mexican-American and African-American street gangs. If you play an Asian-American in a neighborhood with a large concentration of African-American street gangs, you'll most likely speak the same terminology and look all designer'd up in your sagging set of fake purple, amiri designer jeans, and rolex chains. If you roleplay in a location with a strong Mexican-American street gang presence, you'll most likely be utilizing Chicano Lingo and saying 'Foo' about every other second, as well as wearing baggy 501's, pro clubs, and shakawear, among other things. To be honest, it's nothing special; the only difference between Asian gangs and other gangs is that Asian gangs may be more 'family-like' in certain aspects, carrying out certain rituals and traditions, being close knit, the fact that you can probably speak another language other than English, even if it's poorly spoken, harsher punishments then your typical DP/ 13 second beatdown. Note: Modern day culture is also a heavy influence. 4. ASIAN AMERICANS & PRISON In general, if you roleplay a gang member, regardless of color, you will end up in prison or dead; most likely prison. However, I've seen this multiple times when individuals are frightened to roleplay in prison as an Asian-American gang member due to a lack of prison politic understanding or simply not wanting to roleplay inside of TTCF at all. This is what will happen upon arrival at TTCF; - You'll be checked in by a Keyholder for one of the groups; Islanders or Asians. - If you have no bad charges (Sexual related crimes etc.) listed as a C.I (Informant) or former law enforcement you'll be welcomed in and told to follow a set of rules, which is actually light compared to other cars in prison. - You are now a 'Other' which is the 5th prison group besides Blacks, Whites, Mexicans (Surenos & Paisas) & Northern Mexicans (Nortenos) - You probably won't be allowed to carry your street beefs in prison, since Asians and Islanders are a very low number compared to other racial groups, you'll stick together and be united. - Do your time/program in TTCF and get out back to the streets, or put in work with 'The Other Car' and end up in AD-SEG 90% of the time for stabbing a 'J-CAT' (Google the term.) and regulating people in your own car. The Other Car consists of; Asians (East Asian, Southeast Asians, Middle Eastern/Arabs, Indians;, Native Americans, Blasians/Mixed) Islanders (Samoans, Hawaiian, Tokelau, American Samoa etc) basically anyone that's in an Asian dominated Gang or doesn't fit into Norteno, Sureno, Black & White. Other Car Thread; The Other Car API CONNECTION 5. ASIAN AMERICAN STREET GANG RAPPERS Nothing much to type here, but I just wanted to throw this in, give you an idea; it's not 100% accurate cause you know of course Rappers in general have an image to maintain. STUPID YOUNG [ABZ] MBNEL [MUDDY BOYZ] ABBLUE [ABZ] CHING YUNG / GLO IN CHINA - [WAH CHING] SHADOW DUB, DUB M, CYG NUKLS - [WAH CHING] BOUNCEBACKMEEK [Louis Park Bloods / Asian Bloods] JAVN2900 [Louis Park Bloods / Asian Bloods FRONTLINERICHIE [HMONG ASIAN CRIPS] CHINATOWN RUNNER [ASIAN BLOODS] HTOO RUE [ASIAN BLOODS/MYANMAR] PLVYBOYHOOK [TRG] MR EASTSIDE X C4 [TRG] VICKFOENICK [TRG] GLIZZY GREY [TRG] 6. END OF GUIDE. This guide was made to be straightforward and simple. It's not really that complex to roleplay an Asian Street Gang Member. However, if you have any questions. Then don't be afraid to ask and I'll quote you with a response. If you'd like anything added to guide or have certain stuff corrected, then send me a direct message @2Raskal. I'd also like to give my respect to those willing to roleplay an Asian-American on GTA:W that isn't a fantasy of some type of weird ass manga comic character or acting like a stereotypical 4-eyes glasses wearing nerd with a 'Fresh Off The Boat' accent. as the media has portrayed for countless years.
  2. In Turkey, there are two main reigons where organized crime most associated: the Trabzon region (in Northen Turkey / Black sea) and the Southeastern Anatolia region. Ethnic Turkish criminals are mostly linked with the Trabzon clans. A Turkish friend of mine says that Turks refer to people from the Trabzon as "Laz" after the Georgian tribe who lived in the area. Today, the vast majority of "Laz" would already describe themselves as Turkish. Trabzon has several criminal clans located in cities such as Rize, Sürmene and Of. Black Sea crime families have a presence in Europe, mainly in the Netherlands, Belguim, Germany, Austria. The aforementioned place, although a small village, is home to perhaps the most powerful of the Black Sea crime families called the "Oflu Clan". İsmail Hacısüleymanoğlu became their 'godfather'. In the 90s, the Oflu Clan controlled a significant part of the heroin trade in Amsterdam and was involved in other racketeering activities in the local Turkish community. On the other hand, the clans from the Southeastern Anatolia region are predominantly Kurds. Many major crime families operate from the area.The most famous is the Baybasin Clan, but there are other families such as Aksoy, Aydınlı, Cantürk, Güven, Kocakaya, Koylan, Özdemir, Polat, Uğur, Toprak, Yildirim, Demir, Konuk, Kaya, Senar.As with Trabzon based criminal groups, many of these Kurdish clans are also active in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. When you do a study of Turkish organised crime in London, you will find that the vast majority of the infamous North London Turkish crime families are actually linked to clans from south-eastern Anatolia and are actually Kurds. Turkish mafia is a general term for criminal organizations located in Turkey or consisting of (former) Turkish citizens. Criminal groups with origins in Turkey are less active in Western Europe (where there is a strong Turkish immigrant community) and the Middle east. Turkish criminal groups arealso involved in a wide range of criminal activites internationally, most notably drug trafficking, especially heroin. In heroin trafficking, they were collaborating with Bulgarian mafia groups, which transported heroin further to countries such as Italy. other drug trafficking, illegal gambling, human trafficking, prostitution, criminal activities such as extortion, as well as Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom with major European countries such as Albania, carried out in a Turkish community. Turkish gangs and mafias also cooperate with some Laz, Zaza and Kurdish gangs. Several Turkish mafias also accept non Turkish members. Some Turkish criminal syndicates originated in two known regions around the world: Los Santos and San Fierro, located on the south coast of Western America. The arrival of Erkan Devrim from Turkey to Los Santos Erkan's Turkish Crime Network (Also known as Devrim's Crime Network) emerged in the city of Trabzon in 1974 under the leadership of İsmail (Kaptan) Devrim. The Criminal Organization has continued to function until today. Known activities disclosed by the Turkish government: usury, prostitution, arms trade and assaults. In 1984, İsmail Devrim made an agreement with the Bulgarian mafia and started the arms trade within the borders of Turkey. Today, the Turkey and Middle East branch of the criminal network is managed by Ugur Devrim. These countries are known as Azerbaijan, Georgia, Palestine and Syria. Erkan Devrim was born in 1989 in Trabzon, Turkey. In 2009, he traveled to the United States at the request of his brother Ugur to conclude a trade agreement. When he started working in Los Santos in 2009, he received the news of his father's death upon a letter he received from his brother, and upon the news of his death, he decided to stay in America. The administration of the Devrim's Crime Network US branch was on Erkan Devrim, the youngest child of the Devrim family, known as "Ustura Erkan" in Turkey. In 2021, he started to take the steps together with names such as Hakan Ozturk and Iskender Avci. Faction Recruitment / OOC Standards This faction aims to represent the daily lives of the inhabitants of Turkish origin living in Los Santos; both civilians and gang members. Our roleplay standards are very high. Good English is essential. After joining the faction, you give your character kill permit to the faction leaders.
  3. The Westside Innocence Family Gangster Bloods (WSIFGB) or W/S 92 Innocence Family Gangster Bloods is a gang located on the eastside of South Los Santos in the district of North Rancho. They originated in the 1970s, originally known as the Chain Gang and feuded with the West Side Crips, a street gang founded by Stanley "Tookie" Williams. The Chain Gang had been around long before the formation of the “Crips," along with the LS Brims. Their controlled grounds stretch from N. Roy Lowenstein Blvd to Little Bighorn Avenue, they claim the 9200 block of Jamestown Street as their primary territory. The Innocence Family Gang have two primary cliques such as Flamin 90s and the Ransom Gang. Allies of the Innocence Family Gangster Bloods have a close alliance with the Avenue Piru Gang, and is identified as the Family Ru's. They also share a close alliance with the Mad Swan Bloods, known as the Family Swan Bloods. Other allies are the Carson Mafia Gangster Bloods along with the Carson Mafia Family. The Innocence Family Gang formed a truce with the Eight Tray Gangster Crips, due to their mutual rivalries with nearby street gangs under the Neighborhood Crips (especially the Rollin 60s Neighborhood Crips), Rollin 100 Crips, and all (Rollin Os Crips). Other rivals of the Innocence Family Gang are the Hard Time Hustler Crips, S/S Park Village Crips, and the Lowenstein Asian Boyz Crips Gang. Despite being Bloods, the Innocence Family Gang are also known for their past feuds with other blood gangs such as the Neighbor Hood Pirus along with the Queen Block Bloods as well as the Davis Lane Gangster Bloods. In 2013, a deadly war between the Innnocence Family Bloods and the Davis Lane Gangster Bloods erupted claiming the lives of respected members from both sides. In 2015, Rancho Monster, a rapper affiliated with the Innocence Family Gang released a song titled "Suppose To Be Bloods" featuring June Dawg (of the Damu Ridas) with gang ties to the Davis Lane Bloods and Redrum 781 (Avenue Piru Gang) as well as G-Nutt (Brims). The song was inspired by this feud and other blood on blood rivalries that has spiked since the 2000's. Despite the gang's involvement in the rap scene, the gang has a very prominent appearance in the streets drug scene in Los Santos and various other cities across the United States. In recent news, there was an indictment on 13 members of the Innocence Family Gangster Bloods' older members. The gang was pumping guns and drugs throughout the US to smaller subsidized cliques of the gang. This situation was duly notated on the FBI's website and took a toll on the gang's livelihood in Los Santos.
  4. This can be considered a guide, an information tab, or a bit of both if you wish to call it that, but the main point of this being created is to dive into the dominant Latino-American street gang politics within Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas around it. This thread isn't going to dive into anything else, except for Latino-American street gang politics in Los Angeles County, so it's not the place to come for an overall street gang guide or information tab. First, to understand the entire scene itself you need to understand the culture behind the people themselves, and not just gang-members. For the most part it might seem like this guide/information tab is most copied and pasted, but I can assure you there'll be a lot of things I've solely written up myself for this, the stuff that has been copied and pasted are important and should be read. I'll quote two things below that will help you understand where I'm going to be going with this: I think the two quotations above are really important and should be read as it'll be somewhat of a golden key to this guide/information tab. So let me get started: MEXICAN - CHICANO & PAISANO I. Mexican-American heritage This is a really important thing in today's day n age, mainly due to the fact Mexican-Americans are known as Chicanos and Chicanos tend to have a really big sense of pride amongst themselves, which is where the Chicano movement started from and when the Brown Pride clothing brand began to pop up and become pretty known within the United States of America. I'll start off by saying that this all dates back to the 1960s when the Chicano Civil Rights Movement started for the sole reason to help Mexican-Americans be recognized by others in the United States of America and be treated equally as citizens and to have their identity as Chicanos be recognized. I'll quote another thing below that'll help you understand where I'm coming from with this: The Wikipedia sections I quoted should be read as I only quoted a few that are important to your character's roleplay and portrayal if you plan to roleplay a Mexican-American character in-game. II. Paisano heritage Paisanos, also known as Paisas for short are people from Mexico or other parts of Latin-America (we'll be sticking with Mexican for this section) that are simply non-Mexican-Americans in the United States of America but has also been adopted by homegrown Mexicans in Mexico too. The word Paisa comes from Paisano which in Spanish means Countrymen/Countryman, the reason Mexicans who came to the United States were considered this is due to how they dressed, moved as a person and more times than not was also a derogatory term overall to sometimes used to insult Mexicans until it was more or less adopted by themselves, and used as a banner for their people. It has even become so embraced by Mexicans that they also have pride for being a Paisano and have made clothing with "Paisa" written on them. A lot of the times, more or less most of these Paisanos in the United States of hard-working individuals but some of them get sucked into gang violence, and in-turn get arrested and deported, which is why you see a lot of native Los Angeles gangs all around Latin-America today. CENTRAL AMERICAN - GUANACO & PAISANO I. Guanaco heritage The term Guanaco is mainly associated with Salvadorans as it's a homegrown term used by people in El Salvador, just like Chicano is for Mexican-Americans, Guanaco was a term that has been around for decades if not centuries and used by Salvadorans in El Salvador as a way to refer to their people. But to understand how the "Guanaco" movement came about, even though it's not as popular as the Chicano movement, you need to look back at the Salvadoran Civil War which I'll quote a bit about down below: Due to the war in El Salvador, many Salvadorans fled El Salvador and came to the United States of America by train, and foot, and then even boats once they reached certain parts of Mexico. But to understand why Guanaco is a thing, you need to look at what happened when Salvadorans arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-late 70s and early 80s. Around these time eras, Mexican-Americans began to terrorize Salvadorans and often kidnapped, raped and beat up women killed fathers in front of their families and killed kids to hurt families, it was due to this that Salvadorans began to use the term Guanacan as a way of saying they were never going to be considered Chicanos or support the Brown Pride movement in Los Angeles at the time. Due to this many other Central-Americans who came to Los Angeles around this time era were also given the same treated that Salvadorans were given, and they also adopted the Guanaco term and it soon turned into a movement that was driven by many Central-American nationalities. II. Central-American Paisanos The reason I've separated the Paisano banner from Mexican to Central-American is for this very reason, unlike Mexican Paisanos, Central-American Paisanos are considered Guanacos as it was a homegrown term that came about in El Salvador and not the United States of America. Alright, so now that I've gotten the main history down on the thread it's time to dive deep into the gang politics and what's what. STREET GANGS - SUREÑOS & SUREÑAS & TAX FREE GANGS Now you might be wondering where does the book-length of information about the Mayan, Aztec, Chicano, Guanaco and Paisano culture tie into a gang-related guide/information tab but you'll see in a moment how everything adds up. I. Mexican Mafia The Mexican Mafia a/k/a known as La eMe or The M is a hybrid prison street gang/organization that rules the majority of the Latino-American street gangs in California, or in this instance it'd be San Andreas. Now, the Mayan and Aztec culture plays a huge part in a Sureño's lifestyle as in prison the communication via kites also known as letters exchanged by inmates are often written in Nahuatl which is the language that was primarily used by the Aztecs back in the day, now Nahuatl is commonly used amongst Emeros and other Sureños in the SHU, but is sometimes used in gen-pop too. A lot of the kites that aren't in Nahuatl aren't like how a lot of prison factions portray them to be, in-fact although they might be written in English; words are normally backwardly written and positions swapped with coded words being written a certain way to point out what's writing, for example: "Love to all my fellow Southsiders on the tier, I want you to keep programming as normal every day and keep your head down". Now, that simple and seemingly harmless kite/letter could translate to something much bigger, and mean that there's a war starting or a riot might happen: "I want you to keep programming, and keep your head down" could translate to what I've stated. I'm not a prison roleplay expert but coded kites/letters that aren't in Nahuatl are normally written like that or something along the lines. You'll never really see a kite/letter written with upfront words about what's what in case of a Correctional Officer who isn't corrupt, obtaining the said kite/letter. In-fact there have even been instances with Aztec related symbols being tattooed on Sureños both in prison and on the streets, this is also where the Mayan culture comes into play as the Mayan number symbols are used by Sureños to often refer to the number they claim whether it be 18th Street, a gang that flies 13, MS-13 for 1319; M - 13 and S - 19 or whether it's 38th Street, 36th Street, Compton Varrio hoods, you get the point. The Mexican Mafia's reign over all Sureño gangs is to this very day, still known to be quite powerful and dominant due to the enforcement of fear and respect on the streets, and in prison. Every Sureño gang pays tribute to the Mexican Mafia in return for protection in prison and sometimes it can stretch to even being supported depending on the occasion at hand. II. Sureños & Sureñas Street gangs under the Mexican Mafia are referred to Sureño gangs, also known as Southsider gangs in English. Southsiders, for the most part, claim the number 13 but depending on the hood's politics, they may claim a different number or not even claim a number at all, the examples I'll give of this are: 18th Street, Compton Varrio 155, East Side Clover and Varrio Nuevo Estrada. Now, I'll give two examples of even more complex politics down below: Some hoods may not even claim to be Sureños even though when thrown into a category they are, three examples of this are: 18th Street, Mara Salvatrucha 13, and East Side Clover. This is why a lot of people get confused by street gang roleplayers on servers and sometimes rush to assume they aren't roleplaying the gang properly when it might just be that the gang has different hood politics on the outside than others. The thing I will point out is that whenever a gang member goes to prison, even if he doesn't claim to be a Sureño if his hood by right pays tribute to the Mexican Mafia then he will be considered a Sureño on the inside. Now, this is also where the Paisano perspective comes into play, a lot of Paisanos when they go to prison side with the Southerner Car which is what the Mexican Mafia rules in prison, where every Sureño is thrown into a single prison car and expected to follow a bunch of rules, regulations, and guidelines. But also, there's a lot of Paisanos who come to Los Angeles when they are young and get sucked into gang violence, or come to Los Angeles when they're older and have kids whose kids then get sucked into gang violence, making it a rinse and repeat non-stop cycle of gang volence that spreads down south towards Latin-America when immigrants are arrested and don't have citizenships and are therefore sent back to their home country, with a lot of the times they form their gang/clique/set in their old neighborhood. III. Politics A) This is split into separate parts due to how complex it will be, so I'll begin. Alright, so I'll quote what I've said above before diving into this in a more complex manner first: "Now, I'll give two examples of even more complex politics down below: Some hoods may not even claim to be Sureños even though when thrown into a category they are, three examples of this are: 18th Street, Mara Salvatrucha 13, and East Side Clover. This is why a lot of people get confused by street gang roleplayers on servers and sometimes rush to assume they aren't roleplaying the gang properly when it might just be that the gang has different hood politics on the outside than others. The thing I will point out is that whenever a gang member goes to prison, even if he doesn't claim to be a Sureño if his hood by right pays tribute to the Mexican Mafia then he will be considered a Sureño on the inside." Gang politics tend to be the most confusing part of gang roleplay, and even researching different things can take months if the information isn't on Google, and you need to use social media sites to find out the information for what you want to roleplay so I'll make your life ten times easier by saying this, and this alone... the most overdrawn part of Latino gang roleplay is the slang. A common misconception is the use of the words: "Ese/Esa/Vato/Holmes" etc, eg all old school terms used by Chicano gangs in the 80s and 90s. What I'll say right now is that it depends on the hood, you can argue it's the location but it's not even that... for example: a gang from West Los Angeles might talk like African-Americans and use Blood or Crip slang with their words, but another gang also from West Los Angeles could be so driven on Chicano culture and tradition that every second word you hear is "Ese", alright maybe that's an over-exaggeration but you get my point. The majority of East Los Angeles gangs still talk like this, but the reason I say it's hood related and not geographic related is that it all depends on the big homies of the hood... if a big homie is using blood slang then obviously his younger homies will use that too, the same goes for "Ese/Esa/Vato/Holmes". B) Another misconception is the color banging aspect of hood politics in Los Angeles. Now, I'll start off by saying that the majority of the gangs in Los Angeles couldn't care less if you rock red, blood, purple, orange, green, or hell... even pink. But there is still some hoods that will check you on it if you're flamed/blued up, but that depends on the hood and I won't really dive deep into that as this guide is for overall politics and not for "what gang wears that, this and the third woopty woop". Now, what I will say is there is a lot of red ragging Southsider hoods in Los Angeles, there are gangs that rock purple, green, etc. But color banging isn't popular, and never will be again, a recent thing that came into play in the late 90s early 2000s is clothing brand banging; hat banging, sports team banging, jewelry banging, etc. The reason I put hat banging into its own category and not sports team banging is not every hat donned by a gang member is a sport-related cap and it still may correlate to their hood. The sports team banging normally relates to a letter donned by the sports team and relates to the hood that dons the sports team, the hat banging is the same but it also might have for example: "WESTLAKE", "COMPTON", or "LYNWOOD" written on its front and a gang from any of those three areas may don that cap. Jewelry banging is the same, and a recent trend is where gang members who have money tend to get their hood names custom made for jewelry, or a letter relating to it. I'm not going to tell you how to roleplay your character around jewelry as this guide isn't for that, nor is it my place to do so but I'm just pointing out that it happens. Another thing with gang politics is the misconception that a "race war" is happening, although there may be tension between certain groups and ethnicities there has never been a "race war" and never will as that would get you a terrorism charge, if not something similar. Now, there are racist gang members but as for the misconception that entire hoods are racist, that's untrue. The only thing close to this would be if a big homie doesn't like a certain ethnicity and always talks about it, then his younger homies would more than likely fall victim to that and be influenced by it but even at that a lot of the times the negative big homies in hoods are normally overridden by positive big homies who set the younger homies' minds on a straight path to positivity and prosperity. IV. Tax-Free Gangs A) This will be split into two for the sole reason of me explaining Maravilla's in-depth and deeply confusing clique divide. Just as the title says, these do exist. Tax-free gangs are normally street gangs who don't pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia and are nine out of ten times greenlit, but not all of the times are they greenlit. Now, what I mean by this is for example: Maravilla in East Los Angeles. The gang itself is categorized as a tax-free street gang, but there are cliques who pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia and in return ended up in an internal feud within the Maravilla gang, now you might be confused and asking yourself: "What? That makes no sense, if they goto prison the tax-free clique would be able to fly under Eme for protection then!" Incorrect, that's not true, in fact when a Maravilla gang member goes to prison the same thing happens for them just like 18th Streeters, someone rings up someone on the outside and gets confirmation of who the person is and sometimes tattoos also give away their clique, and it's settled. Not to mention, most tax-free gang members tend to PC up anyways, also known as going into protective custody whilst serving your sentence. B) Now, to explain the situation with Maravilla you need to understand its roots... it's a street gang born on being tax-free and not wanting to bow down to the Mexican Mafia whilst also being proud of their Chicano heritage. Although some cliques do pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia, there's still quite a few who don't. I'm making this simple, but straight to the point so people aren't confused. This guide/information tab is liable to be updated at any point in time when it is I'll reply with a notification saying it's updated as it'll follow the modern-day Los Angeles gang politics on the street, and sometimes prison depending on the situation. Keep in mind, this guide is for Latino-American street gangs only, specifically the ones that are in Los Angeles so Bulldogs and Norteños won't really appear on this thread, so don't get mad or confused when there's nothing relating to those gangs or white or African-American or Asian gangs as I'm purely making this with my own knowledge from what I've been roleplaying for the last several years.
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