Gang Affiliation In Always Running By Luis Rodriguez

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Los Angeles, the “gang capital” of the nation. Over 450 gangs in the city, some have been in existence since the 1950’s. All of these gangs combined have an individual total of about 45,000. Gang affiliation has taken a big role in the city of Los Angeles, in the last 3 years there has been a total of about 16,000 crimes, 491 of them were homicides. Gang affiliation has taken a big role in the lives of many young people, falling into drugs, and maybe in the course of committing murder or other crimes. Gang affiliation is an important role in the book Always Running and its main protagonist Luis Rodriguez. Also it may provide information on why we need fiction in our classrooms.

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