Tennis Shoes on Telephone Wires is Gang Related?
Do we have definitive evidence that shoefiti can correlate with gang activity? Decide for yourself. Here’s a quote from an article called YOUTH AND GANGS on CommunityInterest.org (the site for Teachers and Students for School Civility ):
Signs and Symbols. Generally speaking, youth who belong to gangs tend to
advertise their gang status, both by physical signs and symbols and by attitudes
that reflect their rejection of authority and of conventional lifestyles.
Nicknames (”monikers,” or street names) are common. Gangs often
distinguish themselves by wearing the same colors, clothing styles, clothing
brands, hair styles, jewelry, and tattoos; by “throwing” or
“flashing” hand signs; or by using special symbols (crown, pitchfork,
six-pointed star, etc.) in their graffiti or on their clothing or property.
Popular styles or brands may change, and some symbols are not obvious. In one
city, for example, tennis shoes hanging over a telephone wire indicated a gang
presence. Finally, there are some gangs that don’t “advertise”-members
don’t wear colors, act out in school, etc. A number of Asian gangs and
drug-dealing gangs fall into this group.
advertise their gang status, both by physical signs and symbols and by attitudes
that reflect their rejection of authority and of conventional lifestyles.
Nicknames (”monikers,” or street names) are common. Gangs often
distinguish themselves by wearing the same colors, clothing styles, clothing
brands, hair styles, jewelry, and tattoos; by “throwing” or
“flashing” hand signs; or by using special symbols (crown, pitchfork,
six-pointed star, etc.) in their graffiti or on their clothing or property.
Popular styles or brands may change, and some symbols are not obvious. In one
city, for example, tennis shoes hanging over a telephone wire indicated a gang
presence. Finally, there are some gangs that don’t “advertise”-members
don’t wear colors, act out in school, etc. A number of Asian gangs and
drug-dealing gangs fall into this group.
It seems like a legitimate and well cited article. However, it doesn’t mention which cited article was the source of the gang correlation with shoes on telephone wire concept. Anyone want to do some digging to figure it out? Were you the source used for this article? Let’s get to the bottom of this.
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