Sentences with phrase «gang culture in»

Dheepan won the Palme D'Or at Cannes last year and addresses two of the burning social issues of the day: illegal immigration and gang culture in French suburbs.

Interviewed for Monday morning's Today programme, he emphasised the way he was working with his local Labour council to tackle gang culture in Waltham Forest, London.

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«Wilding,» when teenagers from Chicago's tougher neighborhoods invade the wealthier ones and do everything from rob convenience stores to assault passersby, gave way to bloodier crimes as Chicago's gang culture splintered in on itself, The Daily Beast reported in August.

The culture of death we see clearly in the gang violence on our streets and in the perpetual war that has ravaged homes in Iraq is just as real, though often harder to see, in the self - centeredness of our shopping malls and the loneliness of our workspaces.

From a gang culture that has gone mainstream to the impact of drugs, from mental health issues to the exploitation of vulnerable children, there isn't one reason for the rise in violence and there's certainly not one solution.

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace

With gang culture on the rise and 26 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital last year, we meet the Christians battling for peace More

Peter Whittle pointed out in the September Standpoint magazine that «If faced with a group of gang members playing music unbearably loud in the car next to them at traffic lights I personally know of nobody - nobody, from Daily Telegraph reader toGuardian reader - who would risk asking them to turn it down... but it's not just the gang culture.»

You see it in obvious things: the loss of the sense of chivalry, of male strength placed at the service of the family and the community, and the rise of a massive gang - culture.

However, although some of these artists have alluded to their Christian backgrounds, much of their music falls in line with the glorification of gang culture and unbiblical content with which hiphop and rap is frequently associated.

It can be particularly prevalent in schools, where bullying thrives because of a variety of factors, such as immaturity and gang culture.

John spent sixteen years traveling across Upstate New York in his role as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, prosecuting corrupt politicians, business frauds, drug traffickers, and gang members and making our community safer for every Central New York family regardless of race, creed, culture, or address.

Speaking at Hay literary festival on Monday, Lady Warsi — the Conservative peer and first Muslim in a British cabinet — said government policy was currently too focused on ideology as the sole cause of radicalisation, and not on other factors, including upbringing and drug and gang culture.

The coalition's response focused heavily on a crackdown on the gang culture problem experienced in many of England's inner cities.

«J'Ouvert is a celebration of Caribbean pride, culture and heritage,» it said before a reminder that last year «two people were killed during J'Ouvert» — a 21 - year - old man who was stabbed at Grand Army Plaza and 43 - year - old Carey Gabay, an attorney for the Cuomo administration who was shot in front of the Ebbets Field apartments on Bedford Avenue, a crime for which at least three gang members have been indicted.

It hasn't so much been redeemed with time as recognized as quintessential Huston: a motley gang of eccentrics and specialists, a quest in search of a certain grail, a culture of betrayal where human life as a disposable commodity, and a perfectly Hustonian twist that makes all their sacrifices meaningless.

In Yardie, a young Jamaican (Aml Ameen) watches his peace - loving brother gunned down, and grows up torn between embracing his brother's ideals, or immersing himself in gang and drug culture to seek revengIn Yardie, a young Jamaican (Aml Ameen) watches his peace - loving brother gunned down, and grows up torn between embracing his brother's ideals, or immersing himself in gang and drug culture to seek revengin gang and drug culture to seek revenge.

In this week's episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita and the gang travel the world with the delectable cuisine of Netflix's new food documentary series Ugly Delicious, which explores the collisions of food, culture, and history.

A quiet, cerebral meditation on poverty, adolescence, gang culture, and «family,» Dayveon tells a complicated story in a startlingly accessible way.

The prize for most promising newcomer went to director Sally El Hosaini for her Sundance and Berlin award winner My Brother the Devil, which centres on two young boys of Egyptian descent who become embroiled in east London's gang culture.

The Mental Health and Safeguarding training (MAST) will give frontline professionals including teachers, police officers, council workers and health and social care workers unprecedented specialised training in understanding gang culture, identifying young people who are gang affiliated, providing them with support services, and knowing the right steps to take when they encounter a young person that may be an easy target for gang recruitment.

In Los Angeles, in the gang - plagued neighborhood of Watts, teachers and principals are already deepening a culture of restorative practices they believe is key to improving academics by changing the atmosphere in schooIn Los Angeles, in the gang - plagued neighborhood of Watts, teachers and principals are already deepening a culture of restorative practices they believe is key to improving academics by changing the atmosphere in schooin the gang - plagued neighborhood of Watts, teachers and principals are already deepening a culture of restorative practices they believe is key to improving academics by changing the atmosphere in schooin school.

Contents of this guide run as follows: * Visual summary of plot * Storyboard resource for students to then recall the plot and key events from memory * Form and structure comprehension questions * Settings questions * Context (students explore key issues raised in the play such as youth stereotypes, gang culture, growing violence in the age of the internet etc) * Symbols and Motifs - lots of information about symbols and motifs in the play, followed by a revision activity * Key Quotes - Students explore key quotes through analysis of their meaning and significance, quotes are broken down chapter by chapter and provide thematic links etc. * Themes - Students make connections between themes, characters and events in the novel * Characterisation - Students have to complete a character profile for all the main characters using the study tasks provided * Key Terminology - Exploring some key terminology and vocabulary that will deepen their understanding of the play as well as impress examiners.

Experts say the drop in London's numbers are the result of fosterers priced out of the capital, councils not being able to fund children's homes in the region, and moves to protect children from gang culture.

«The more we got into the Gypsy Rose and the Imperials, the more we saw them fighting the stereotypes, shaping the community to go against gang culture, working to be an outlet for something good in a tough area.

The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill Directed by Walter Hill and released in 1979, this movie is a fever - dream interpretation of New York City's gang culture.

In Bikin» and Brotherhood, Spurgeon offers a glimpse into the sinister and misunderstood world of American biker - gang culture.

Like the adult book market, YA fiction has countless varieties and popularity waxes and wanes — coming of age in a distinct time and / or culture (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill A Mockingbird); drugs and gangs (Go Ask Alice, Rumblefish, The Outsiders), vampires and paranormal (the Twilight series), dystopian (the Hunger Games and Divergent series), contemporary (The Fault in Our Stars, Eleanor & Park).

Trafficking in local puppy sales brings in cash income and as breeders are being regulated elsewhere, high volume producers of so - called, «bully breeds,» now line the I - 35 corridor, advertising gang culture and making thinly veiled references to dog fighting on their websites.

Lizzi Bougatsos (born Queens, New York, 1974) has exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including solo exhibitions at The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2009); and James Fuentes, New York (2007, 2009), two - person exhibitions at Paramount Ranch with Ooga Booga / Sadie Laska (2015), Home Alone 2 with Rita Ackerman (2014), James Fuentes with Thornton Dial (2013), Home Alone with Rob Pruitt (2012) Reena Spaulings with Kim Gordon (2005), American Fine Arts Co. with Jess Holzworth (2000), group exhibitions at Andrea Rosen, New York (2012), Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2011), The 29th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil (2011), The Whitney Biennial New York (2008) with Gang Gang Dance, The Astrup Fearnly Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo (2008), Museo d'arte Contemporanea di Roma, Milan (2007), Kunst - Werke, Berlin (2007), and P.S. 1 Institute of Contemporary Art, New York (1999).

In this group show tracing aberrant and outsider youth cultures since the 1950s, the themes are gender, sexuality, drug - taking, gangs and rebellion.

Snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other bits of nature from his hometown appear mixed in with Catholic symbolism, aliens, gang members, pop - culture references, and commercial imagery, giving brand logos and religious icons the same attention and placement.

He and his five siblings were raised in South Central Los Angeles at a time when gang violence and hip - hop music were becoming touchstones of black culture.

Drawing on Sugar Hill Gang's party - starting anthem «Rapper's Delight» (1979)- «You see I'm six foot one and I'm tons of fun and I dress to a T / Ya see I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali and I dress so viciously» - I explored innovation and conspicuous consumption in hip hop culture.

In particular, large diptych «Sluggers Paradise» (2016), represents the classic blue and red of opposing political parties, but also references the North American gang culture.

Gang culture The Court of Appeal noted that there «has been an insidious and worrying gang culture» in some parts of Birmingham, accompanied by an increase in serious crGang culture The Court of Appeal noted that there «has been an insidious and worrying gang culture» in some parts of Birmingham, accompanied by an increase in serious crgang culture» in some parts of Birmingham, accompanied by an increase in serious crime.

Organised crime gangs, illegal and unethical practices in the claims industry, and a persistent compensation culture are all combining to create a costly problem for insurers that is to the ultimate detriment of policyholders.

For example, the rites of cicatrization (the inducement of scars), genital mutilation, and teeth gouging practiced today in some primitive cultures are analogous to modern forms of extreme body modification, needle sharing, and gang initiation rituals that involve committing violent or criminal acts.

Gang life was prominent in Stockton, Calif., where Nop's eventually family settled, but the studious young man avoided trouble, quickly learned English, and adapted to American culture.