SOC SCI 164B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rodney King, Chinese People In Japan, Wok
14 May 2017
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Black gangs and the video evidence *rodney king video. Rodney king was under the influence of pcp and couldn"t feel pain. Behavior call wilding = small group starts behavior that a large group follows (rodney king riots) Rodney king incident did not cause the riots; it was the event that caused societal fire to go crazy. The 1992 la riots are referred to as the rebellion or uprising by. Asian street gangs: chinese, japanese, korean, pacific islander (samoan and filipino, southeast asian, vietnamese, cambodian, laotian, hmong, minh. There is a difference between an immigrant and refugee. The dynamics of leaving the country of origin is different. After arriving in america, refugees and immigrants suffer a culture shock. Complicated with their cultural biases, adjustment to american life for some was and still is difficult. This is not an excuse for gang behaviors. Asian culture and life unique in some parts of the world.
