Where do adolescents go when their parents are sent away for drugs?
Who are extended family members (e.g. aunts/uncles, grandparents, etc.)?
100
Who bore the brunt of the pain and destructiveness of their addicted and homeless family members?
Who are the mothers (especially Latin American mothers)?
100
Who saw their 'outcast' status within their families as shameful?
Who are the whites?
100
What influences adolescents to join gangs?
Who are their peers and/or family?
100
What psychological condition can occur in adolescents exposed to violence?
What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
200
Who's family background was not overwhelmed by economic crisis, domestic violence, or drugs?
Who is Carter?
200
What religion enabled a mother to forgive a son's masculine transgressions?
What is Catholicism?
200
Which racial group maintained constant familial ties?
Who are the African-Americans?
200
During the 1960's what race was more likely to join gangs?
Who are African-Americans?
200
Which group in the Edgewater Boulevard community considered themselves outlaws?
Who are the African Americans?
300
Who were the two African Americans who grew up in nuclear families?
Who are Sonny & Carter?
300
Who felt the need to fulfill the role of caretaker & grasped at any sign of reciprocation due to gender significance?
Who is Tina?
300
Poor whites were more likely to participate in criminal acts before or after drug addiction?
What is after drug addiction?
300
What organization was Carter a part of that enabled him to cross ethnic and class barriers and avoid joining a gang?
What is Youth Organizations United (Y.O.U.)?
300
Who was affected by both domestic violence and PTSD thus contributing to his drug use?
Who is Hank?
400
Who were the two African Americans who were introduced to drugs in their childhood surroundings?
Who were Carter & Tina?
400
What characteristic made it impossible for Felix's mom to ban him from her home even after the cops caught him selling from her garage multiple times?
What is being the oldest son?
400
Were poor African-American's more likely to engage in criminal activity before or after drug addiction?
What is before drug addiction?
400
What presidential election contributed to segregated youth gangs and promoted the War on Drugs?
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
During the early 1970s, Carter was remembered by an HIV prevention peer outreach worker as "an earnest little boy". What kind of violence is demonstrated by this exchange?
What is symbolic violence?
500
What parallels to African-American families integrating their homeless sons, fathers, and uncles?
What is liminal rituals mediated by the penil system?
500
Who consolidated a habitus that was effective for survival on the street as an addict?
Who is Tina?
500
Who did not have critical awareness of the historical institutional forces that would shape the next 25 years of their lives?
Who are the African-Americans?
500
Who refuses to take full responsibility for his or her drug use and homelessness?