I was just referring to the movie. No gangs where I grew up and kids carried guns in a hanger attached to the back window of a pick up truck.
I have friends who grew up in NJ across from NY. They have been very useful in describing the Italian gangs and explaining what racist nicknames mean.
I did get a lesson while living in Hawaii though in racial identifiers amongst asians. And I have a South Korean friend who still hates the Japanese and my best friend in college was Japanese (beautiful, class officer, 4.0, sorority sister) I was born right after the war and don't know if this is still a national memory.
As far as I know, there is still some resentment of the Japanese among the Koreans and Chinese . . .
The Japanese forces in WWII conducted many atrocities. Against Americans as well. We forgave the Japanese and German people long ago. They are our friends.
OH not to forget the Italian gangs aka Mafia! And who stopped their hegemony in NY? OH Rudy, and Trump!
The Jets weren't Puerto Rican.
Thanks! We want to be accurate here. But weren't there PR v PR gangs and white v white gangs too?
For a fact, there were Chinese v Chinese gangs and Chinese vs ABC gangs . . . even if my analogy is flawed.
I was just referring to the movie. No gangs where I grew up and kids carried guns in a hanger attached to the back window of a pick up truck.
I have friends who grew up in NJ across from NY. They have been very useful in describing the Italian gangs and explaining what racist nicknames mean.
I did get a lesson while living in Hawaii though in racial identifiers amongst asians. And I have a South Korean friend who still hates the Japanese and my best friend in college was Japanese (beautiful, class officer, 4.0, sorority sister) I was born right after the war and don't know if this is still a national memory.
As far as I know, there is still some resentment of the Japanese among the Koreans and Chinese . . .
The Japanese forces in WWII conducted many atrocities. Against Americans as well. We forgave the Japanese and German people long ago. They are our friends.
OH not to forget the Italian gangs aka Mafia! And who stopped their hegemony in NY? OH Rudy, and Trump!