Gangsta Culture Expanded

As I read the "Gangsta Culture" article  I was able to relate to the article a bit. The "gangsta" life is glorified in music so men who live in the "ghetto" want to pursue a life of crime. To see thte fancy cars drive the neighborhood and to see the gangstas with the so called "ice" and nice clothes is ery envious. Its a quick means of money and a "good life".Black men in society think that they have to stoop to a live of illegal crime to make a quick dollar. Many of the men who choose this way of life are smart and often times learn to play the system very well. And can also manage to get caught. I feel that since some black men cant be the rappers that they see on tv that they choose to make their money this way. Although some turn to the "gangsta life" as a means of survival others are in it for the lifestyle. Just to ride in the fancy cars and to wear the nice jewlery. A lot of black men are behind bars because of the what it signifies. To go to jail means to be a thug. To go to jail almost means to have earned your stripes in black society. The life of a gangsta signifies money cash and clothes. Which is looked at by some as a good thing.

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Writer's Intro

My experiences with writing have been many. I developed a passion for writing at somewhat of an early age. I used to write short stories in grade, as well as in middle school when I had to. The last "big" writing assignment I had was when I had to write an autobiography of myself. This was great because writing about something you enjoy is always fun. It comes much easier than things you dont really know about or have to research (obviously). I have been enclosed in a small amount of writing topics, an I look forward to expanding my horizons and be able to write about things that I'm familar with as well as not so familar with. My strengths as a writer I would say would be the fact that I love to write about my family and could really go on and on about them because they are a big part of me and its an easy topic of course. I would say family, friends, religion, and race are all topics that I have great strength in as a writer. My weakness would have to be failure to show interest in any other topics. I tend to write about a lot of the same topics and I am wanting to break that chain, and broaden my horizons on other topics. I'm sure there are many other topics out there that I can right about and enjoy doing it.

Thank you for reading!