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The Gangs of NY

Socio-Economics & Politricks. The Gangs of NY. Deindustrialized South Bronx, 1960s. 55% unemployment rate; youth unemployment 60-80% 600K manufacturing jobs gone Urban renewal: started moving poor from other NYC Burroughs to the South Bronx Gentrification. Cross-Bronx Expressway.

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The Gangs of NY

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  1. Socio-Economics & Politricks The Gangs of NY

  2. Deindustrialized South Bronx, 1960s • 55% unemployment rate; youth unemployment 60-80% • 600K manufacturing jobs gone • Urban renewal: started moving poor from other NYC Burroughs to the South Bronx • Gentrification...

  3. Cross-Bronx Expressway • Get from gentrified areas easier (Manhattan to Queens, etc) • Real estate was held by slumlords because nobody wanted to own property, XBE • The Bronx is Burning (1972 Doc) • 30,000 fires from 1973-1977 • Blocks upon blocks of ruins and abandoned buildings • “Planned Shrinkage”: closing of schools/youth programs, laying off firemen and police

  4. White Flight

  5. 80 Blocks from Tiffany's (1979) • Dir. Gary Weis • Focused on social decay and: • Savage Nomads (mixed) • Savage Skulls (mainly PR) • Turf and “Colors” • “Clubs” • Family; in hip hop=CREW • Appropriation of... • Military and MC style (Hebdige???)

  6. Flyin' Cut Sleeves (1993) • Dir. Rita Fecher (teacher at Dwyer Jr. High) • Dir. Henry Chalfant (urban photographer and dir. of Style Wars) • Former gang members and social justice, community building, etc. • “Families” labeled by media as “gangs” • Ghetto Brothers (Benjy Melendez) • Influence of Black Panthers and Young Lords

  7. From the Comics • Herc gets stabbed • GM Flash cutting “Quick Mix Theory” • Flash brings Kid Creole and Melle Mel on the mic • Brothers Disco=DJs Baron, Breakout, and KK Rockwell • The Mighty Mighty Sasquatch= sound system made from South Bronx debris! • Crews start to get management! • Herc hides the names of his records; others follow • “Get Down” part=break

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