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Growing up in a lower mid class neighborhood sandwiched between two projects in Tucson, I saw who made a future and who lost theirs. I you think your kids are involved, research gang symbols. Hand signs and Crip/Blood Walking type dances are readily identified. Learn the words such as "Cholo" "Ese" and other common slang ID. The kids that made it were involved in positive group activities, and were aware of the world outside the Hood. The kids that fell had nothing else to do, and often needed protection from others.

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