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In L.A. a lot of people live the life style that is around them and L.A. is known for being the top city with gang violence. So for a Central American kid that lives in East L.A. to join the neighborhood gang is something you would see everyday over there. The reason I think kids do that in East L.A. is because they have no choice because it makes them feel protected when they are walking around the streets, being cool has nothing to do with it because I at the end of they day nobody is looking at you as the cool person in a gang but somebody that is dangerous and could but their life at risk. Being in a gang is not cool but if you feel that it would keep you safe then that is your choice but you also have to realize that now you are going to war with more people than you was once before.

For a black kid that lives in a housing project and buys pradas seems cool because it is showing that they can afford $300-$500 shoes and it shows that they have money. I agree that they can use that money and save it for going to college or something more important but not all the kids in the projects wants to go to college because they fell under influence of just barely finishing high school and spending the rest of their lifes living in the projects and buying more pradas. Also maybe kids the projects do have money saved up for college and you might not know that so you can't critize them by the things they wear because that might of came from the extra money they have.

Overall cool can be a privelage but people don't realize that so they take it as they have to be cool so other people could notice them. If their not notice they might feel left out so they going to have to do something to change it. But also the things some people do may not be cool in their eyes but in some one else eyes it would seem cool to them because maybe they can't do it or wouldn't bea able to do something like that.