51st State Bronx Gangs 1972 Beginning

[@echev2]

I grew up in the 70s worked with lorrraine Kane (montenegro) I never was a gang member but grew around the ghetto brothers imperial bachelors black spades and savage skulls. I was able to get a college education masters prepared and become a senior executive in health care . Was able to give back to my community by opening five community health centers .

[@pachinifivefive6607]

U an O.G. man...

[@kennethgilbert6154]

Amen praise the Lord you are indeed a Bless Man A Moral so many Look up to A person like you! Amen!!

[@navagatingthroughthebeasts2908]

How cool 👍 👍 👍

[@cjewell8444]

Do you know any of the gang members in the video? Just wondering if you know whatever became of them. And God bless you for overcoming it all.

[@failyourwaytothetop]

@@cjewell8444 I hope he answers you but he hasn't. Why??

[@hookedbydebbie]

41:07 that’s my dad Luis RIP dad

[@kcapruden8494]

Sorry about ur dad. Great you can watch him and hear his voice.

[@englishcool247]

How does it feel? I ask respectfully due to my soon will see my media back when I was a knucklehead

[@williebarreto3248]

@@hookedbydebbie I’m so sorry for the loss.

[@Zlervo]

I never get fed up of watching this documentary. The issues they faced are still relevant today.

[@armidabravo6297]

Poverty & immigration issues looking for a better life are still more alive than ever! 40 yrs. ago and seems like there is no end to this and for what I can see it's getting worst!!!

[@chrisreed255]

@@armidabravo6297 its called survival, most people want to do better for themselves or there families. But back in? then the v )p

[@CrisCozy]

Facts 💯

[@Illfaded11]

the drugs, infesting america, was an act to destroy our country to break our intellectualism as our country uses drugs in their late teens we end up in addiction not schools to better ourselves as 18 -20 year olds graduate and seek futures, ours congregate under bridges and in tents to use whatever drug they have at the moment and when a portion of the worlds children graduate they are required to serve a year in the military as where our kids werent even taught basic gun safety so that if they needed to use a firearm they would know how to operate it correctly or disarm it in a safe manner ... we really messed up and i pray we learn that only we can right this ...not by signing our rights away but by taking responsibility and being morally responsible individuals

[@Illfaded11]

its learned with time and some are better than others but try ......thats what matters is that you are doing something to better it for you and the people around you dont fall in to the trap that it is pointless thats when the other side wins... when you give up ....god bless have a great day

[@southlondon86]

I love these old documentaries. Thank you so much for this.

[@byronbenguche]

This is where hip hop was born in the South Bronx from these gangs we got graffiti,breakdancing,dj crews and mc's sometimes we forget that Latinos had a major influence in hip hop thank for uploading this documentary.

[@Itsa6stringthang]

Wild style !

[@LigaFantasma]

Byron Benguche' the idea that all the gang members became break dancers and graffiti artists is a myth. The gang culture died out because the NYPD came down hard on the gangs and it became a hassle to be gang member, crews became an attractive alternative to street gangs. The decline of street gangs in the Bronx in the late70s- early80s, didn't equate to a decline in youth crime. Things just shifted from organized street gangs to looser crews. Sorry, but that's what happened.

[@gringolosalmendros5077]

yea u rite this how hip hop was born u rite

[@samlewis8144]

Not that we forget , the power structure tries to get us to forget so we can still fight against each other

[@htrlo4422]

A major influence but not the money that was generated from it... Having an education goes a long way. Education trumps any dance step, any sprayed on wall painting, any rap that a slum running kid can lay down. I was in the Ghetto brothers for a minute. When I got out I had to walk the line. But guess what, I made it. The guys in this video made nothing of themselves. It is a sad truth that Latinos have not gained enough political or economic power in NYC and they have themselves to blame. I've often thought of going back to the city, to give of myself to help but with people like Ocasio-Cortez espousing socialism people like me will never lend a hand. If you attack the hand that feeds you it will withdraw. Capitalism is what drives the American machine. If you are not part of it you are a loser. Our people, Latinos, must kick the Occasio-Cortez's of the world to the curb... Our people suffer because they just aren't educated enough to understand how economics work...

[@Jojohumf]

I love this era. The 70’s-90’s was the best time to be alive. I wish I was born in those times, so rich in culture and life. People were natural and beautiful

[@D3adlyScop3z]

Johnoè shut up

[@moreodat479]

fucking annoying how people act like other eras are all nostalgic and not real

[@RM-fs4dj]

No doubt you're a middle class rich kid. These people couldn't run home to daddy when they got cold and hungry, you wouldn't have lasted a week.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

And violent and dangerous and dirty.

[@antoniobranch]

@@D3adlyScop3z You made me lol.

[@edgardosoto4193]

We Puertorican have been strong in New York from the 1940s is. Joke to say that we Puertorican were not part of the real begining of HipHop.. you can see as from the 60s we were there along with the brothers forming what we call today HipHop

[@ten4k964]

Wont letta nigga have NOTHING. Always wanna be involved and take credit for what BLACK ppl CREATED....fall back and enjoy the show

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Oh, who cares.

[@Grandmaster_Sub-Zero]

@@ten4k964 Listen here kid, this man speaks the truth. Puerto Ricans AND Blacks were the creators and innovators of Hip Hop. The gangs and crews were made up of majority Puerto Ricans and Blacks. When Hip Hop began, and the rap battles started, Puerto Ricans and Blacks were in the crews who would battle each other and spit rhymes. You ain't from New York and you a young cat who doesn't know shit. Do your research kid. I grew up in that era. I saw it with my own eyes as a kid. No one is trying to take away from Blacks. But Puerto Ricans deserve the recognition for being a part of it. Look at room in the video, majority Hispanics and Blacks. Have a seat young buck.

[@pvj2234]

@@ten4k964 hip hop wasn't created, at best it was formed. Was it taken or stolen, it depends who you ask. Saying we discovered it is like saying Columbus discovered America, you dig? All the elements that made Hip hop, all once existed outside of hip-hop. We took it or stole it. Those early break beats we put together were from other artists, we took them or stole them. I can go on, but I think you get it. Trying to find the one person, or group, that formed it is silly! Hip-hop was a movement, a similar people, at a similar place, in a similar time, doing a similar thing.

[@a.garcia7127]

Puerto Ricans were the best break dancers and electric boogie dancers. Early hip hop had salsa music elements; for instance, Sugar Hill Gang' Jump on it, has that bongo sound so lit. You have to be from the Bronx to know.

[@butterflylovenj7300]

Great piece of history. Black and Puerto Rican unity was so strong back then. Charlie was very cute btw.

[@ceeskilzmoney3821]

All us Melendez's are good looking

[@JensSchraeder]

He be like 75 now. Lol

[@hereisayana8207]

I miss when it was mostly African American and Puerto Ricans in NY... ( Plus Dominicans/ Jamaicans)... It was Fly and Beautiful back then

[@jcbirdman74]

That unity is what is needed today.

[@rahimsabdel3776]

It's true, I lived in the Bronx in the '70s, Nuyorican, blacks and Puerto Ricans were very close, I decided to join the Army to leave the ghetto life, now I'm retired disabled veteran, it's your life your choice, but I love and miss the Bronx in the 70's ghetto life was okay, we all helped each other.

[@automatic_systematic]

Amazing how hip hop was born in these streets and eventually became the multi-billion dollar industry it is today, yet still penetrated by ferocious gangsters mentalities

[@DJkingFar-i]

not one time you hear the word NIGGA

[@annother3350]

Nobody said 'word to the muthafucker' either

[@paraclete7103]

tafari toney actually they did say it in New York City in the 1970s

[@paraclete7103]

The word NIGGA

[@bxdale83]

Nigga being used as an endearing term didn't come about till years later. This was 3-4 after the Civil Rights Movement

[@rambopack9140]

IKR why is that

[@tomahawknation4899]

...When you think about it.. .This, was actually the ..CONCEPTION.. .of Hip Hop..🤔 💯

[@johngibson2884]

"Welcome back Kotter" and the Sweathogs was based on Martin Weinbergers and some of his real life students and his tenure at PS 133 on the edge of Bed-Sty neighborhood before he became principal ... Gabe Kaplan even spend a week with him before the making of the show and was really impressed with him and carried a lot of his suggestions and mannerisms into the show.

[@michaeladams5865]

Wow thank you for the info. I hope your days are always good.

[@michaeladams5865]

Welcome back welcome. Im 53 i love that.show.by the way

[@shnast-tv2]

Isn't that Brooklyn though? Not really The Bronx but close by. I mean PS133 is in Brooklyn too right? but the Wiki says Welcome Back Kotter was based off of New Utrecht High School (Brooklyn). If you're confused now so am I. lol

[@SwagOnSwoosh]

Thanks for sharing. I love the history of the Boogie Down Bronx not matter what.

[@REALWOODSMAN]

I swear to me it seems the sun never shined in the bronx back in the 70's.. every video or pic ive seen, its overcast and grey skies...wild

[@JazzFunk22]

Boogie down Bronx Boogie down Bronx 🎤🎧

[@danfield6030]

That's just smoke from the burning buildings man

[@BastoneFranc]

the technology and quality of walk around camera's for films were bad quality ,big and heavy, to make something of quality you needed a crew of technicians from Hollywood and was expensive

[@Miltonnewyork]

@ 5:01 For you Beat Street fans, that's the building Where you see Ramo's Father throwing out spray cans out the window from the second floor. and Ramo say " what are you doing"?

[@G9Classified9]

That math teacher was a straight up “G”, when he said that suit was a soldiers outfit he really was on the side of the forgotten youth! Peace

[@jessejohnson8562]

The most murderous humans wear a suit and tie, not military fatigues.

[@eduardom.8766]

The math teacher was a real one. He was really riding with those kids. 💯

[@DavisTheName444]

Rest in Peace to my father from The Bronx NYC 🙏 he passed from gun violence in 91'

[@harveythe1stsaghartfield143]

My Condolences

[@bangbilly93]

🙏🙏🙏

[@MidTierVillain]

Dope! I've been watching all these vids on the old gangs.. My Dad came from the Bronx in that era, and he used to talk about all this- especially when we would watch the Warriors.. He'd break down the real stories behind all that..

[@beavishighonvoltcola5287]

Above Beyond Yeah this shits dope as hell

[@pettyblvnco9114]

Same. My pops would mention all the gangs and how the bronx was once known as the Burnt down bronx. The history is dope af

[@shnast-tv2]

@@beavishighonvoltcola5287 What is "above beyond"? Is this another movie or documentary about The Bronx?

[@MrPrice2U]

The birth of the Hip-Hop revolution. This is amazing.

[@EVRYMANaKING]

Blackie was also in the Documentary called "80 Blocks from Tiffany's". He's younger in this. Amazing history.

[@ceeeluvv]

I've been looking for a photo or footage of Black Benji for years! Thanks so much for this!

[@MoneysWorld82]

Rubble Kings documentary

[@DennisMC1974]

This definitely inspired the movie THE WARRIORS

[@stone5578]

of course . the warriors was based on two gangs from coney island. THE Homocides and the Sex Boyz

[@coolhand1966]

@@stone5578 what happened to those gangs?

[@solomontrump]

@@coolhand1966 they got old when crack spots started popping up everywhere

[@a.garcia7127]

According to the movie, they (the warriors) went to that very meeting from Brooklyn to the Bronx; but it was a mission to make it back to Coney Island.

[@bambruto6493]

((RIP)) Yellow Benjy, Karate Charlie, Lorraine and others who tried to make a difference ....Palante

[@quadirbrown3800]

This old school documentary is classic. The Bronx in the 70's was raw and real, you had to be strong.

[@funkworthrollin4959]

I was born there back in 81'. Crazy spot.

[@marlynsurita8255]

I remember when i was a kid i was 8 years old living in Melrose and i remember a lots of things.. Puerto Ricans and black always been United until this day..

[@juancastro5422]

I grew up in the McKinley Projects in the South Bronx. The early 60’s it was beautiful and then 68 roles in everything then changed. It was never the same. I joined the Marines 75 and felt safer there.

[@freidagoemam2798]

Which building? I'm from 730

[@bkdro70]

Its funny how these kids all sound the same....He sounds like the kids now in NYC...that Newyorican accent never changes

[@hectormendez3572]

The Turbans were a class act.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

I lived on Castlehill back in the late 70’s, man oh man my mom got us up out there fast.

[@8545kevin]

This Is American History

[@NajSinghs]

Facts

[@soloist9495]

pre hip hop south Bronx woow things have changed

[@jessejohnson8562]

Sadly they haven't changed enough.

[@BornAncient47]

I see a couple of brothers in here from 80 Blocks from Tiffany's. This film is incredible!

[@letstalkaboutitnow2869]

R.i.p Black Bengi.....and salute Puerto Rican Bengi.....original 183rd 1973- 79.....

[@louacosta1860]

When I left the Ghetto Brothers in 1972, I started hanging out on 183rd and Creston Ave. near the Grand Concourse. My Best friend and member Tito Rodriguez was killed on Claremont. I started to DJ and MC in between Latin Bands playing.

[@explosivejohnny]

Incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[@formerlyfoote3380]

It pains me to no end that 47 years ago people knew the problems, were able to articulate the problems, and had solutions!!! Real tangible solutions and in 2019 the same issues persist. The "establishment" however you want to define has absolutely failed! The policy's, laws, school programming, all of it, a failure and there is 47 years of proof. I have learned so much from this video and will include in my social endeavors.

[@armidabravo6297]

You are so right! and the fact is that it's getting worst. Poverty & Immigration have no end in this world!!!

[@williebrunson9490]

Very Right, and it's sad we won't wake up...

[@9bridges]

That dude got so shook when brother asked him “you think we’re dressed like warriors, what about you”?

[@HippySavage]

Black 🇲🇼 and Brown 🇵🇷 unite!

[@jposadalcs]

Thanks for sharing. This is history.

[@troyc4250]

Gangs were built because of lack of family. RIP Yellow Benjy and Karate Charlie

[@ghost1369ny]

I think that education was the biggest problem back them days they weren't trying to teach anybody anything, so they can keep you down and out of work and in control.

[@nibblesorangecounty]

This how black and brown should be UNITY FROM NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST THAN WE HAVE CONTROL ON ALL 4 CORNERS.✊🏾💯 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.

[@geeh604]

Rest In Power Benjy !

[@1withtheflow102]

This is when American morale was virtually crushed by the Vietnam war, the assassinations in the 60's, The Civil Rights movement was being sabotaged by COINTELPRO. The intellectual side of Hip Hop was really conceived from the uprisings and despair of the 60's. The activist spirit is the embodiment of Hip Hop and enlightened rap lyrics. RAPPING is the sharing/spitting of wisdom & enlightenment. Emcees entertain, rappers enlighten. Rapping is born from activism like Gil Scott Heron. As a now 40yr old "rapper", I've always seen rap from this perspective. This documentary is an absolute gem of American history and the prelude of the landscape that gave birth to the Hip Hop culture and community.

[@boostjunkie2320]

The Central Bank of England, aka the Federal Reserve is the source of all of those problems

[@solomontrump]

@@boostjunkie2320 big facts

[@theheavytruth6309]

This was real raw gang banging. No internet no IG no Facebook No making music videos to confirm the murder you just committed...just boys being boys getting eachothers backs. Having adventures.

[@mcbastard_tv6927]

If he was alive in 2019 he would have been 72 but if you live the gang life you don't get to live long. 25 years old and dead I never really got to live his life that's too short.

[@WhatYaReading]

Wow. 50 years ago. I wonder if some of these guys are still around.?

[@abrahamtorres5547]

We still around

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

These youngsters were six or seven years old when the film "The Young Wilds" with Burt Lancaster was produced.

[@Savadorason1]

-You mean The Young Savages from 1961 with Burt Lancaster. About 2 warring rival gangs. 1 Italian streetgang the other Puerto Rican up in Spanish & a now gone Italian part of Harlem. NYC was loaded with them back in the 50s to early 60s then.

[@ald8858]

Tony Batten commentating was flawless!

[@devinwilson9567]

This is so real n beautiful

[@njcdailo8934]

The G’s in this video are like phd’s compared to new era.

[@RandyDrayton]

This is a stunning piece into life in actuality back then. Perspectives, sides, label, knowledge/lack thereof (which often steered perceptions), passions, ideas, intentions, collaborations, family, discovery, togetherness, outreach, experiences, stories, emotions, hope, positivity......all communicated here. :)

[@chamboyette853]

I don't watch TV now, but I have the impression they don't have discussions like this anymore where they put the whole system in question, Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.

[@natje360]

You are correct, social media took over the mind.

[@shaheedhaqq513]

This is a good documentary 👍🏾

[@atriskyouthtv]

WOW SIK CHANNEL JUST SUBD...RESPECT FROM TORONTO

[@billmcpherson2126]

i love these kids but when he said i didnt know i was mixed race .....i know he was sincere but i wondered if all the mirrors had been broken down into weapons instead of being used properly lol

[@NajSinghs]

Beautiful & Insightful vid

[@kingklast]

Thank you!

[@williebarreto3248]

I used to live in the south Bronx’s in the 70’s. Dark age for our minorities. I hope there is a follow up video on all these participates. They were very passionate.

[@LegShowMagazine]

A "Where are they now?" of the gang members in this video would be great.

[@drpoundsign]

In one of these youtube videos (not this one) a Bronx resident responds to Howard Cossell's '77 World Series statement: "The Bronx is Burning!" NO. He said: "In 1977-the Bronx was Burnt." The Charlotte Street area is already mostly gone in the above film.

[@harlem1182]

This when blacks and n.y Puerto Ricans was one nation and all we had was each other's backs and when we create hip hop together 👍🏽👍🏾👌🏽🙏🏽🇵🇷

[@chuitoperez8318]

Our People are so beautiful... Black💛Brown Unity..

[@roncalabro]

My uncle was in a gang called the bronx ministers.anyone ever hear of it?

[@Daniel_L_Bain]

Yup

[@mariwest2743]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYivZ6Nsnd2sabM

[@CatherinePometti]

I hung with them everyday what's your uncle's name I may remember him I'm 64 now but I can still remember Joey t. Gary gone Billy or Bobby d and so many more greatest time of my youth wish I had a time machine I'd go right back to the 70's

[@mike.x456]

Excellent, documentary.

[@che1925]

As teacher this is sad because we get blamed for everything, but nobody ever addresses the 10,000 pound gorilla in the corner that is classism, racism, and destruction and neglect of the middle class and poor.

[@hankgoresich6836]

Billions of dollars have been poured into school districts like the Bronx, to no avail. Change comes from drastic changes in cultural values and the rebuilding of the family unit.

[@davidfreeman7455]

This reminds me of a real version of "The Warriors " , Warriors come out and play

[@Morales-nt6vi]

These men could have really changed things for the best.Ultimately the system is responsible for creating these conditions. Today the South Bronx may look better but the type of gangs today are the worst no regards for each other or their so called communities.. Don't believe look at the crack era that proceeded in the early eighties. Blacks and Latinos did nott invent crack. The public school system isn't any better. Today we have technology and yet here we are today sad. Much respect to The Ghetto Brothers and those trying to change things with sincerity, Salute!

[@adilchoudhury4249]

What if most African American and Hispanic: 1) Fought racism with education? 2) Denied the need for gangs and had one voice/slogan for equal rights through peaceful process? 3) Demanded work instead of accepting free housing/food stamps? 4) Stood out as a role model through good parenting and teaching between right and wrong? 5) Investing in properties, businesses of all types? 6) Denied and protested against the flooding of drugs and violence in their community? 7) Encourage their children to get involved in science, medicine, engineering and etc? ?????????????????????????????????

[@jamesjones2173]

50 years ago

[@davidrynberk2741]

Notice something interesting ,the problems of today are similar in that groups,everyday people are still looking for some government organization to save them.Sometimes you need to participate in your life and help others to be a better person.Waiting for someone to tell you what to do and how, with whom can take forever and it will probably still be wrong.The people's hearts were in the right place here,the mindset of a bright future must have seemed hard to imagine.Interesting video thanks

[@moussetache1815]

03:11 Sly and the Family Stone - "Just like a baby". Childish Gambino paid an obvious tribute to this song on his own "Baby Boy".

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Not many of these hip hop people do anything original or creative n

[@wesleyrobinson4949]

I'm from Strong Island NY and it kills me when people say NY never had gangs. Even in Long Island in the 70s in my old hood New Cassel Westbury Long Island we had two notorious gangs which were the Funk Mob and the HollyRocks. New York had gang culture way before the Bloods and Crips.

[@kzfive]

Who said NY didnt have gangs?

[@harveythe1stsaghartfield143]

Every Body Had Gangs Way Back It's Just Crips Came Out 1969 But It Was Gangs In California Los Angeles Way Back Too

[@jakerichardson9275]

Interesting piece

[@wingchundragon]

The kid at 57:51 has so much heart and love for Puerto Rico. Sadly, the island hasn't changed much. In fact, it's worst. Bankrupt. PR needs to be independent. Just my view

[@rankinnwc]

these guys and women were so in tune with their community

[@ThePlayboyLen]

Then, now, 👉then... The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@T8RZTOTZ]

Where is the massive love for the fucking greatest teacher ever? What the fuck? Come on. This guy is fucking amazing if he is even telling 10 percent of the truth.

[@danielblake1537]

Thanks for this video, its like taking astep back in time! There's an awesome documentary I remember watching about these guys and Benjy Melendez VP of the crew all grown up and it showed his band he made for peace it was a good Doc! R.I.P. Black Benjy kzbin.info/www/bejne/an-kiJaebdCri5Ysi=B8qgZUwMDI07rg-7

[@pistolpete8231]

These guys were all in their early 20s. They all look like they're in their mid 30s. Musta been the style back then

[@myguysneaker1479]

Warriorssssss come out and play ayyyyy

[@kingklast]

Ok It's Available Now....

[@arthurbunsch3067]

Thanks for posting it.

[@SurgeCess]

thanks, i'm glad I found this channel

[@beefsoda1]

42mins in still relevant today

[@qaze0338]

Life is a hustle even today the struggle is hard keep pushing .

[@faustuskrauss6457]

It’s sad to see how gangs then were articulate and had a sense of community. That was later destroyed by crack.

[@castacouple6551]

Crazy this is from 1972 And were in 2019 and still having this conversation

[@aboriginalbrotha9947]

The meeting was filmed in late 1971 and this was aired in early '72.

[@boogiedownbronx73]

I got the OG Ghetto Brothers LP i will treasure that forever

[@ironmike-putsallkindavideo7840]

This is the perfect of what made GANGSTER RAP MUSIC !!!!........... Because a lot of people & society in General tend to blame GANGSTER RAP on all the negative VIOLENCE, MURDERS, DRUG DEALING , PIMPS & HOOKERS that goes on in the INNER CITY GHETTOS !!!!!!,,,,, When in reality all that Negative Stuff been going on WAY BEFORE RAP MUSIC was even invented ,, ... RAP Music is just a reflexion of society, & the music speaks the harsh reality of what goes on in the HOOD & in AmeriKKa in General. ,,,,, If Gangster Rap never existed,,, the GHETTO Inner Cities would still be FUCKED UP anyway

[@lennoxjoseph7897]

Iron that's true rap music that's were it comes from every day life

[@ironmike-putsallkindavideo7840]

@ 40:35 ....... the Puerto Rican dude responded to the Interviewer with a Great Answer to the Question ...

[@jumpup1703]

This was when no snitching was not allowed I'm 58 those was the best times and the best weed....llol

[@jdp8101]

Love seeing how folks back then gave it their all to give kids a better chance. This has always motivated me to do the same in many ways. One love y'all ✌🏾♥️

[@viejohans]

Thanks for this important HISTORY that builts Hip Hop in Bogota and in the world,

[@ihatejpmorgan]

Holy shit this was recorded 49 years ago.

[@DavidRichardson95]

_Rubble Kings_ brought me here.

[@buckeyefan05]

David Richardson Me too.

[@androlibre9661]

rubble kings was good BUT it felt like it didn't go in depth as it could have ...I actually wish it was longer. I remember reading about this in a book Cant Stop Wont Stop...there's a lot more in the story that the doc skipped over. Like the meetings after the TV show

[@boostjunkie2320]

101:05. One the realist statements I have ever heard.

[@JaBabaBoyYa]

Powerful

[@howies5265]

I was born in 72 sounds cliche yet the more things change the more they stay the SAME

[@TommyShlong]

Interesting fact - in 1976 Ted Gross was found dead in a car in Brooklyn. Gunshots to the back of the head. A female passenger was also shot but survived the shooting.

[@alp852]

He was allegedly dealing drugs. And the guy who did time for it has popped up on various KZbin videos in recent years. Crazy stuff.

[@richardsingh5827]

Interesting video

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

We were the sweat hogs at my high school in NYC they called us the 82 boys

[@ronmiranda8833]

This documentary is true even today. The marginalization of Black and Brown communities still exists. These gangs of the South Bronx got together and united themselves against injustice, racism, and lack of getting a quality education. Teaching students about their cultural heroes instead of the status quote. Which is White European George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, etc. I was born and raised in the Bronx and when my family moved to Chicago I was behind in my reading. This was back in November of 1978. The South Bronx has always looked like a bomb hit it, with buildings that were falling apart. Now they've done a lot of infrastructure work to give it a face lift. Economically still the same and the poor are still the most incarcerated. We are in the year 2021 and still no major economic changes in the South Bronx. The South Bronx became the birthplace of Hip-Hop. The gangs cease to exist until the 90s. Then the influx of gangs back into New York that had it's origins in both Chicago and California. It starts all over again. All because of poverty, no economic growth. The Future depends on youth.