Gangs exist for many reasons. Most people with good financial standing (generally white) will say that the lower classes (generally Latinos and African Americans) are responsible for the gangs and their violence. One of the many reasons this article was written is to inform you that people with higher financial status know nothing about gangs. Therefore their comments about gangs are nothing but bullshit and should not be taken into consideration when talking about gangs. The only people who know anything about gangs and their “violence” are unfortunately the lower classes made up of many disadvantaged Latinos (underprivileged means poor), many African Americans, and a few Asians who live in an environment where numerous gangs are present. . Another reason this article was written is also to inform you that the government is responsible for gangs, not only because most of the reasons why gangs exist are the government's fault, but also because the government has shaped the behavior related to gangs in disadvantaged communities. plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay First of all, if you are a financially privileged person (most likely white), I would like to advise you to stop reading or listening now because you will probably take issue with most of the facts presented in this essay and I don't have time to enlighten you. Now that this has been established, you will be told that one of the reasons the government is responsible for gangs is the pathetic protection they provide to disadvantaged communities. Many people don't know that disadvantaged communities create gangs to defend themselves from police brutality, mental slavery, and financial abuse. Once these three reasons are analyzed it is clear that they all come from the government. Therefore the government is responsible for the existence of the gangs. The government is in a sense the parent of the gangs and just as a parent must be held responsible for the actions of their children, the government should be held responsible in a sense for the actions of their children (the children who are in gangs) . Now don't misunderstand these facts, no one is saying that the government is entirely responsible for the gangs, but mostly. Furthermore, the government is also responsible for the gangs due to their involvement in flooding the streets with drugs during the Black Panther Party. Drugs such as (marijuana is not considered a drug, therefore excluded from this list of drugs) cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine were administered in disadvantaged communities to make people ignorant so that they would not fight against the oppressor (the oppressor being the government ). There is evidence of these ignorant and childish acts done by the government to stop the Black Panther Party. Unfortunately the government plan worked and there are many drug addicts in the United States with a high demand for drugs. The demand is quite satisfied by the supply provided by Original Gangsters. These “OGs” convince neglected and mentally abused children to protect their “barrio” or “hood,” leading to gangs, gang fights, and shootouts with police. The kids don't know it, but by protecting their neighborhood they are only protecting and allowing OGs to push drugs into disadvantaged communities. In other words, the government allowed drug dealers to gain the power to push drugs into disadvantaged communities, and drug dealers with the power given to them by the government created gangs. Therefore, once again the government is largely responsible for the gangs. Some people with higher economic status might.