Deck 20: From Nowhere: Space, Race, and Time in How Young Minority Men Understand Encounters With Gangs

Question 1

Which of the following U.S. cities is the subject of this reading?

A) Chicago
B) St. Louis
C) Los Angeles
D) New York

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Contreras relates an encounter in which a Mexican gang member asks Freddy, "'Where you from homie?'" Freddy responds, "'I'm from nowhere." What does Freddy's response indicate?

A) He belongs to another local Mexican gang.
B) He belongs to a local Black gang.
C) He belongs to a Black gang from a different neighborhood.
D) He doesn't belong to a gang.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Contreras explains that minority men constantly worry about gang violence, which makes them ______ in public.

A) aggressive
B) paranoid
C) territorial
D) reckless

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Contreras asserts that a fear of being watched by gangs creates a loss of ______ for these minority men.

A) allegiance
B) income
C) street wisdom
D) space

Question 5

What did Contreras observe about young African Americans who were around Mexicans who looked like gang members?

A) They became uneasy or fearful.
B) The showed little concern.
C) They mad-dogged the Mexicans.
D) They became physically confrontational.

Question 6

Contreras asked young Mexican men about the "Black and Brown tension" on the streets. According to Contreras, which of the following partially accounts for their response?

A) the growth of Black gangs
B) the growing population of Mexicans in areas that were once predominately African American
C) a national rise in xenophobia
D) overzealous policing

Question 7

According to Contreras, when did the local Mexican population begin to exceed the local Black population?

A) the mid-1980s
B) the mid-1990s
C) the mid-2000s
D) the mid-2010s

Question 8

Among which of the following groups did Contreras observe an intra-ethnic fear?

A) young White males
B) young Mexican males
C) young Black males
D) young multiracial males

Question 9

In his discussion of the Jordan Downs Housing Project, Contreras explains that the Grape Street Clips mostly target ______.

A) Mexican residents
B) Black residents
C) ex-gang members
D) visitors

Question 10

Which of the following does Contreras name as a major limitation of his study?

A) An insufficient sample size
B) A lack of discussion about young Black and Mexican women
C) An underdeveloped analysis of shifting demographics
D) A lack of discussion about police encounters

Question 11

What does Contreras suggest about existing gang-related research?

Question 12

According to Contreras, how do young minority men interpret gang encounters?

Question 13

According to Contreras, how do young minority men detect gang-related danger?

Question 14

When Contreras asked young Mexican men whether Mexican gangs sometimes targeted Blacks based on race alone, how did they respond? What feelings did they express?

Question 15

What were the predominant racist narratives that Black and Latino residents used against each other when they engaged in "ethnic jostling"?