Code of the Street – Decency, Violence & the Moral Life of the Inner City: Decency Violence And The Moral Life Of The Inner City Paperback – Abridged, 4 July 2001

L'autore è un testimone, attivista, membro della comunità: il soggetto perfetto per questo viaggio fra le strade popolate di disperati, criminali, emarginati, con un occhi umano ed attento alle profonde ragioni che si celano dietro i comportamenti devianti.Lo studio della relazione città-marginalità-crimine è condotto in maniera autentica, critica.Forse non troppo scorrevole, consigliato solo per studenti realmente interessati ad approfondire.

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Elijah Anderson has done an outstanding job of explaining the sociological, economic, and geographical factors that contribute to the mentality commonly seen among young men in the inner city and the violence that can emerge as a result. As a young black man that grew up in a two parent home in suburban Maryland, I was extremely confused when I left my small town for middle school. It was there that I was first exposed to black children with less fortunate financial backgrounds, single parent homes, and low value of education and order. As Anderson explains, even in the suburban regions of Maryland adjacent to D.C. inner city attitudes, styles, trends, and even volatility can be seen in young blacks as a result of 'cultural diffusion'. A phenomenon which has a peculiar property of moving up the socioeconomic ladder in the black community. What I appreciate about Mr. Anderson's book most is that it has finally helped me to answer the question of 'WHY', which has tormented me for almost 15 years. Why have I found myself to be different than many of my black peers as a young man and an adult when all I wanted was a good education, a good job, and to live a decent life. EVERY person, Black or White who has found themself glaring at the low socioeconomic black community and wondering what is wrong, or quoting Bill Cosby Rhetoric while watching a group of hoodlums bully any and everyone off of the sidewalk, or turning up your nose at a pregnant 19 year old girl yelling at her toddler as she mopes down the sidewalk... YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK. Understanding is the beginning of dealing with what has become everyone's problem.

Although I only have two chapters left I found it amazing how you can read each chapter of the book without relation to the previous chapter meaning you can read what interests you the most.I found it to be very eye opening and relational because of the fact I myself as a white man grew up and live in an inner city neighborhood out west. I found the stories in it to be applicable to some of the things that I have witnessed throughout my life given that the book was written in the 90s.Some of things you will find in this book are stories, drama, successes and failures, and knowledge about the social stratification of working class folks and those who have chosen to submit themselves to the life and rules of the streets. If this is what interests you then it is a must read.

This is literally a life saving manual for any and all who care to understand the social, criminological, and etiquette bylaws in areas of entrenched poverty and amongst those who live by allegiance to the street code. A must read if one wishes to understand where such persons mindset is, and how they require others to behave in their regions of need