Chapter 6

1. Hip Hop is not simply a black or white thing.
2. Gang violence was a major problem in California in 2000.
3. A tougher Juvenile justice system was wanted in California.
4. CYA provided educational training and parole supervision for juvenile and young adult offenders.
5. CYA was created to reform and improve the lives of young people who had lost their way.

1. What does the Gang Violence in California have to do with the theme of the book?
2. Why was this chapter included?
3. What was the purpose of mentioning the CYA?
4. What does this chapter have to do with the purpose of Hip Hop mattering?

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1. Viable- capable of living.
2. Constituency- a body of constituents; the voters or residents in a district represented by an elective officer.
3. Anachronistic- pertaining to or containing an anachronism.

1. In this chapter for some reason we learn about the gang violence in California and how they tried to solve it.