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How does the Robert Taylor Homes community organize itself?

Board of Directors

Tenant Leader

(Ms. Bailey)

Franchisee

(J.T)

Treasurer

(T-Bone)

Enforcer

(Price)

Runner

Foot Soldiers

Rank & File

Social Disorganization

Theory

  • severe lack of positive police presence
  • police corruption
  • police brutality

Living conditions

Social Disorganization continued

"ambulances don't come here"

Symbols

Officer Reggie

police officer who grew up in Robert Taylor Homes

J.T

drug dealer/ leader of Black Disciples

Autry

Lenny

leader of the Boys & Girls Club

pastor who mediated conflicts between gangs

Gang Colors

C-Note

leader of the "squatters" or homeless people around Robert Taylor

Black: represents all people

Blue: represents heavenly sky that blesses all disciples

Red: the bloodshed of the Black Disciples Nation

Power Players

Ms. Bailey

president/ leader of a few Robert Taylor buildings

Strain Theory

Black Disciples

  • Started in the 1960s
  • African American street gang based in Chicago, Illinois
  • Founder: Donise “King David” Barksdale
  • affiliated with the Folks
  • Drug trafficking
  • mostly crack cocaine
  • Merton's anomie: emphasizes monetary success

  • through socially approved and acceptable means

About Sudhir Venkatesh

Gang Leader For A Day

Marginalization Theory

  • relegated to large public housing facilities set apart from other areas of the community
  • limited access to quality education
  • consistently remain unskilled due to lack of education & opportunity
  • Venkatesh ventured into the the Robert Taylor Homes to do research
  • He befriended Black Kings gang leader, J.T
  • He captured how residents & gang members interacted, lived together and were able to raise families
  • Indian American sociologist
  • Attended graduate school at the University of Chicago
  • focused on Robert Taylor Homes
  • published "Gang Leader For A Day" in 2008
  • completed in 1962 as the largest housing project of its time
  • 28 high rise buildings, 16 stories high spanning 2 miles
  • eventually deemed a failed project and was demolished in 2007

Robert Taylor Homes

  • Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located on the south side of Chicago
  • faced many problems such as drugs, violence and poverty
  • "turf wars"
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