Anderson

Question 1

What is respect on the streets?

Answer 1

Form of social capital

Question 2

What is the social shuffle?

Answer 2

Children undergo social shuffling (testing/affirming/or undermining the socialization learned at home)

Street serves as mediating influence to reconsider and rearrange their personal orientations

  -For children in good homes: can learn the reality of the street, can overcome remorse about tough behaviour Ex. building a reputation as a good fighter, brings respect amongst your peers There are other was to bring respect tho (could be an athlete or top student etc)

Question 3

What is the role of the street of inner city poor children?

Answer 3

Try out roles and scripts in a process that challenges their talents and primary socialization

becomes a working concept of the world

Learn social order

Question 4

What do the kids do with the code of the street?

Answer 4

Internalize it: CODE then becomes an important part of the child’s working conception of the world.

Question 5

How do street oriented adults promote the street to children?

Answer 5

Street oriented adults who these children contact (at home and in the street) help shape and reinforce these messages.
Ex. “watch your back” “respect yourself” “if someone disses you, you got to straighten them out”

If a child comes home upset from being beat up - told to go back out and beat the other kid. (reinforcement for being tough /showing nerve)

Question 6

What is self image based on Juice?

Answer 6

Presentation and reputation

Presentation: To deter aggression: use facial expressions, gait, physical appearance, and direct talk
-Objects play a role in self image (reflect taste, and you have things worth defending)

Question 7

Where are “campaigns for respect” often held?

Answer 7

1. Local (liquor stores, bars)
2. Business strip with working class/poor people are.
3. Theaters, sporting events, and concerts

Question 8

Briefly explain Tyree’s story:

Answer 8

Moves to new neighborhood
- Needs to fight to get in with group there
- or becomes a target

Fits in eventually

Question 9

Explain School as a staging area:

Answer 9

Learn rules of school

Codeswitch here (inside and outside talk)

Don’t want to put effort in school cuz it’s associated with whiteness

Question 10

Explain the Dilemma of the Decent Kid:

Answer 10

Child (5-8) of a decent inner city family will travel to the street

Code switch at home vs the street

Even decent young people must make their peace with bigger groups like Tyree’s

Children must play this role well (relates to who his mentors and homies are)

How ‘good’ he is correlates with with how ‘bad’ the neighbourhood is viewed

 -Lee’s story: Getting lumped in with the street oriented people takes a mental toll on them

Have to dress like street goers to not get in trouble, but then get stopped by cops