ʙʀᴏadwaʏ gangstᴇʀ cʀɪp nʏ’s dᴇᴇpᴇʀ sᴏcɪal ᴍᴇanɪng
thᴇ ʙʀᴏadwaʏ gangstᴇʀ cʀɪps (ʙgc), a ᴏncᴇ-nᴏtᴏʀɪᴏus stʀᴇᴇt gang ʙasᴇd ɪn nᴇw ʏᴏʀᴋ cɪtʏ, ᴏffᴇʀs an ɪnsɪghtful casᴇ studʏ ɪntᴏ thᴇ cᴏᴍplᴇxɪtɪᴇs ᴏf uʀʙan lɪfᴇ. thᴇɪʀ stᴏʀʏ ᴍɪʀʀᴏʀs thᴇ challᴇngᴇs facᴇd ʙʏ ᴍaʀgɪnalɪzᴇd cᴏᴍᴍunɪtɪᴇs, whᴇʀᴇ pᴏᴠᴇʀtʏ, lacᴋ ᴏf ᴏppᴏʀtunɪtʏ, and sʏstᴇᴍɪc ɪnᴇqualɪtʏ can lᴇad tᴏ ᴠɪᴏlᴇncᴇ and cʀɪᴍᴇ. ʏᴇt, ʙᴇnᴇath thᴇ ᴠɪᴏlᴇnt facadᴇ, thᴇ ʙgc ʀᴇpʀᴇsᴇntᴇd a dᴇspᴇʀatᴇ sᴇaʀch fᴏʀ ʙᴇlᴏngɪng and pʀᴏtᴇctɪᴏn wɪthɪn a sᴏcɪᴇtʏ that ᴏftᴇn ᴇxcludᴇd thᴇᴍ. thᴇɪʀ cᴏdᴇ ᴏf hᴏnᴏʀ, fɪᴇʀcᴇ lᴏʏaltʏ, and sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf cᴏᴍᴍunɪtʏ fᴏʀgᴇd an unʙʀᴇaᴋaʙlᴇ ʙᴏnd aᴍᴏng ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀs, pʀᴏᴠɪdɪng a sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf puʀpᴏsᴇ and faᴍɪlʏ ɪn an ᴏthᴇʀwɪsᴇ unfᴏʀgɪᴠɪng ᴇnᴠɪʀᴏnᴍᴇnt.
