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Initial groundwork for the current social significance of graffiti
in America began around the late 1960s. Around this time,
graffiti was used as a form of expression by political activists. It was
considered a cheap and easy way to make a statement, with minimal risk to
the artist (the artist, often, a hippie).
Gang graffiti also rose in visibility, used by gangs to mark territory.
Some gangs that made use of graffiti during this era included the Savage
Skulls, La Familia, and Savage Nomads.Gang relations with graffiti
Groups that live in industrial or poor areas may use graffiti for various
purposes, especially if many groups populate one specific area or city.
The main use is to mark either territory or "turf" by tagging a space such
as a wall on building near or on the boundaries of a gang's turf to inform
other gangs of their presence. |
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Usually, this type of tag will have the name of the gang. They are
also used to communicate with other gangs, usually to warn them of a
coming assassination of a certain member, by either writing the
member's street name and crossing it out, or by finding tags by the
member and crossing them out.
If a gang overwrites another gang's tag, it is also the symbol of a
takeover of a gang's turf or a sign of aggression toward the gang.
While most cities now take measures to prevent this, such as washing
or erasing tags, it was much more common in the mid 1980s when crime
waves ran high. |
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