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Actual it's very Common to see whites and some Asians in Hispanic Gangs in Southern California.
Robert Duvall Should have won a Oscar that year for his acting in Colors
I'm sure you may find some Asians in Southern California Latino gangs, but I think that would be rare considering there was a 'green light' on Asians entering the jail/prison system during the mid 1990's to mid 2000's (targeted by Latinos). Not sure if it's still on but with all that racial animosities going on, would think it to be not common at all.
Leon Robinson, Damon Wayans, Don Cheadel were all in this movie, seems weird to see them playing those roles. If someome told me Homie The Clone, War Machine and David Ruffin actors all played gang bangers in their youth, I wouldnt believe them.
I saw it in theaters. My favorite scene was when the drive by killer says " Hey, blood..." and then shoots the guy with a shot gun. I never liked Sean Penn but he did okay in this one, although Robert Duvall was key.
I just wonder, there are so many pretend gang members now, I see fake crips, bloods, Latin Kings, whatever. I'm in the suburban boonies and they wear that stuff and you just roll your eyes. Does that get tolerated in actual cities like in LA, NYC and Philly?
At the time when Colors was made Black gangs did not bump up against Latino gangs in Los Angeles for the most part and the few Blacks who lived in eastern Los Angeles became part of the old line Latino gangs of their areas. I remember a magazine article in the late 80s when I got out of the Army talking about the "supergangs" and at that point of time one symptom of "super"was that Latinos were joining the Black gangs in South Central LA. But that was before a larger influx of Latinos in the area allowed the associations with 18th Street and MS-13. Latinos as they moved towards the local majority stopped being Crips or Bloods and joined the relatively new powerful Latin gangs.
It was only in this century that Latino and Black gangs started turning attention away from their same ethnic group rivals (Blood v Crip and MS-13 v 18th St) and we started to see MS-13 versus Blood, or Crip versus 18th Street as the nightmare scenario of racial conflict was beginning.
I saw it in theaters. My favorite scene was when the drive by killer says " Hey, blood..." and then shoots the guy with a shot gun. I never liked Sean Penn but he did okay in this one, although Robert Duvall was key.
I just wonder, there are so many pretend gang members now, I see fake crips, bloods, Latin Kings, whatever. I'm in the suburban boonies and they wear that stuff and you just roll your eyes. Does that get tolerated in actual cities like in LA, NYC and Philly?
The movie had a negative effect in this manner which still occurs today. Young suburban kids glorify these type of movies and walk around their communities acting tough.
I don't have fond memories of this film. It played at the 163rd St Theatre in North Miami and part of the crowd was barely controllable, even with police as security. The manager did a fairly good job keeping people safe, but it was a time when he earned his money.
I remember a time when I watched every gangster movie I could find at the local rental store. This is one of them. Along with American Me and Blood in, Blood out.
American me, blood in blood out, menace II society all waaaay better
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