#POST 10 BIS: TATTOOS & GANGS

First of all, tattoos has become a way of live especially to our generation and for the youth. There are many reason, it depends of the person who dit it but generally it’s because they want to be part of a group. That’s why those who belong to gangs are wearing them. It’s to be accepted , it’s to show your values, your power,your influence.

That’s the darker side of the tattoos and the fact that you can’t remove them (sometimes completely) of your body is the worst. People are « stuck » in these way of life, because of the psycological consequences and of the tattoos too because everyday it reminds them their past,their dark side.

In other hand Tattoos are seen as a form of self-expression, a way to show our individuality and the unique aspects of ourselves. To me they can be considered as a form of art because some of them are very well design, and people can work on them for years until they find the perfect drawing. Or for others they represent a part of their life, it can symbolize something very important for us,very deep. Even if there is a big disadvantage, their are forever on their skin and life is very long…

Of course , it had become also very popular and fashion.

So young people join gangs because of reasons like poverty,domestic violence,it can be the absence of autority, because they are hopeless,they have nothing to loose, they feel alone and the gangs are like a « Family »,It can be because they want to be protected, because they need something, money,to prouve themselfs something etc… Gangs are really hard.

These topics can be related with the notion of power because gangs are a way of manipulation, In fact somebody exercises a form of power on you.The fear, the violence are a very powerfull form of power which control the masses. 

And the tattoos also because they are finally a part of you, of your body it's a way to control people too, to make them "belong" to something.