Has a gang member ever asked you,''Where are you from?,'' meaning,''What gang you are in?,'' even though you are not a gang member?

[ManuelMarquez]

It has happened to me one time sophmore year in High School as I finished PE class and was heading toward the locker room and a gangster asked me''Where are you from?'' He asked me even though I don't look like a gangster.

[mistninja314]

Oh, man don't get me fucking started on this LOL "AYE BLOOD WHERE YOU FROM' or the good ole famous line of "BLOOD WHO IS THAT & WHO YA KNOW?" shit gets annoying and Just because I'm a Blackman in the hood don't mean I have to be claiming somebodies set right? LOL

In St Louis, you might as well get use to that though that is If they don't recognise your face ^^.

[mistninja314]

I don't even look like I'm "WITH IT" LOL

[ManuelMarquez]

I am glad you didn't get shot or stabbed after being asked that. Luckily nothing happened to me either after being asked that. I Many people get shot or stabbed after being asked that. Well at least her in So Cali.

[ManuelMarquez]

here

[mistninja314]

Oh, don't get me wrong now, because depending on where you're at in St Louis you might mess around and get jumped or shot for absolutely nothing. Becuase if you ain't from THIS side, in their mind you're from THAT side. At that point you become fair game at least back then. These days it has cooled down in the hood that I live in. But back then oh boy it was like the wild west

[Klaatu51]

if someone asked me, i'd respond "none of your business"

[ManuelMarquez]

Many times people have been shot or stabbed after being asked that even thought they are not in a gang. The guy that asked me that didn't do anything but I wonder if we would have done something off school grounds.

[Anonymous]

The closest I've came is the ol "she cool?" before someone sold someone else drugs.

[Anonymous]

I don't know, probably. I knew a lot of gang bangers growing up. I never really paid attention to that.

[ManuelMarquez]

You don't know what people tell you? Or do you mean''I don't remember''?

[Opinion Owner]

I mean I placed no relevance on that phase growing up. I knew people in about 10 different street gangs as a youth. I don't really feel like they were sizing me up or that something like that would save me. I was jumped by two guys in a gang that were trying to mug me (I won the fight). They just said give me the money and started swinging lol punk asses. I also go stabbed by another gang member for no apparent reason and I lumped him up. Most of the other other gang encounters I had were just chilling with people I knew or doing business (black market shit) as a rebellious teenager making easy money.

[StickStickity13]

Gang members tend to be idiot bottom feeders. I avoid them at all costs.

[ManuelMarquez]

Me too but sometimes you can't avoid them

[StickStickity13]

I understand man, good for you staying clear of those people.

[MakeitOrDieTrying]

Cuz he wanted beef and was testing your ass. They get off on that shit

[ManuelMarquez]

Luckily he didn't shoot or stab me. There are many instances someone gets stabbed or shot after being asked that even though they are not in a gang. I wonder if he would have done something violent off school grounds.

[sovetskii13]

No one ever asked for my gang name.

[Krushhbrownies]

Thankfully I there are no gangs from where I live.

[Anonymous]

Varrio Santa Rosa Norte VSRN for the win!

[ManuelMarquez]

Lol wow.

[Opinion Owner]

I'm not actually a gang member just the gang in Sonoma county

[ManuelMarquez]

Oh, but if you say that, you are screwed. What if they shoot or stab you

[Opinion Owner]

Then that's what happens

[ManuelMarquez]

Many times they shoot or stab someone regardless what the other person says.

[Opinion Owner]

I don't mind