It's their culture. The grew up in an environment with their peers (and/or family) that brought them into the gang scene. From there he learned from older kids and adults in the game how to act and interact.
Some people do buck 'norms', but many more go with what they see and experience as being right. He may know, distantly, that it is wrong... but with everyone around him telling him this is what you do and then showing him that that IS what they do... that is what he learned to do.
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Date: 2009-12-10 08:45 pm (UTC)Some people do buck 'norms', but many more go with what they see and experience as being right. He may know, distantly, that it is wrong... but with everyone around him telling him this is what you do and then showing him that that IS what they do... that is what he learned to do.