The Spook Hunters were a
white racist
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...
youth gang of
South Gate, California, active from the 1940s to the 1950s. The gang was founded as a reaction to the growing
African American population in the neighboring city of
Los Angeles. The group's goal centered on work against
integration
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Biology
*Multisensory integration
*Path integration
* Pre-integration complex, viral genetic material used to insert a viral genome into a host genome
*DNA integration, by means of site-specific recombinase technology, ...
and for
racial segregation in communities.
To reach these goals they started fights with and intimidated black youths. In response to these white racist gangs, the black youths formed their own gangs to protect themselves and their neighborhoods: The Slausons, the Businessmen, and the Gladiators were all formed as a direct reaction to attacks from white gangs like the Spook Hunters.
[Judith Greene and Kevin Pranis: ''Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies'' July 2007, p. 25]
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Former gangs of Los Angeles
European-American gangs
South Gate, California
White-supremacist organized crime groups in the United States
White nationalism in California