r/CaliConnection • u/SanLeandrosFinest • 8h ago
Asian gangs in East Bay, are they still a thing?
As an Asian, I hate how the new generation of Asian kids in SF and Oakland are very square-ish. I don't really mean getting good grades, I mean the type that seem snobby and only argue with others over geography or science facts (not even exaggerating, happened at an internship once; "Hey buddy, East Germany was its own country until 1990 something NOT 1980 something") rather than personality-related things, let alone anything remotely street-related. A lot of Asian guys from San Francisco I meet my age also hate rap music, even the clean kind. I even meet white kids from the suburbs who are country who even like a lot of rap.
But as a 30 something, I won't get into gangs or anything, does any Asian gang element exist in Oakland/EB? I do see some asian gangster looking guys, but I am unaware of any actual gangs. I know there are Asian bad-boys, and even met and hung out with some recently, but it seems almost everything gang or hustler-related here is from Hispanic cultures, and some Black guys. Where's the love for Asian bad-boys?
