What is the relationship like between gangs and graffiti today?
SG: By and large, I’d say that there is generally a respectful distance. Right now I don’t know of any graffiti writers who are also active gang members. Generally speaking of a modern graffiti guy, as long as he’s respectful of the neighborhood he goes into, he’ll be fine. If he’s going into a neighborhood where there is gang activity that there are walls that you don’t go on, or areas that you have to be very careful in, and if you’re careful in those areas, or careful on surfaces, and its clear that you’re not trying to make somebody feel like you’re taking over their territory, then its OK, but you have to be respectful in those neighborhoods. There is no active animosity, it’s not like gang members necessarily go after graffiti writers at this point, where as at one point they were actually threatened by the rise of the graffiti movement because it was taking people out of gang membership. It’s kind of a respectful neutrality in most cases. Format: Outside of how gangs influence g
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