Arriving in the United States alone (literally) without his family he could not believe what he saw, " a whole new world" as he describes it. This new world fascinated him and he wanted to be a p

art of immediately and his life of abandonment and being alone would soon change dramatically. As he entered High School he started to experience what it was like to be a minority in the U.S. The other students at school begin to call him names and he experienced the racial bias that make up American society. The further he withdrew from the name calling "gook", "nip" and the more isolated he became, ultimately he drew closer to those "like him." He found "new friends", friends who spoke his language, understood him, could relate to him; he was no longer alone. Within these friends Ricky felt accepted, wanted and he felt like he belonged. They would share their life experiences, stories, likes, and dislikes all of the things that brought them together. He had a "family" a "family from the heart" as he would say. In reality Ricky had a gang and that gang was his family now. Through the gang Ricky found he could get what he w

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Approximate Word count = 625
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)