Lie Gang members tell themselves they must belong to a gang to remain safe, before, during , and after school

Truth Membership in a street gang exponentially increases risk of physical danger to the gang member.

Lie Gangs claim to treat you like a family and care about your welfare. They claim not to judge and to accept you as you are - good or bad as that may be.

Truth Gangs function directly opposite of true families. Where true families sacrifice, for example, for the benefit of individuals, the gang requires the individual to sacrifice for the whole. Further, the gang does judge you by requiring a certain type of dress and adherence to a rules code, often enforced violently.

Lie Gang members always mistake fear as respect. They continually worry about who is, or is not, showing a proper amount of "respect/fear". Fear does share many results with respect but there is a significant difference.

Truth One can make another afraid but no one can force another to have regard for another person. The difference between respect and fear is the difference between repulsion and attraction.