# Bloods or Crips **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607 "2009-10-29T14:38:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/41 "2009-10-30T05:59:03Z")
The Protestants? \* We’re not gonna take it… We’re not gonna take it… Anymore! \* (surprised no one’s mentioned the Mafia yet by now). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/42 "2009-10-30T13:02:36Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I don’t understand. Are you asking us to declare our loyalty to one of two street gangs? Are you asking which one we’ve heard more about? Are you asking which word we would have prefered if we were naming our own gang? With all of today’s societal woes I’m just sizing things up and seeing where y’all stand in case of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/43 "2009-10-30T13:08:57Z")
I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside. But only on the left side, yeah that’s the Crip side. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Enn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dave_enn/32/426_2.png) [@Dave\_Enn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Enn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/44 "2009-10-31T12:06:15Z")
Win-doze for me. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/45 "2009-10-31T21:24:16Z")
Rush. Always. Geddy, Alex, and Neal are my homies. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/46 "2009-10-31T22:20:52Z")
Gang Green Gang. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/47 "2009-11-01T02:45:27Z")
I had to say Crips. In addition to not looking good in red, I gots to flash my stylin’ [Blood Killers](http://www.britishknights.com/shop.php). ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/48 "2009-11-01T08:47:50Z")
I was going to join the Crips, till I found out the Bloods had a much better Dental Plan… ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/49 "2009-11-03T02:31:00Z")
Yo. Neither. I can, like, read and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/50 "2009-11-03T02:41:32Z")
Koxinga’s [Hung Men society](http://chinapost.com.tw/print/60587.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/51 "2009-11-03T04:01:46Z")
Hatfields! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/52 "2009-11-03T05:00:36Z")
I have to explain why I don’t have a preference for 2 different juvenile street gangs? That is like asking do I prefer gang rape in the congo or south africa. Neither. On another note, I was reading Kody Scott’s book and according to him in the prisons of California there is a different set of crips and bloods (no idea if that is still the case) made up of the more experienced gang members. They were more militant, political and emphasized issues like remedial literacy. Either way, I thought that was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/53 "2009-11-03T05:12:20Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > On another note, I was reading Kody Scott’s book and according to him in the prisons of California there is a different set of crips and bloods (no idea if that is still the case) made up of the more experienced gang members. They were more militant, political and emphasized issues like remedial literacy. Either way, I thought that was interesting. Yup The 2nd Most Famous Crip next to Snoop Dogg: [Stanley “Tookie” Williams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Williams) > [@](#): > > Stanley Tookie Williams III (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005), born in New Orleans, Louisiana was an early leader of the Crips, a notorious American street gang which had its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. In 1979 he was convicted of four murders committed in the course of robberies, and he remained in prison for the rest of his life. Later on in his life, he became a five time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, an author of several books including anti-gang and violence literature. In December 2005, he was executed. ---
**Author:** ![Pulp\_Friction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Pulp\_Friction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pulp_Friction)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/54 "2009-11-03T10:52:13Z")
Whoever’s 'hood I’m in at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/55 "2009-11-04T14:33:06Z")
Blue Angels ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/56 "2009-11-04T15:19:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Jets! Giants! Hmmm…guess that means I should vote “Crips”. One blue is as good as another to me. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/57 "2009-11-04T16:37:13Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > Warriors. > > Can you dig it? Baseball Furies. Damn - already named. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/58 "2009-11-05T18:23:25Z")
I chose Crips because I think I look better in blue than red. Also, blue is my favorite color, so red/Bloods stood very little chance. Though red does stand out more if I’m looking to be noticed. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/59 "2009-11-06T01:04:26Z")
The Wanderers! “Leave da kid alone!” ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607/60 "2009-11-06T01:07:37Z")
Crips, cuz #1 they have the cooler name, and #2 Crazy Cripples was one of the best South Park eps ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloods-or-crips/515607.md?page=2)