Word: graffiti
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...Graffiti, inherently an anti-establishment phenomenon, has been given different explanations by sociologists...
Boredom and fanatical politics spur some to take up a pen. But often graffiti is a way to say something of which one might otherwisebe ashamed...
...Indeed, graffiti's anonymity is its greatest attraction, says Todd Heatherton, assistant professor of psychology...
...opportunity for people to say very socially unacceptable things in a place where they're sure other people will see it," Heatherton says. "Its really hard to get caught writing graffiti...
...knuckles, and the skin around his throat is mottled with burn marks from the time he put a match to an aerosol can in a street fight. Adolpho has seen five friends die in drug wars. Each time a child is killed, his epitaph is added to the graffiti murals adorning the walls of north Camden's vacant lots. "It can happen at any time to anybody," Adolpho says. "It can happen to me, it can happen to you and it can happen right...