Brown Pride or BP may refer to the gang Brown Pride or the brown pride movement.
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The slogan has been used by Latinos to denote a feeling of self-respect, celebrating one's heritage, and being proud of one's personal worth. Brown pride as a national movement is closely linked with the developments of the American Civil Rights Movement, during which noted figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, A. Philip Randolph, Stokely Carmichael, and others protested the conditions of the United States' segregated society, and lobbied for better treatment for non-whites. This time in the United States also saw the creation of brown pride movements such as the Chicano Movement and La Raza advocating brown pride.
Mixed martial artist Cain Velasquez has "Brown Pride" tattooed across his chest but has stated in media interviews that his tattoo represents his mexican heritage and is also a way for him to honor his father and family.[citation needed]
Brown Pride gang members are called Brown priders. Their colors are brown, and numbers are 218. 2 for the second letter in the alphabet, and 18 for the eighteenth letter in the alphabet (BP). Brown Pride is a young gang, their rivals are the nortenos(bp 14), Surenos(bp 13), and ms 13 members, In southern California however most surenos (southerns) and brownpriders are united and their rivals are mainly crips, bloods, and/or ms 13 gang members, and in northern California they mostly affiliate with nortenos (northerns).[citation needed]
BP 13 - Brown Pride
BP 14 - Brown Pride Nortenos
BPM - Brown Pride Mafia
BPS 13 - Brown Pride Surenos
BPL - Brown Pride Lokotes
BP 2-18 - Brown Pride Two Eighteen
BP 2-16
BP 19th Street
BPC 13 - Brown Pride Cholos
CA 13 - Chicano Aztecas
CPV 13 - Chicanos Por Vida
TCG - True Chicano Gangsters
OBF 13 - One Big Familia
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