This case analysis of an African-American male college student and member of the San Antonio, Texas Blood gang affirms Walter B. Miller’s, a professor of the course Contemporary Gangs in America, argument that gangs are the result of subcultural values that emphasize trouble, toughness, smartness, excitement, fate, and autonomy. Subscribing to these values forces obedience to deviant, criminal, and violent youth subcultures and validates allegiance to gangs. It reveals that investing in such values forces gravitation towards gangsterism more so than conventionalism. Terence, aka “Sweet T” was an African-American male with a social biography that forced him to abandon his educational pursuits. This 2001 student interview affirms Miller’s perspective on youth male subcultures and provides insight on gangs from initial involvement to continued association through college resulting in dropping out of school 1 year before earning a degree. References