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Hells Angels are moving into my area for the first time. I have a generally negative view of them, but have some friends who feel otherwise. I would love to hear your experiences related to the Angels specifically, but "1%" clubs as well.

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[โ€“] MJBrune@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some biker gangs are trying to look out for their community. Most of the time, that community stops when your skin color gets too dark. Hell's Angels are no exception to this. Co-founder Sonny Barger said in a 2000 BBC interview, "The club, as a whole, is not racist but we probably have enough racist members that no black guy is going to get in it." So essentially they are saying racism isn't a deal breaker for them.

So they are extremely racist, typically fascist as by their organization structure, and typically don't add to society.

That all said, there are exceptions to every rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikers_Against_Child_Abuse is a biker gang against child abuse. They go out of their way to keep children safe. Although there are a few members who have actually been convicted of the very thing the gang hopes to prevent. So, overall I'm still suspicious if the BACA's intentions are truly their intentions. Additionally, you could see that BACA intimidation and vigilanteism are likely not a good answer to the problem they are trying to solve.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, this is a big deal for me, and I had always heard that they were racist as a rule. I had a couple of acquaintances (probably hangers on or whatever by now) that swore up and down that wasn't the case. They know some Filipino Angel or something, idk.

[โ€“] MJBrune@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

There is always exceptions to the rule as well. Like some Hell's Angel's branch is allowing minorities and there is likely some in-fighting about it.