that is an extremely flawed sense of judgement. If you haven't been drunk, shot something up... you can't be trusted? Shut up. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
I was 11 when I was in a gang. I was huge for my age, in a town of mostly Mexicans. I didn't say I was an OG, but I was jumped into, and later out of a gang in northside Watsonville. I was not a norteno, but I was definitely a wannabe norteno for a time. A confused child at best, as are a lot of younger kids who want to be in a gang. I'll get clowned for saying this, but that's the honest truth.
And I know the Cam'ron cape thread ended up being hilarious, but for a time, Watsonville was a dangerous little town. I have no idea if it still is, but it definitely was in the late 80's to the late 90's.