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In the 1970s San Francisco streets, Filipino youth were caught between worlds; too Filipino for America, too American for home. With racism high and opportunity low, many found belonging where society didn’t offer any…in street brotherhoods. They were the early blueprint of Filipino American street culture that the young searched for; loyalty, identity, and survival written in numbers, codes, and hand signs. By the 1990s, the struggle shifted with still no role models, no cultural representation