LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former gang member Herbert Brown had few positive choices as a young black man growing up in the tough streets of South Central Los Angeles.
"You could be a football player, a basketball player, a Crip or a Blood, though maybe that's changed," he said, holding up a T-shirt emblazoned with an image of President-elect Barack Obama at his store.
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