"Dissing" 6th grader Youth 1: You can say the whole project is full of gangs. They join ‘cause either they’re scared or they do it for protection. I don’t diss them. As long as you ain’t dissing them you’re okay, but you can claim it without being a member. Implementer 1: what does that mean? Youth 2: If you hear someone dissing the gang you are affiliated with you go tell the gang. Youth 1: If you want to join the gang you have to get put down [beat up] for 3-6 minutes or shoot somebody. So you just affiliate so you don’t have to do that. Implementer 2: How bad do you get hurt getting “put down”? Youth 1: Bad. You go to the hospital.