Emeralds and Hawks
There are only two gangs in West Side Story.
Gang
gang territory
The rival gang was the Sharks.
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The Sharks is the name of the street gang.
The American gang in "West Side Story" is called the Jets. They are a group of white teenagers who are rivals with the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang. The story explores themes of love, conflict, and cultural tension between these two groups in New York City.
Baby John is part of the jets gang
PR, in West Side Story, stands for Puerto Rican, one of the large immigrant communities in New York at the time. They were the Sharks gang in the film
Stop the gang fight.
Riff leads the Jets, Bernardo leads the Sharks.
No, all the violence in West Side Story is done as strictly choreographed dance and there were no real gangs with those names when the musical, West Side Story, was written.