The Gang as an American Enterprise - Paperbackby Felix M. Padilla (Author) The Diamonds are a Chicago Street gang whose members are second generation Puerto Rican youths. For Felix Padilla, the young men who join the Diamonds have made a logical choice. The gang is an alternative and dependable route to emotional support, self respect, material goods, and upward mobility. Although Padilla shares the same ethnic background as the gang members and also grew up in a Chicago barrio, gaining the trust