In Search of Respect by Phillipe Burgois focuses on the social and political aspects of Puerto Ricans living in East Harlem. This book explores  the dilemmas felt by the crack dealers as they choose between having  low paying jobs and  lack of respect from upper class men or  fast money job by selling crack  where they implement respect in the community in which they live. However, the respect earned through the community is usually through their violence ways. For example, Ray is an example of an individual suffering from structural voilence. According to Burgois on page 29, Ray suffered with his business because he did not have the legal licences for his business to remain. "The first legal business Ray attempted to establish was a Laundromat. He was unable to wade through the bureaucratic maze of permits however and gave up after a few weeks... and abandoned the project". This reveals the struggle Ray went through just  to be successful and be a better person. Political laws were preventing him from being successful. However, his establishment of his social club was successful because he kept it clean, forbade drug selling and rented space for parties or outdooring events. Unfortunately for him, his social club was shut down in 1992 because it was not wheel chair accessible. Crime and violence will continue to prevail if social and political laws prevents people from their freedom of establishing businesses or being employed.He had no means to be an active participant in his society. Bourgois stated that Ray lacked “cultural capital,”;He was illiterate  and therefore he had to find means to support himself.  As a result, he had to start using drugs, sell drugs and use violence to earn money and respect from upper class men or even people in his community. Ray felt very confident as an individual and he felt very powerful because among his fellow drug sellers, he became the leader. The dialogue between Caesar and Primo explained why economic struggle was prevalent in East Harlem. Caesar, Primo and  Phillippe  stated an important reason for the violent actions and crime in East Harlem. Caesar stated, “We’re never going to inherit nothing, unless we hit the Lotto.” This concludes that Life in East Harlem was very difficult. Primo also replied by stating, “You have to do good for yourself in order to achieve, and you have to achieve in life in order to get somewhere... The struggle’s harder for the poor, but not impossible: just harder" (54). These statements represents the extreme levels of dilemmas that existed  during that time. Therefore, the pressure on people to achieve something in life convinced the poor to engage in illegal practices by selling drugs.