A term that originated in San Francisco, Bay Area meaning The Projects. Projects="Projets"=The jets. Or any spot with high crime and drug sales.
"Blacks and Latinos were placed together everywhere/ The Barrio The JETS, the jobs, the jails, its a long tale/"
-GangstaFlea "Latin Ghetto" from 17 Wit A Thizz
The belief that, having established deep antipathy toward a group of people, any actiontaken by your opponents is inherently bad, and that you must oppose them regardless of principle or practicality.
Its unfortunate to see this sharks vs. jets mentality in political discourse, especially when so many things need to get done.