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EAST SIDE SAN JOSE-From the East Hills, down to Yerba Buena High School. From Berryessa rd, down to Silver Creek. East Side San Jose is just east of down town, some people consider it across from 101 highway, but they're wrong. East Side San Jose is a Latino, Phillipino, and Vietnamese cultured neighborhood. It is the most active neighborhood out of all of San Jose due to its higher crime rate. Even though the east side may look a little slumpy, it is full of beautiful Latin and Asian culture that is blinded by the street gangs, and grafitti. East Side San Jose has a long history, it was home to CESAR CHAVEZ, the revolutionary Chicano speaker, and riots that occured back in the 60's. Today, East Side San Jo is run by Nortenos, crips, Surenos. East Siders take pride in where they came from, and what theyre representing, no matter how bad things get. East Side San Jos my home, and I'll never forget it..
ESSJ-EAST SIDE SAN JO RIFA! Story and King for life!
essj by JoseC April 11, 2009
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(East side San Jose) A hood in San Jose, CA thats mostly full of hispanic/latin Race. Most of it is ghetto but in evergreen, its mostly rich people. the major gang in essj is Norte(Northerner x4, xiv, 14), then followed by Sur(southerner, x3, xiii, 13, sur), crips and the rest is crew gangs. The heart of Essj is Story rd and King rd which is the ghetto'est part of San Jose.
WSSj kids: Ay where you from you little punk?

ESSJ kid: ESSJ Bitch!!

WSSJ kids: Oh shit!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!
essj by ESSJ Homie October 1, 2007
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east side san jose
from mclaughlin ave all the way to white rd...after that is's east hills or east vally and before mac block it's downtown..
aye wuss up i heard big lion heaed down to the east side cause he lives there.

yes but i like campbell better cause the air is cleaner no am'a boss i like go to del mar and am wssj dbs.. (ESSJ EAST SIDE SAN JOSE)
essj by HUSTLER408 February 18, 2009
Stands for ethnic studies and social justice!

ESSJ is also a program/academy within James Logan High School (Union City, SF Bay Area), founded by Ivan Viray Santos.

"ESSJ seeks to educate our scholars within a holistically humanizing space that centers voices of the young scholars in the classroom, as well as the voices of BIPOC communities, their ancestors, allies, and co-conspirators in order to develop critical consciousness lens during their educational experience. " Quote from ESSJ's website.
I wouldn't be who I am with ESSJ and the support of Santos, it has sparked my passion for activism and taught me that we're all capable of making change in this world.
ESSJ by sancms June 18, 2024
to present false information about oneself or to assume an identity other than one's own (after former Wikipedia employee Essjay)
Personal ads are a common medium in which people essjay.
essjay by Essjay January 1, 2008
(1) A hideous troll creature who preys on weak men.
(2) An insult used towards someone acting like a whore.
You are such and essjay" or "Don't be an essjay
Essjay by Running Refridgerator June 29, 2011
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