 In school , the Wanderers get into a racial dispute with another gang , the Del Bombers who are all African @-@ American . Both gangs agree to settle their dispute , seemingly a street fight , but the Wanderers struggle to find a gang willing to back them . With no other options , Richie asks his girlfriend 's father , local mafia boss Chubby Galasso , who agrees to help solve the gangs ' dispute . 
