The title of the movie, Bastards of the Party comes from a passage in City of Quartz that reads: "As even The Times recognized, the decimation of the Panthers led directly to a recrudescence of gangs in the early 1970s.
Filmens titel, Bastards of the Party kommer fra en passage i City of Quartz der lyder: "Selvom The Times anerkendte, at tilbageslaget for The Panthers, førte direkte til en genopblusning af bandekonflikten i begyndelsen af 1970'erne.