Visitor # 943
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Universal Greetings with Respect,
It would be a travesty of justice to approach the subject of At-Risk
Youth without addressing how people of color are affected since the
largest number of At-Risk Youth are of color. Three primary areas of
concern are:
1.Our higher rate of incarceration, from juvenile to state penitentiaries,
compared to our white counterparts.
2.Our limited access to affordable and quality health care.
3.The lack of appropriate pay for qualified ...
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Universal Greetings with Respect,
It would be a travesty of justice to approach the subject of At-Risk Youth without
addressing how people of color are affected since the largest number of At-Risk Youth
are of color. Three primary areas of concern are:
1.Our higher rate of incarceration, from juvenile to state penitentiaries, compared to
our white counterparts.
2.Our limited access to affordable and quality health care.
3.The lack of appropriate pay for qualified teachers to work in economically deprived
areas with our at-risk youth--the � shadow kids.�
I am aware that it is impossible for a single person to speak to all of the opinions,
experiences and ideologies of a race of people however, is my desire to express as
much as I am able based upon my exposure.
As a Black man living in America it is obvious that I (We) are attending way too many
funerals of our youth. Yet there is a greater number of youth who are physically alive
according to medical sources, but to those of us who know them, we know that they
are dying--spiritually, intellectually and emotionally due to the infestation of negativity
and mis-education. We have some of the most physically overweight and unhealthy
people in some of the most economically deprived communities (� When you control a
man� s thinking you don� t have to control his actions.� --Carter Woodson) and those
numbers are growing exponentially.
As a member of the group known as African Americans, we are a