GOODIE VIBEZZ

 Since I started the youth development program I have learned so much about my identity and the racial identity of others. In my social work class we would talk about privilege, and it was interesting to see everyones prospective. I sort of understood what privilege meant when I entered the classroom but it was hard for me. I had gone through a tough childhood that had many obstacles and was a little offended that people would assume I had privilege. I soon realized that I confused the word privilege with experience . Even though my childhood was intense i still got certain privileges just because my skin was white. It was hard for certain people in my class to understand this and many reacted out of emotion, feeling as if there struggles weren't real or accounted for but, eventually the class had a great discussion and listened to everything everyone had to say. We treated everyone with respect and listened to their words and responded with facts and compassion. A quote from the r...

 Three stereotypes of youth.  1. Black girls are often looked at as older and have more serious punishments.  2. Youth are already a problem needing to be fixed, adults often fear the youth 3. Media portraying the "good girl" and the "responsible boy" 1. Race is a huge factor for this stereotype and is called adultification bias. The video explained that people think black girls need less nurturing, protection, and support.  2. I think that class and gender play a huge part in why adults are scared of the youth. Many times i think adults think of themselves and what they did as a kid. You should think of every child as an individual.  3. Media plays a huge role in our society and makes people think and act a certain way. It can have many pressures on an individual and make them think that they are not welcome.    In my experience, many teachers would often assume that I would want to play sports so they would offer these options to me. I like to play s...

 Knew: Before reading this article i had an idea of what the deficit approach was but not fully. I saw a study before that showed kids who have more after school activities had less of a chance of getting into things they shouldn't.  Learned: This approach didn't work at all. As stated in the reading "they began to show that single-issue programs rarely achieved success in eliminating or even significantly reducing problem behaviors over time." Another reason this program didn't work is because it put kids into two separate groups, kids who needed help or "high risk" and kids that don't.   We should also offer all activities to every single school. It isn't fair that some schools have more resources.  Thoughts: I loved reading this and learning about youth development history. 

 This is my first post! yay