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Lipsitz, George – Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos Bulletin, 1993
In their challenge to dominant modes of representation, their appropriation of consumer culture, and, in their impatience with cultural representations that distort realities of the present and possibilities for the future, young people have created cultural forms that speak to the loneliness, exclusion, and injustice of U.S. society. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
Fine, Michelle; Weis, Lois – 1998
The deeply fractured nature of U.S. society is examined, focusing on poor and working class people in cities. Based on data from 154 poor and working class young adults aged 23 to 35, the study reveals the ways in which this urban generation has suffered from social change. The following chapters are included: (1) "Voices of Hope and Despair:…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnography, Life Events, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedAnderson, Elijah – Public Interest, 1992
This case study of a young African-American urban male and his increasing involvement with the criminal justice system illustrates that merely providing opportunities for members of the underclass is not enough. An outlook that allows members of the underclass to invest personal resources in their opportunities must be fostered. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Youth, Court Litigation, Crime
Nobles, Wade W. – 1989
Sources of the crises faced by young black men lie not in the young men, but in society which portrays them as stereotypes. Social conditions are at the root of the following problems of black males: (1) lowered life expectancy; (2) risk of criminality; (3) poor economic conditions; (4) inadequate education; (5) drugs and gang violence; and (6)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Culture, Black Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textJones, Sarah E.; Siegel, Margaret A. – 1991
This report contains the principal materials prepared for the first year of the "Forum on Public/Private Social Concern," which focused on issues of disadvantaged young men in urban areas. The forum is an information exchange for funders and policymakers in government, foundation, and business sectors. Included is a report summarizing…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Influences, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedJackson, Jerome E. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1992
Examines the present turmoil in disadvantaged communities, arguing that many urban problems result from historic mistreatment of slum dwellers, especially non-whites. Disproportionate representation of young African-American males in prison and the justice system does not occur by chance. As unequal access to opportunity continues, the underclass…
Descriptors: Black Community, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
