To be certain, incidents of “thuggishness” in American culture far precede the current racial climate, and it is not a phenomenon unique unto African-Americans. This much is evidenced in the work of early twentieth century social workers, such as Jane Addams and other seemingly well-intentioned white reformers who focused on providing “wholesome amusements” solely for white youth. Yet, one of the most under-regarded, but nonetheless significant contributions many African-American educators have made to the long civil rights movement has been in establishing the critical link between inferior educational resources, the dearth of recreational outlets and disproportionately high rates of delinquency among African-American youth whom social formers neglected before blacks became the center of crime and fear discourses.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:00:41 +0000
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