In this article, Africentric Youth and Family Rites of Passage Program: Promoting Resilience among At-Risk African American Youths, authors Aminifu R. Harvey and Robert B. Hill write about at-risk African American Youths and their parents being put through a rites of passage program in an effort to make a change within that community. The article states the that specific reason for this program is because of the statistics against African American young men. The text starts off by talking about some of the challenges and difficulties that the young men face across the country.This group, according to the article, is said to be “under siege” from facing challenges such as high rates of “suspensions, expulsions and special education placements,”along
