Youth in society are frequently marginalised because of their deviant behaviour and deviant habits. Youth typically are experiencing the transition from adolescence to adulthood. In this stage of young people’s lives, they are extremely vulnerable to influences and encouragement from their peers. The behaviours that young people develop, influence the adult that they become. This often impacts on people's views on youth and gives them negative representations in society, prohibiting them from having a respected voice in society. Along with this, youth are also marginalised and judged by other youth and the rest of society on their cultural beliefs, ethnicity and groups of peers they form. This often limits young people's individualisation and
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Indigenous people are often stereotyped with negative representations, and often are not recognised as indigenous people. The mixing of populations has eliminated knowledge about indigeneity (Kirmayer, 2015). The importance of indigenous knowledge within communities ensures that people can respect and appreciate indigenous people’s distinct languages, cultures and beliefs. Discrimination among the indigenous youth can create emotional challenges for them (Kirmayer, 2015). They are expected to abide by traditional customs, especially at home, however face challenges of acceptance in social situations when abiding by their traditional customs. People lack indigenous knowledge in society, which can cause discrimination and abuse towards the indigenous people, particularly among youth in social situations. Indigenous youth who express their indigeneity openly are more likely to be discriminated, which can negate their sense of belonging and identity (Kirmayer, 2015). It is important that Indigenous youth can be proud of their indigeneity because they all share the same key identity which needs to be passed on to the next generation in order to continue the cultures and traditions (Kirmayer, 2015). Youth indigeneity is rarely considered in political and economical contexts. The importance of indigenous youth being involved in these …show more content…
This is because they are still undergoing the developmental process in which their minds are still maturing. Because this stage is not yet completed in the majority of youth, and as a result of economic and political barriers, youth are marginalised and are often less likely to be involved in governance and decision-making processes (Evangelides, Offerdahl, & Powers, 2014). Youth are commonly viewed as one large group that is ‘harmful to society’ (Evangelides et al., 2014). Not only do young people have a right to be involved in decision making, but their involvement is crucial to society in order to have an accurate representation of the majority of society. Globally only 13.5% of parliamentarians are aged between 20 to 40 (Evangelides et al., 2014). Young people are frequently told to involve themselves in politics, however they get shut down when they speak up (Riley, 2015). A problem arising with this issue is the concern that the youth are the future decision makers, therefore need to be integrated into the decision making processes in communities. The transition from childhood to adulthood is a long, complex and diverse journey that can last for an extended period of time, as opposed to just several years. If societies continue to place increasing pressure on becoming an adult, then the importance of being a youth and the contributions that make youth unique
Indigenous people are often stereotyped with negative representations, and often are not recognised as indigenous people. The mixing of populations has eliminated knowledge about indigeneity (Kirmayer, 2015). The importance of indigenous knowledge within communities ensures that people can respect and appreciate indigenous people’s distinct languages, cultures and beliefs. Discrimination among the indigenous youth can create emotional challenges for them (Kirmayer, 2015). They are expected to abide by traditional customs, especially at home, however face challenges of acceptance in social situations when abiding by their traditional customs. People lack indigenous knowledge in society, which can cause discrimination and abuse towards the indigenous people, particularly among youth in social situations. Indigenous youth who express their indigeneity openly are more likely to be discriminated, which can negate their sense of belonging and identity (Kirmayer, 2015). It is important that Indigenous youth can be proud of their indigeneity because they all share the same key identity which needs to be passed on to the next generation in order to continue the cultures and traditions (Kirmayer, 2015). Youth indigeneity is rarely considered in political and economical contexts. The importance of indigenous youth being involved in these …show more content…
This is because they are still undergoing the developmental process in which their minds are still maturing. Because this stage is not yet completed in the majority of youth, and as a result of economic and political barriers, youth are marginalised and are often less likely to be involved in governance and decision-making processes (Evangelides, Offerdahl, & Powers, 2014). Youth are commonly viewed as one large group that is ‘harmful to society’ (Evangelides et al., 2014). Not only do young people have a right to be involved in decision making, but their involvement is crucial to society in order to have an accurate representation of the majority of society. Globally only 13.5% of parliamentarians are aged between 20 to 40 (Evangelides et al., 2014). Young people are frequently told to involve themselves in politics, however they get shut down when they speak up (Riley, 2015). A problem arising with this issue is the concern that the youth are the future decision makers, therefore need to be integrated into the decision making processes in communities. The transition from childhood to adulthood is a long, complex and diverse journey that can last for an extended period of time, as opposed to just several years. If societies continue to place increasing pressure on becoming an adult, then the importance of being a youth and the contributions that make youth unique