This is important because youth can also be at the other side of the spectrum, that is committing hate crimes towards homeless people. This being said, awareness of the issue can also make people change their own behaviour and can potentially stop hate crimes towards the homeless. According to National Homeless in 2009, they stated that "in the eleven year history of our hate crime reports the vast majority of the attacks against homeless people have been committed by youth as young as ten years old." There is a trend that consists of youth committing hate crimes towards the homeless and this can be for a variety of reasons, but the main ones are prejudice and discrimination that a lot of the time, arise from misconceptions that could be diminished
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It does not have just straight up listed facts about youth homelessness, it has them being spoken as a response to Angela's questions, which is more interesting than just long lists on a whole page without any other context. For example, on page 20 Justin talks about how he was considering dropping out of school, but now he will not because of the regained hope he has. According to Homeless Hub, dropping out of school is one of the main challenges and barriers that homeless youth face. "Education is an important aspect to our understanding of homelessness. First, individuals with lower educational attainment are at higher risk of unemployment, underemployment and poverty… Second, for many homeless youth and children, homelessness can disrupt their efforts to stay in school and often leads to dropping out despite their desires to remain in school" (Homeless Hub, 2016). This fact was stated by Justin on page 12 as a response to Angela's question on why he still comes to school if he is homeless. Another strategy used was mentioned previously and that is by making the Angela and Justin very relatable instead of foreign characters. When the students are exposed to this story, at least one may at same point or another think to themselves something along the lines of "Oh, that's like me!" or "I know someone who is gay", etc. and not only does this make the story …show more content…
There are numerous people who are in fact homeless when one would not even be able to tell because they conceal it. Thus, I also challenge the stereotype that all homeless people look the same or carry themselves the same way, that is with raggedy clothes, unhygienic, etc. when that is not true. No one in Justin's class knew or could tell he was homeless. Not everyone has a support system that consists of family or friends and the ones who may need desperately may be the quietest or overlooked on. Children that do grow up to be socialized in a proper manner and are not homeless, majority of the time have a different outlook on concepts such as self-love, family, and happiness. Many homeless youths do not have families that are supportive of them or provide them with the basic functions of the family such as nurturance, means of production and consumption, care, etc. and this then quite often turns into them de-valuing the need of support from them. According to a study done by the Child and Youth Care Forum in 2016, youth think that happiness is "if you're not hungry or starving and off the streets, that's pretty much successful," they think that one's family always supports each other, and when asked what they like about
It does not have just straight up listed facts about youth homelessness, it has them being spoken as a response to Angela's questions, which is more interesting than just long lists on a whole page without any other context. For example, on page 20 Justin talks about how he was considering dropping out of school, but now he will not because of the regained hope he has. According to Homeless Hub, dropping out of school is one of the main challenges and barriers that homeless youth face. "Education is an important aspect to our understanding of homelessness. First, individuals with lower educational attainment are at higher risk of unemployment, underemployment and poverty… Second, for many homeless youth and children, homelessness can disrupt their efforts to stay in school and often leads to dropping out despite their desires to remain in school" (Homeless Hub, 2016). This fact was stated by Justin on page 12 as a response to Angela's question on why he still comes to school if he is homeless. Another strategy used was mentioned previously and that is by making the Angela and Justin very relatable instead of foreign characters. When the students are exposed to this story, at least one may at same point or another think to themselves something along the lines of "Oh, that's like me!" or "I know someone who is gay", etc. and not only does this make the story …show more content…
There are numerous people who are in fact homeless when one would not even be able to tell because they conceal it. Thus, I also challenge the stereotype that all homeless people look the same or carry themselves the same way, that is with raggedy clothes, unhygienic, etc. when that is not true. No one in Justin's class knew or could tell he was homeless. Not everyone has a support system that consists of family or friends and the ones who may need desperately may be the quietest or overlooked on. Children that do grow up to be socialized in a proper manner and are not homeless, majority of the time have a different outlook on concepts such as self-love, family, and happiness. Many homeless youths do not have families that are supportive of them or provide them with the basic functions of the family such as nurturance, means of production and consumption, care, etc. and this then quite often turns into them de-valuing the need of support from them. According to a study done by the Child and Youth Care Forum in 2016, youth think that happiness is "if you're not hungry or starving and off the streets, that's pretty much successful," they think that one's family always supports each other, and when asked what they like about