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that youth, their family, and their community. 3. Dual-status youth. Dual status youth are youth who bounces between child welfare and juvenile justice systems and at times are experiences both concurrently. These youth tend to be minorities, girls and have a history of abuse and neglect. Though these youth are handled and monitored by two government agencies they tend to fall through the cracks quite often. Due to the abesence of proper interventions, they are at greater risk of mental…

skin is not valued by one’s peers, community or society” generally, the youth can “develops feelings of low self-esteem and question their self-worth” (Nittle). As a result, of having a diminished sense of worth, “over fifty-five percent of Black girls and boys (aged nine to seventeen years old) engage in using skin bleaching products such as whitenicious, white-glow, etc (Hunter). The ingredients in “skin lightening products such as these have been linked to skin cancer”(Williams). Despite the…

through Times Square one cold day in February of 1951 he spotted the name of a new male singer, Eddie Fisher, on the sign of the Paramount Theatre. Only seven years ago, Frank had drawn thousands of obsessed female fans to watch him perform; the same girls were obsessing over Fisher, which Frank could not handle. He rushed back to where he was staying, made sure he shut the door, turned on the gas from the stovetop and rested his head upon it, waiting for death to take his pain away. His friend…

books ("Oprah Winfrey Biography"). She has appeared in movies such as The Colour Purple, Native Son, and several others (“IBID”). Oprah’s platform includes her own production company (Harpo Production, Inc), co-authoring of several books, Oprah’s Book Club, The Oprah Magazine, Oxygen Media, and the Oprah Winfrey Network (“IBID”). The platform she has created reaches many people across the world, giving her the power to influence millions of…

compared to their work in the kitchen “the ladies have shown they can operate drill presses as well as egg beaters” (Ford Motor Company) “instead of baking a cake, this woman is cooking gears to reduce the tension in the gears after use” (Glamour Girls of ‘43). The women were showing that they were proficient in their new trade, but society still viewed them as second class citizens. While the men were away at war woman had to step up and fill roles, but they were not to forget their oldest and…

having a different meaning throughout cultures. In ancient Egypt, majority of the children 's heads were shaved except for the side, where an s shaped curl was left. This was known as the Lock of youth, the hieroglyphic symbol of a child. Both boys and girls age, they were able to chose their own hairstyles.The hairstyles also depend on wealth, age, and social class. Wealthy women…

After exploring and paralleling the ideas of four theorists, sundry similarities begin to emerge and create an intertwined picture of childhood. Each of the philosophers, imparting their perception of child development with the hope of providing a blueprint of children’s emotional, cognitive, physical and social growth. Launching into the first stage (birth to 1 year), Erickson, Piaget, and Freud collectively suggest oral stimulation as a way for the budding child to connect with the world.…

white, youth population. In fact, Elvis Presley, an immensely popular musician, “bleached” Willie Mae Thornton’s “Hound Dog” and transformed it into it a number one hit around the country. Another African American, Chuck Berry, performed at mixed race clubs; he would change his dialect so that it was “harder and whiter”. A while later, The Beatles took the sixties by storm. The “most popular group in the United States” generated a huge influence on American youths; this influence, this…

States era treasured their music and shared the songs with the next generation. Before the settlers found refuge in the New World, homes in Britain and other European countries were filled with the sounds of country music. Once the music came to America, the songs of the South made their way from town to town through wandering musicians and medicine shows and gave settlers the opportunity to host barn dances. For the first two decades of the twentieth century, few civilians in Northern states…

There that he met and fell in love with a beautiful eighteen year old girl named Zelda Sayre, the daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. The war ended before he was ever deployed, and when he was discharged he moved to New York City and got a job there in hopes of marrying Zelda. After a while he quit his job and continued…