Jonathan Hardy

Ms. Jizi

UWRT 1102

07 June 2017

Annotated Bibliography

Reichert , Michael C., Brett Stoudt, and Peter Kuriloff. "Don't Love No Fight: Healing and Identity

Among Urban Youth." The Urban Review 38.3 (2006): 187-209. Print.

The article "Don't Love No Fight: Healing and Identity Among Urban Youth by Michael

Reichert, Brett Stoudt, and Peter Kuriloff, is about learning how an after school program can

change the way urban youth view themselves and their purposes in life. The purpose of this

article is to show that we label the youth because they might have went to an alternative school

or made a mistake in life and how we turn away from them because of those things and where

they're from. When in all reality they want the same things in life as any other child growing up .

I learned that most youth growing up in urban communities are stereotyped and labeled

by teachers and other adults who are supposed to be there for the child. The boys from this

article have aspirations and goals for themselves to be the opposite of someone that's close to

them who's doing negative things. Since they were close to those people who only had bad

reputations, they would be seen as the same person who has the bad rep or they will be there

sooner or later. Instead of those teachers helping to make a better way for the boys, they

judged them and wouldn't waste their time trying. It's relevant to my topic because it shows

how much little effort and time we put into urban youth to help them reach their goals and I
 think that if we as "positive role models" would focus more time and effort with urban youth,

they wouldn't be as to what we stereotype them to be.

This is a credible source because it states their resources from where they used quotes

and statistics. This article is also a social experiment that took place in Philadelphia. The

authors of this article tell what they specialize in, in education. Many of the facts are from

different research studies that took place in Philadelphia.

Dudovitz, RN, G. Perez-Aguilar, G. Kim, MD Wong, and PJ Chung. "How Urban Youth Perceive

Relationships Among School Environments, Social Networks, Self-Concept, and Substance

Use." Academic Pediatrics 17.2 (2017): 161-67. Print.

This article by Dudovitz, is about how different types of schooling can play a large role

in forming young kids. The purpose of this article is to inform us on how public, private, and

boarding schools have different styles of educating the students. Teachers at a public school

have a lower expectation and standard compared to a private school education. Public schools,

students are expected to act out whereas in a private school, the students are expected to

behave more maturely. If there werent any stereotypes of the students by the schools and

teachers, things would be different for the better because the faculty and staff would just focus

on educating.
 I learned that teachers are a large factor in youths lives. Students interact with the

teacher every day, so if a teacher doesnt like a student and express it to that child, that student

is more likely to think less of themselves and act out more. This article gave me more insight

on my topic, because I didnt realize how much of an impact teachers have on youth, just as

much as the parents would.

They used an article taken from Cambridge University Press, titled A Structural Theory

of Social Influence, by Noah Friedkin. Noah Friedkin is a professor of sociology, currently at

the University of California, Santa Barbara. The author of this article Rebecca Dudovitz is a

MD in the Department of Pediatrics/Children's Discovery & Innovation Institute, at UCLA.

Annotated Bibliography

Fulkerson, Jayne A., Keryn E. Pasch, Cheryl L. Perry, and Kelli Komro. "Relationships Between

Alcohol-related Informal Social Control, Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Problem

Behaviors Among Racially Diverse Urban Youth." J Community Health Journal of Community

Health : The Publication for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 33.6 (2008): 425-33.

Print.

The article by Jayne Fulkerson is about how does alcohol, parenting, and violence,

correlate to children's behavior in urban communities. The purpose of this article is to find out

why do youth and parents turn to alcohol usage and how it affects their behavior.

This is relevant to my inquiry topic because this article explains how much of parental

monitoring on their kids can make a difference on the child. If parents knew where their

children are at all times it prevents them from being influenced by negative influences. Also if

parents monitored what they listened to and watch on TV, they could easily control a lot of

what is influencing their child. I learned that alcohol and drugs are referenced most in rap and

country music following behind. Rap artist generally rap about the negative things that

theyve went through before reaching their fame. A lot of it is referred to how they sold drugs

and have been a part of some type of gun violence, by any means necessary to get money.

Country music is typically a lot less violent than rap music but they still refer to alcohol and

drug use. Country music is more laid back, but they sing about how a little bit of weed and

alcohol can make the day better.

This source is credible because it has sources from Minnesota Department of Education,

Human Services, Public Safety and Corrections. The Department did a survey on teens for

12years until 2004.

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Ascd. "Chapter 1. The Difficulty of Motivating Urban Youth." The Difficulty of Motivating Urban

Youth. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 June 2017.

Chapter one of Richard Curwins book is about how to help motivate inner-city youth

and different ways to approach certain situations as a teacher, that the students and/or parents

may go through. The purpose is to teach teachers new and different tactics to approach urban

youth that will help them to respond better.

I learned that the tactics teachers used for her students to be motivated was by sending

threats. The tactic worked but the kids would only do the bare minimum to get the teacher to

leave them alone. This is relevant to my topic because communication is key when interacting

with urban youth. Teachers have to watch your words, sometimes its not what you say, but

how you say it. As a positive influence on urban youth, you have to be mindful of the things

you say, no matter how frustrating things can get with a child.

Curwins an author, speaker, and experienced education practitioner. Hes was once a 7th

grade teacher working with emotionally disturbed children, and served as a college professor.

Hes also traveled internationally to work with teachers and parents from South America,
 Europe, and to the Middle East. His book is credible because he visited schools personally to

examine the interactions of the teacher/student relationships. He also used credible sources

such as Sports Illustrated and USA Today.

Annotated Bibliography

Patterson, Orlando. "Opinion | The Real Problem with Americas Inner Cities." The New York Times.

The New York Times, 09 May 2015. Web. 16 June 2017.

Orlando Pattersons article is about the problems that are socially normed in inner-city

communities. The purpose of this article is to understand the citizens of urban communities

and to understand the long history of street culture.

This article is relevant to my topic because you have to understand where these youth

grew up from abs change your perspective put yourself in their shoes to understand how and

why they think the way that they do. I learned that many inner-city housing developments

have lead paint in them poisoning many people.

Orlando Patterson is a professor at Harvard University. His article is credible because it

was published on The New York Times, a credible source.