I followed Tracy to his brother’s upstairs room, shoved away in the unfinished attic of their mom’s house. He grabbed a record sleeve that was cream white with brown print on it. “Wild Wild West” and “Koo Moe Dee” were printed on the front. Setting the record onto its player, the crisp beats and funkContinue reading “Engaged through Hip Hop”
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The Evolution of Society
Children and youth have been treated as apolitical and passive throughout time. They are viewed as immature, irrational, untamed, incapable, dependent, inexperienced, victims, compliant, under-developed, unacceptable, manipulable, unknowledgeable, compromised, uncultured, and unfinished for what seems like eons. Treated as less-than-human, non-members of society, and as adults-in-the-making, children and youth have experienced generations of indifference andContinue reading “The Evolution of Society”
The Developmental Reasons for Adultism
Childhood became predictable through adultism… Over the last few years I have spoke and trained extensively about adultism, which is bias towards adults, and subsequently, discrimination against young people. Here I explain the roots of adultism, and how they relate to changing the world. Note: All of this is based in broad generalizations, and thoseContinue reading “The Developmental Reasons for Adultism”
Adam F.C. Fletcher 