Category: popular culture

• A Disimagination Machine

  

  People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness, the madness of the denial of pain and the hatred of innocence. – James Baldwin When I was 23, I started writing about my career. Studying at The Evergreen State […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  July 22, 2013

  Adam Fletcher, critical pedagogy, popular culture, Reflection, social change

• Adultism and Classism

  After getting prompted to expand on it in the “I Fight Adultism!” group on facebook, tonight I’m thinking about the inseparable connection between adultism and classism.   Definitions Adultism is bias towards adults. Classism is discrimination against someone because of their social class. Class is the grouping of people according to their social, economic, or educational […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  July 12, 2013

  adultism, adults, economy, popular culture, social change, society

• White Culture Dominates Youth Engagement

  White middle class culture dominates youth engagement. As the predominant culture in the U.S. today, white people operate many of the nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and education institutions where youth engagement activities occur throughout our society. In most communities, white people like me create the policy, write the grants, operate the programs, identify the participants, […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  March 25, 2013

  critical thinking, empowerment, Freechild, popular culture, Racism, social change, youth engagement, Youth Voice

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