Gangs
(UK) A new report out today focuses on the reason young white people hang round in gangs in Glasgow, Scotland—for protection.
It makes sense in terms of young people and their perceptions and fear of crime (did you know if you are a young person you are more than likely to be a victim rather than perpetrator of crime?).
Reminds me of the misunderstood nature of young people I highlight in the opening lines of 'The Youth Of Today' manifesto I wrote:
"Hanging with friends at bus-stops, talking in their own language, wearing similar clothes, complaining, dyeing their hair astonishing colours such as pink and purple and blue—the elderly generation in the UK have nothing in common with the youth of today!"
Filed by DK on February 20 2006
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