Blog 4

 

Ullucci claims that the impact of poverty on youth today is a very high impact. Some of the highlights that Ullucci claimed were stereotyping poverty youth, teaches not having the proper background to interact with poverty youth, and the culture of poverty myth.

Stereotyping poverty youth goes back to teachers being immersed with negative data about children in poverty which leads to stereotyping these students and not giving them a fair chance.

When teachers do not have the proper background to interact with poverty youth it leads to this: "Thus, teachers may believe that students  from low-income backgrounds cannot be taught effectively, lack the necessary intellectual and cognitive dispositions to be successful leaners, and come from home environments that do not support learning" (Ullucci 4).

The "culture of poverty" myth really stuck out to me because I once believed this myth before coming to college. I once thought that people who are poor choice to be that way because they are lazy and do drugs. However, coming to college and taking social work classes and education classes has opened my eyes to a whole new world. Especially this quote from Ullucci: "Moreover, the culture of poverty framework distorts and overlooks the resilience, determination, and agency displayed by untold millions of children and families who grow up in poverty" (10).

Poverty might effect a youth development place in various ways. For instance, if people in charge believe in these myths about poverty then it will effect how they impact youth and their development: "Iatrogenesis refers to the phenomenon by which patients become worse after being diagnosed for medical care, through negligence or error" (10).  

To begin my career I imagine myself working with urban youth. Ullucci has helped me realize not to get sucked into the myths and stereotypes surrounded by youth in poverty. This website shows other myths people belief about poor.  http://www.worldvisionusprograms.org/us_poverty_myths.php