Jody Miller’s, Getting Played, illustrates to the common eye, what young people have to do to survive on a daily basis in poor urban communities. These poor urban communities often have a negative connotation which usually scares off common folk. The residents of these communities are usually African Americans. They face challenges daily that common people wouldn’t even dream of worrying about. Jody Miller describes what makes girls go through these victimizations. Miller’s revelation of a book shows young people’s obstacles, self-centrism, sexual harassment, school systems, distant emotions, lack of trust, and reforms. As Jody Miller countlessly proves to us, in chapter 2, that no one feels safe in these neighborhoods we are faced with the inevitable fact that these young people have the odds towering against them. In these neighborhoods, guys have the audacity to hit and abuse girls; being a girl in these areas is extremely dangerous and in some aspects, a curse. Girls are never safe; they can get shot or raped. Guys get much more respect on the street and have overall more …show more content…
The school staff does little or nothing to help intervene with these situations. Security guards would pay no attention to the sexual harassments, and teachers who heard and saw them would not do anything until the girl actually reported it. Even when a girl reports sexual harassment, there is no big punishment for the harasser; he usually gets a three day suspension from school and then returns to doing the exact same thing. These suspensions were actually blessings for the guys as they would rather stay home and watch television. On the other hand, if a girl was caught physically defending herself from a guy, the principal would punish her and let the guy off the hook. Overall, Miller reveals to us the true chaos in schools and how girls are victimized and preyed upon in