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Commentary On Punished By Victor Rios

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Are the young boy black and Latino boys in the ghetto given the same opportunities as all the rest of us? Are there really cops look out for their best interest or just trying to harass them? Do the school system actually try their best to make sure that these young men get the best education that is possible? Victor Rios did a wonderful job answering these questions when he wrote his book Punished. This book is a very good eye opener for people who are really close minded to all the abuse that people who don’t live in well-kept area, or people who are nonwhite have to deal in their day to day life. Honestly I was a little bit close minded but this book has not showed me that a lot of people out there have to follow the laws a lot more closely then I could have ever imagined. I feel honestly people who live good lives, with both parents, or who are just able to go through day by day life without have to worry about police should read because it will make this be a little more thankful about how wonderful they have it. In this study Rios studies young men in the ghettos of Oakland California (where he grew up) and sees if all the strict punishment put on them by society is good or not. He finds out if have police officers in the school system is a not good deterrence to help …show more content…

He felt the negative stigma that comes with growing up in the ghetto as a young Latino male. And the fact that he went through it in the 80s and 90s shows that he has a great since of character. In his day he went through the crack-cocaine epidemic and the ghettos around this time were public enemy number one in the eyes of the law and they were doing everything that they could to make sure they kept them in check. So for Rios to be able to get a PhD with all the people like officers and I’m pretty teacher telling him that he will be nothing but a thug in life as an incredible

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