London riots: teenagers lack hope notes
"Young people are bored and feel they have nothing to lose" - former gang member Kim Gardener
Young people are rioting because "the system is flawed" - Nevil Fenton 17
"There is fear, uncertainty, less jobs, less opportunity and university is harder to get into"
Many Gang members who were spoken to felt that they were disattached from there communities
according to Mrs Gardner "Underprivileged youths have told me they feel that no one cares any more,"
EPHIBPHOBIA + UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH = LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN
"Many youth clubs have had their funding taken away and there haven't been many activities organised for children this summer," she added.
This bordem and the spark of the riots would have served as an excuse for youth to lash out like this as well as opportunists. What this does however is cause a violent circle of youth being involved in and in turn representing themselves as violent and as a result these opportunities taken away out by living up to these stereotypes
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