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Youth Uprisings Between Violence and Social Change**

By Dalia Yousif 

Dec. 13, 2005

"This has to change", a sentence young people usually use to express their new outlooks across the different cultures and through ages. Many young people are hungry to make an impact. Usually the growing awareness among the youth is coupling with sense of urgency. The gap between their emotional desire for change and the lack of authority may lead to depression. Another gap is between their expectations and the realities which may be caused by the selfishness of the older generation. These gaps could explain why the young people may turn to use improper reactions; among them is violence. They may direct violence against themselves; in drugs addiction, for instance, and they may use it against others in their riots.

The question of identity is the heart of youth confusing experience in life. This experience could be duplicated for the youth of a minority or a marginalizing community. The psychological suffering in finding their ways in their young ages is coupled with lack of access to the advantages and the facilities comparing to the majorities and the empowered people.

Overcoming youth violence is a sophisticated question like any other social phenomenon. Youth violence needs to be contextualized but generally speaking, integrating youth in decision making processes through different levels, creating representative bodies for them to make their voices heard, avoiding overcriticizing them without experience their problems …, etc can be among the solutions. Of course solving youth problems should not take a one-way, the youth themselves should work on turning their anger into organized reactions & actions. These organizing actions could pave the way for a needed social change. A better world is possible if we believe in it and work to make the dream real.


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